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May
05/21/2013	Dave Shaw Named School Resource Deputy of the Year
05/21/2013	With Home Invasion Arrest, Investigators Close to Solving Murder of Deltona Man
05/20/2013	Man Charged With Breaking Into Home To Have Sex With Teen
05/20/2013	Public's Help Sought In Locating Missing 18-Year-Old Man *Updated*
05/17/2013	Volusia Deputies Beefing Up Seat Belt Safety Enforcement
05/16/2013	Man Charged With Attacking Wife In Staged Home Invasion
05/14/2013	Sheriff's Office Searching For 41-Year-Old Woman Updated 05/16/13
05/12/2013	Sheriff's Office Investigating Fatal Deltona Accident *Updated*
05/08/2013	Public's Help Sought in Locating 29-Year-Old Woman *Updated 05/12/13*
05/07/2013	Deputies Honored For Saving Baby From Burning House
05/07/2013	Sheriff's Office Employees Of The Quarter Honored
05/06/2013	Man Arrested After Home Burglary And Striking Victim With Hammer
05/02/2013	Deputy Involved Shooting Results In Non-Life Threatening Injury To Woman
05/02/2013	Meth Lab Leads To Two Arrests
April
04/29/2013	Sheriff's Office Searching For Missing 81-Year-Old Woman Updated 05/01/13
04/29/2013	Apparent Drug Deal Leads To Death Of 18-YOA Deltona Man
04/27/2013	Deltona Man Gravely Injured In Shooting Updated 04/29/13
04/26/2013	Deputies Searching for Missing Man *Updated*
04/24/2013	Sheriff's Office To Host 5 Sites For Drug Take-Back Day
04/23/2013	Deltona Woman Charged In Murder Of Missing Neighbor
04/19/2013	Ex-Accountant Charged With Theft Of $170,000 From Employer
04/11/2013	Deputies Searching For Missing Deltona Man
04/11/2013	Spring Break Safety Targeted During Operation Dry Spring
04/08/2013	Law Enforcement Torch Run Set For Wednesday In Volusia
04/02/2013	Thieves Pushing Shopping Cart Tips Off Deputies To Burglary
04/01/2013	3 Arrested After Deputy Spots Main In Act Of Cooking Meth
04/01/2013	Deltona Woman Escapes Attempted Carjacking
March
03/29/2013	Sheriff's Office Investigating Rape In DeBary
03/28/2013	Sheriff's Office Honors 230 Volunteers at Annual Banquet
03/27/2013	Sheriff's Office Investigating House Fire Death Updated 03/28/13
03/26/2013	Deputies Search For Sixth Home Invasion Suspect Updated
03/19/2013	Teen Thieves Learn That Air Conditioner In Yellow Wheelbarrow Can Attract Attention
03/14/2013	Four Teens Arrested For Home Burglary
03/13/2013	Fire Investigation Leads To Convicted Arsonist Next Door
03/08/2013	Captured Teen Linked to Massive Burglary Caper
03/05/2013	Deputies Searching For Missing Ormond Beach Woman Updated
03/05/2013	Deputies Searching For Missing Ormond Beach Man Updated
03/04/2013	Children Left In Cold Car Outside Bar Leads To Child Neglect Arrest
03/03/2013	Man Arrested In Bottle Club Shooting
03/03/2013	Sheriff's Office Investigating Shooting At Bottle Club
February
02/28/2013	Deputies Search For Fourth Home Invasion Suspect *Updated 03/01/13*
02/26/2013	Beachside Burglar Nabbed, Deputies Search For Accomplice Updated 02/27/13
02/26/2013	Three Arrested After Home Invasion Robbery Near DeLand
02/19/2013	Sheriff's Office Investigating Deltona Fatal Crash
02/19/2013	Burglary Suspect Caught On Video Using Stolen Credit Card (Click here for video) *Updated 02/27/13*
02/18/2013	Man Arrested In Hit And Run Accident
02/13/2013	One Dead In Plane Crash Near New Smyrna Beach Updated
02/13/2013	Deputies Searching For Hit And Run Driver That Injured Child Updated 02/18/13
02/11/2013	Suspects Nabbed in Two Hotel Robberies
02/11/2013	Sheriff's Office Unveils Plan to Publicize Unsolved Murders
02/10/2013	7-Eleven in Deltona Robbed by Man with a Rifle
02/08/2013	Edgewater Woman Linked to Portable Meth Lab in a Bag
02/07/2013	Two Students Arrested for Bringing Gun to Deltona High
02/07/2013	Clerk Pistol-Whipped During Robbery at Deltona Market
02/05/2013	Sheriff's Office Employees Of The Year Honored
02/01/2013	K-9 Team Stumbles Onto Pot Plants During Training Exercise
02/01/2013	Ormond Beach Man Arrested For Carjacking During Convenience Store Melee
January
