A 62-year-old Daytona Beach man pleaded no contest to charges that he was sexually abusing his small female dog on Thursday, according to the state attorney’s office. Reports indicate that neighbors of the man said they saw the accused have sex with his 8-month-old dog. Authorities allege that the dog…
Florida will have 159 new laws starting Tuesday that address various issues, including college tuition, corporate tax credits, abortions and sex offenders. One of the most prevalent laws is one that aims to protect children and others from dangerous sex offenders. The laws are intended to keep the most violent…
Two men were arrested around 3:35 p.m. on Friday after a Volusia County Sheriff’s Office deputy positioned along State Road 415, in Osteen, noticed a car go by and observed the passenger not wearing his seat belt. The deputy stopped the vehicle and remarked that both men seemed nervous. When asked why…
On Wednesday, New Hampshire’s highest court ruled that the state infringed the free speech rights of a man who wished to have “COPSLIE” on his license plate. The state Supreme Court agreed with the arguments of the man in a unanimous decision. The man said he wanted the vanity plate…
Law enforcement officers in Daytona Beach continued their crack down on celebratory New Year’s Eve gunfire this year. For the eighth year in a row, men and women from the department were out in full force detaining those suspected of firing weapons. This year, police arrested two men who allegedly…
The parents of three children living in Daytona Beach were arrested last week after police allegedly discovered the family was living in a dead woman’s house. In fact, police claim the woman’s body was decomposing in a bedroom. Police conducted a well-being check at the Holly Hill home after they…
A Volusia County deputy sheriff who was arrested Saturday night on a DUI charge will also face a child-neglect charge because a 7-year-old girl was apparently in the patrol car with her. The 37-year-old woman has been placed on administrative leave with pay, according to the Sheriff’s Office. She was…
A 33-year-old Marathon man was arrested Tuesday and charged with lewd or lascivious exhibition for allegedly masturbating in clear view of passengers on an Amtrak train. The man is accused of exposing himself in front of a young child during the alleged incident. The Volusia County Sheriff’s Office was called…
A Seminole County middle school teacher was arrested at his Volusia County home last month on child pornography charges. The 66-year-old man was arrested by the Volusia County Sheriff’s office and the Florida Department of Law Enforcement and charged with multiple counts of child pornography, which was allegedly found on…
Popular synthetic drugs such as K-2 and bath salts have found their way onto the shelves of many gas stations, convenience stores and smoke shops around the country, and it seems many of these drugs originated from Volusia County through an illegal distribution ring based out of New Smyrna Beach.…