01/30/2013	Volusia County To Honor School Crossing Guards
01/30/2013	Ormond Beach Man Arrested For Sexual Battery On Mentally Disabled Woman
01/30/2013	Former Exterminator Facing More Theft Charges
01/30/2013	Deltona Convenience Store Robbed (Click here for video)
01/282013	Motorcycle Crash In Oak Hill Claims Life Of 26-Year-Old Man
01/282013	Law Enforcement Cracks Down On Synthetic Drugs
01/25/2013	Four Charged After Duct-taping Of Teen Sparks Brawl
01/17/2013	Sheriff's Office Searching For Stolen Trailers And Theft Suspect Updated
01/17/2013	Help Sought In Finding 16-Year-Old Boy In Deltona Updated
01/15/2013	Sheriff's Office Releases Video Of Necklace Thief Updated 01/16/13
01/15/2013	Stripped Car Leads To Arrest Of Towing Company Owner And Employee
01/14/2013	Deputies Search for Missing New Smyrna Beach Woman *Updated*
01/11/2013	Help Sought In Finding 79-Year-Old Man In Deltona Updated
01/11/2013	Two Arrested for Role in Videotaped Beat-Down
01/10/2013	New Smyrna Man Arrested For Decapitating An Opossum
01/09/2013	Man Dragged By Truck Leads To Attempted Murder Charges Updated
01/08/2013	Sheriff Johnson Promotes New Captain
01/08/2013	Business Owner Catches Burglary Suspects at Gunpoint
01/03/2013	Staged Robbery Lands Two Men In Jail
01/02/2013	Deputies Involved In Shooting Near Ormond Beach Updated - 01/03/13
01/02/2013	Sheriff's Office Investigating Fatal Shooting Near DeLand *Updated*
01/01/2013	Fatal Motorcycle Accident In Deltona
01/01/2013	Sheriff's Office Searching For Missing Woman *Updated*
2012
December
12/29/2012	Deltona Convenience Store Robbed
12/20/2012	Alert Neighbor's Call Helps Round Up Trio During Home Burglary
12/20/2012	Man Demanding "Stacks" of Cash Arrested for Attempted Robbery
12/19/2012	DeLeon Springs Man Arrested for Insurance Fraud, Racketeering
12/18/2012	Sheriff's Office Investigating Suspicious Death Near DeLand *Updated 12/19/12*
12/18/2012	Explosives Detection K-9's Donated To Sheriff's Office
12/17/2012	DeBary Traffic Stop Yields Mobile Meth Lab, Two Arrests
12/17/2012	Traffic Stop Leads to Arrest for Dealing in Stolen Property
12/10/2012	Body Found Floating In St. John's River *Updated 12/14/12*
12/10/2012	Deltona Hotel Clerk Robbed
12/07/2012	Sheriff's Office Investigating Cab Driver Robbery
12/06/2012	Tennessee Couple Arrested For Trying To Buy 800 Pills
November
11/28/2012	Sheriff's Office Searching For Missing 71-Year-Old Man Updated
11/26/2012	Home Owner Holds Burglar At Gunpoint
11/26/2012	Orange City man Arrested For Killing Cat
11/21/2012	Sheriff's Office Searching for Missing 81-Year-Old Woman *Updated*
11/21/2012	Two Arrested in Violent Attempted Purse Snatching
11/20/2012	Boy Scout Builds New Training Equipment For Sheriff's Office K-9 Unit
11/19/2012	Sheriff's Office Investigating Deltona Home Invasion
11/18/2012	Thieves Nabbed By Owner Watching On Surveillance Cameras
11/14/2012	Sheriff's Office Warns Public About ATM Skimming Devices
11/14/2012	Man Arrested For Firing Shotgun At Repo Men
11/14/2012	Help Sought In Locating Burglary Suspect
11/13/2012	Sheriff's Office Employees Of the Quarter Honored
11/13/2012	"Click It or Ticket" in Full Force in Volusia County
11/12/2012	Dropped Wallet Leads Deputies To Attempted Robbery Suspect
11/05/2012	Man Arrested For Burglarizing Same Business Three Times
11/04/2012	Deltona Couple Charged With Child Neglect
11/02/2012	Volusia Deputies Make 290 Arrests During State Felon Sweep
11/01/2012	County Employee Charged With Obtaining Funds By Fraud
October
10/31/2012	Sheriff's Office Searching For Missing 12-Year-Old Updated
10/31/2012	Deputies Investigating Murder-Suicide Near Ormond Beach Updated
10/30/2012	Deputy Injured During Stop Of Stolen Vehicle Updated
10/30/2012	Sheriff's Office Investigating Deltona Pharmacy Robbery *Updated - 11/15/12*
10/29/2012	Sheriff's Office Offers Tips For A Safe Halloween
10/28/2012	Drunk Driver Rams Patrol Vehicle, Flees Wrong Way On Highway
10/25/2012	Don't Drink And Then Drive: Don't Turn Halloween Into A Nightmare!
10/20/2012	12 Arrested During Crime Suppression Operation
10/19/2012	Edgewater Man Arrested for Body Piercing Without License
10/18/2012	Two Arrested Within Half An Hour Of DeBary Bank Robbery Updated
10/16/2012	On-Line Cyber-Sting Operation Yields 23 Arrests
10/08/2012	Operation Near DeLand Results In Several Arrests And Traffic Citations
10/08/2012	Sheriff's Office Searching For Missing Teen Girl
10/06/2012	Sheriff's Office Searching For 16-Year-Old Deltona Girl Updated 10/08/12
10/05/2012	Suspects Nabbed Day After Shots Fired By Burglary Victim
10/03/2012	Three Arrested in Home Invasion and Bank Robbery Crime Spree Updated
10/03/2012	Taxi Cab Robber Arrested
10/01/2012	Taxi Driver Robbed Near Daytona Beach
September
09/30/2012	Deputies Searching For Missing Deltona Woman Updated
09/29/2012	Sheriff's Office Investigating Body Found In Lake Monroe Updated 10/01/12
09/29/2012	Deputies Searching For Missing 80-Year-Old Seville Man *Updated*
09/28/2012	Deputies Crack Down On Motorists Passing Stopped Buses
09/28/2012	Mud Foils Thieves' Clean Getaway
09/28/2012	Deltona Woman Arrested For Child Neglect
09/27/2012	Search Continues, Surveillance Video Of Missing 79-Year-Old Woman Released Updated - 09/28/12
09/26/2012	Search Continues For 79-Year-Old Ormond Beach Woman Missing Person flyer
09/26/2012	Sheriff's Office To Host 5 Sites For Drug Take-Back Day Updated
09/25/2012	2 In Custody, 1 Sought In Burglary At County Waste Station Updated
09/25/2012	Man And Ex-Girlfriend Charged With Sexually Abusing Baby
09/25/2012	Help Sought In Locating Missing 79-Year-Old Woman
09/24/2012	Deltona Man Arrested In Carjacking Incident
09/22/2012	Deltona Man Arrested For Sexual Battery On A 4-Year-Old
09/21/2012	Deputy And Crossing Guard Donate Bikes For Kids' Safe Travel
09/21/2012	Deltona Woman Sexually Assaulted by Intruder in Her Home - Updated
09/20/2012	Man Arrested In DeBary Bar Stabbing
09/14/2012	Former DCF Investigator Arrested For Bribery, Official Misconduct
09/13/2012	Two Arrested for Selling Illegal Bath Salts
09/04/2012	Teen Arrested For Calling 911 Twice To Report His Odd Dream
09/04/2012	Deputies Seek Help in Search for 55-Year-Old Deltona Man *Updated 09/04/12*
August
08/28/2012	Treatment Center Worker Accused Of Molesting Teen Client
08/22/2012	ST. JOHNS COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE: REMAINS TENTATIVELY IDENTIFIED
08/17/2012	64-Year-Old Deltona Man Beaten by Intruder
08/16/2012	157 Guns Turned in to Deputies during Kicks 4 Guns Event
08/15/2012	As School Begins, Deputies Remind Public to Put Safety First
08/14/2012	"Drive Sober or Get Pulled Over"
08/13/2012	Sheriff's Office to Participate in Aug. 16 Kicks 4 Guns Program
08/10/2012	Robber's Bad Day Ends In Jail
08/09/2012	Scrap metal Thieves Caught In The Act Near DeLand
08/09/2012	73-Year-Old Man With BB Gun Detains Burglary Suspect
08/07/2012	Sheriff Johnson Awards Medal To Baby-Saving Deputy
08/07/2012	Sheriff's Office Employees Of The Quarter Honored
08/03/2012	Alert Bank Employee Helps Deputies Nab Fraud Suspect
08/02/2012	Sheriff's Office Arrests 2 Pizza Workers For Faking Robbery
08/01/2012	Deputies Arrest Underwear Intruder Near Ormond Beach
July
07/30/2012	Man Re-Arrested For Fighting With Girlfriend At The Jail
07/30/2012	Family Fight Leads To Shooting
07/29/2012	Man Found Dead In DeBary House Fire Updated 07/30/12
07/28/2012	84-Year-Old Pedestrian Struck And Killed In Parking Lot Updated 07/29/12
07/28/2012	Couple Carjacked In DeBary
07/25/2012	Duo Nabbed In Sting Trying To Sell Stolen X-Ray Machine
07/23/2012	Four Teens Arrested For Deliveryman Robbery
07/22/2012	Thwarted Robber Leaves Deltona Pharmacy Empty Handed
07/21/2012	Sheriff's Office Crime Crackdown In Deltona Yields Results
07/18/2012	String Of Burglaries In New Smyrna Beach Area Solved
07/16/2012	Suspect Surrenders To End Stand-Off In Deltona
07/15/2012	Man Arrested In Shooting Near DeLand
07/13/2012	Man Shot Outside Club Near Holly Hill
07/11/2012	Two Arrested For Copper Wire Theft
07/07/2012	Deputies Investigating Robbery At Papa John's In DeLand
07/03/2012	Videotape Evidence Leads To Arrest Of Naked Trespasser
07/03/2012	Accused Drug Dealers Rounded Up In Street-Level Operation
07/02/2012	Deltona Man Arrested For Pulling Gun On AC Repairman
07/02/2012	Man Arrested For Home Rental Scam
June
06/29/2012	Man Arrested For Firing Gun At Teens
06/29/2012	3 Arrested For Financially Exploiting 88-Year-Old Victim
06/28/2012	Deputy Involved In Shooting While Serving Search Warrant Updated
06/22/2012	Agents Bust Holly Hill Brothers For Dealing Drugs, Stolen Property Out Of Thrift Shop
06/19/2012	Man Charged With Murder In Shooting Near Orange City
06/15/2012	Chop Shop Investigation Results In Two Arrests
06/12/2012	Deltona Couple Carjacked In Their Driveway
06/09/2012	Deltona Crime Suppression Operation Results In Traffic Citations And Solved Crimes
06/08/2012	Local Deputy Takes Helm Of State Agricultural Crimes Unit
06/01/2012	Deputies Nab Trio Stealing From Abandoned Business
May
05/24/2012	Three Arrested During Narcotics Investigation At Stetson University Rental House
05/23/2012	Karen Pierce Named School Resource Deputy Of The Year
05/21/2012	Two Teens Arrested In Store Burglary
05/18/2012	Volusia Deputies Beefing Up Seat Belt Safety
05/18/2012	Sheriff's Investigators Nab Two in Vehicle Vandalism Spree
05/11/2012	Deltona Man Arrested For Touching Girl On Way To School
05/09/2012	Man Arrested for Drunken Church Vandalism Crime Sprees
05/09/2012	Three Arrested In Theft Of $5,000 Worth Of Electronics
05/05/2012	Sheriff's Office Searching For Missing 85-Year-Old Man Updated
05/05/2012	14 Arrests In Crime Suppression Operation
05/02/2012	Sheriff's Office Seeks Help in Identifying Thief
05/02/2012	Discovery of Body in Osteen is Now a Murder Investigation
05/02/2012	One Man Shot In Leg During Burglary
05/02/2012	Sheriff's Office Employees Of The Quarter Honored
April
04/30/2012	Sheriff's Office Investigating Discovery Of Body In Osteen
04/30/2012	Deputies Investigating Shooting In DeLand
04/30/2012	Two Arrested In Deltona Shooting Incident
04/29/2012	One Hurt In Shooting Sparked By Deltona Road Rage Incident
04/27/2012	New Smyrna Man Arrested For Assaulting Woman In Her Home
04/27/2012	Deputies Searching For Missing 72-Year-Old DeBary Man Updated
04/25/2012	Sheriff's Office To Host 5 Sites For Drug Take-Back Day
04/25/2012	Beer Thief Threatens Store Clerk With Knife
04/19/2012	Sheriff's Office Searching For 90-Year-Old Man
04/19/2012	Two Men Charged With Attempted Murder
04/19/2012	Two Women Arrested In Timeshare Scam
04/19/2012	Shooting Near Ormond Beach Under Investigation
04/17/2012	Sheriff's Office Makes Arrest In 1995 Sexual Battery Case Updated 04/26/12
04/17/2012	Duo Arrested For Targeting 67-YOA Man In Distraction Theft
04/13/2012	Sheriff's Investigators Arrest Deltona Shooter
04/13/2012	Deltona Man Charged With Abusing Children At Girlfriend's Babysitting Business
04/13/2012	Deltona Man Charged With Having Sex With 13-Year-Old Girl
04/13/2012	Man Shot In Leg During Quarrel In Deltona
04/10/2012	Meth Lab Leads To Six Arrests
04/09/2012	Law Enforcement Torch Run Set For Wednesday In Volusia
04/09/2012	Juveniles Arrested For Animal Cruelty
04/06/2012	Two Men Arrested In Grocery Store Armed Robbery
04/04/2012	Owner, Manager Arrested In raid At DeLand Salvage Yard
04/04/2012	Woman Robbed at Gunpoint in Her Home
04/01/2012	Home Invasion Victim Fires Shot At Fleeing Suspect
04/01/2012	Deputies Arrest 3 For Scrapping Metal From Train Tracks
March
03/30/2012	Man Charged With Child Neglect For Leaving Boy in Car
03/29/2012	Deputies Capture Child Abuse Suspect
03/29/2012	Help Sought in Locating Suspect Wanted for Child Abuse
03/29/2012	Accreditation Earns Sheriff's Office Award Of Excellence
03/29/2012	Volusia Deputies Beefing Up Traffic Safety Enforcement
03/27/2012	Ex-Boyfriend Charged In Death Of 59-Year-Old DeLand Woman
03/27/2012	Three Teens Charged With Conspiracy To Commit Murder
03/27/2012	Serial Burglar Nabbed With A Shirt Full Of Cigarettes
03/23/2012	Public's Help Sought In Search For Missing 24-Year-Old Man Updated
03/23/2012	Man Arrested While Battery Victim on Life Support
03/23/2012	Public Safety Awareness Campaign Rolls Out on Monday
03/22/2012	Sheriff's Office Citizens Academy Seeking Applicants
03/19/2012	Man In Intensive Care After Roadside Fight
03/17/2012	Deputies Searching For Missing Deltona Woman Updated 03/18/12
03/16/2012	Rash Of Home Burglaries Prompts Warning
03/13/2012	Sheriff's Office Asks For Help Identifying Man
03/13/2012	Sheriff, Deltona Honor Deputies Wounded In Shooting
03/13/2012	Sheriff Johnson Promotes New Major
03/13/2012	Sheriff's Office Employees Of The Year Honored
03/12/2012	Investigators Nab New Smyrna Beach Serial Arsonist
03/08/2012	Sheriff's Office Honors 251 Volunteers At Annual Banquet
03/08/2012	Teen Fills Out Job Application After Trying To Rob Store
03/06/2012	Operation Havana Harvest *Updated*
03/03/2012	Daytona Beach Man Arrested On Child Porn Charge
03/03/2012	59-Year-Old Woman Found Murdered In Her Home Near DeLand Updated
03/01/2012	County Honors Retired Sheriff's Major Vinnie Vecchi
February
02/29/2012	Former Teacher Charged With Having Sex With Student
02/25/2012	Strong Smell Reveals Home Marijuana Grow Operation
02/22/2012	One Man Arrested At Ormond Beach Met Lab
02/18/2012	18 Arrested During Deltona Crime Suppression Operation
02/15/2012	Former Country Club Employee Arrested For Arson
02/15/2012	Mother Charged With Using Marine Son's ID To Steal Money
02/10/2012	Sheriff Johnson's Request To The Department of Transportation To Establish A School Zone Along U.S. Highway 17-92
02/09/2012	Sheriff's Deputies Nab Suspect in Restaurant Robbery
02/09/2012	Pharmacist Accused of Stealing Pills to Sell on the Street
02/08/2012	Small Meth Lab Found in DeLeon Springs
02/02/2012	Sheriff's Office Investigating Death Of Man Who Fell Into River
January
01/30/2012	Sheriff's Office Hosting Open House At Oak Hill Substation
01/30/2012	Couple Arrested After Victim Spots Them In Stolen Car
01/30/2012	Man Arrested For Shooting Death Of Teen In Seville
01/28/2012	Deputies Investigating Death In Seville
01/26/2012	Sheriff's Office Searching For 78-Year-Old Man Updated 01/27/12
01/25/2012	Deputies Search For Missing Woman Updated
01/23/2012	Leaving Keys In Car Is Open Invitation To Thieves
01/22/2012	Five Arrested With Gun, Marijuana While Fleeing Burglary
01/20/2012	Marijuana Growing Operation Found In DeBary
01/20/2012	Boy Threatens Student With Knife At School
01/20/2012	Deputies Searching For Missing Deltona Woman *Updated*
01/11/2012	Teens Charged in Two Separate Hoax Bomb Threats
01/10/2012	New Captain Tops List Of Sheriff's Office Promotions
01/05/2012	County Honors Retired Sheriff's Office Chief Deputy Bill Lee
01/03/2012	Cell Phone Locator Lead To Pair Of Home Burglars
2011
December
12/31/2011	Man Arrested For Carjacking Near Daytona Beach
12/22/2011	Worker Charged with Abusing Disabled Adult
12/21/2011	Deltona Woman Killed while Crossing Howland Boulevard
12/21/2011	Sheriff's Office Investigating Home Invasion Near DeLand
12/16/2011	Wide Variety Of Drug-Related Crimes Send Eight To Jail
12/16/2011	Deputies Recover 7 Stolen Firearms In Burglary Arrests
12/12/2011	Traffic Stop Yields 15 Pounds Of Marijuana, 4 Arrests
12/12/2011	Arrest Made After Stabbed Man Lies About Armed Intruder
12/09/2011	Raids Topple Major Drug Network in Volusia County
12/07/2011	Woman Arrested for Lying about Armed Carjacker
12/07/2011	Woman Arrested After Grocery Store Armed Robbery
12/05/2011	Stolen Boat Lead to Arrest of Naked Man Trying to Avoid Capture
12/02/2011	Man Arrested After Asking for Pot at Burger King Drive-Thru
12/01/2011	Body Believed To Be Missing Man Is Found In The Woods
November
11/26/2011	Search On In Seville For Missing 1-Year-Old Girl Updated
11/26/2011	Two Deputies Shot While Responding To Domestic Call *Updated*
11/22/2011	Sheriff's Office Searching For Missing 48-Year-Old Man *Updated*
11/22/2011	Volusia Deputies Beef Up Holiday Traffic Enforcement
11/21/2011	Accreditation Assessment Team Invites Public Comment
11/20/2011	Two Stabbed in Deltona Updated 11/22/11
11/16/2011	Couple Found Dead In Apparent Murder-Suicide Near DeLand Updated
11/11/2011	Woman Arrested After 1-Year-Old Swallows Oxycodone
11/11/2011	Road Rage Battery Results in Arrest
11/10/2011	Good Samaritan Helps Foil Juvenile Carjacking Suspects
11/10/2011	Odd Behavior Leads To Woman's Drug Arrest In Sheriff's Office Parking Lot
11/07/2011	Burglar Nabbed After String Of Bad Luck
11/04/2011	Four Arrested In Bar Robbery
11/04/2011	Drug Agents Nab Man With 363 Grams Of Cocaine
11/03/2011	Sheriff's Office Investigating Body Found In Osteen Updated 11/04/11
11/03/2011	Precious Metals Dealer Arrested For Dealing In Stolen Property
11/02/2011	Deputies Searching For Missing 86-Year-Old Deltona Woman Updated
11/01/2011	Driver Charged In Double Traffic Fatality
11/01/2011	Sheriff's Office Employee Of The Quarter Honored
11/01/2011	Beware Of Lottery Scams
October
10/31/2011	Men Rob Bar Near DeLand
10/31/2011	Man Arrested After Lying To Deputies About Drug Rip-Off
10/29/2011	63-Year-Old Woman Arrested For Leaving Child Alone In Car
10/29/2011	Shooting Near Daytona Beach Leaves 1 Dead, 1 Injured
10/28/2011	Sheriff's Office Offers Tips For A Safe Halloween
10/28/2011	Sheriff's Office Makes Arrest in Sexual Battery of Baby
10/27/2011	Sheriff's Office Investigating Report Of Injured Child
10/24/2011	Sheriff's Office To Staff 5 Sites For Drug Take Back Day
10/23/2011	Man Fires Shotgun Into Trinity Christian Academy
10/19/2011	Carjacking Suspect Arrested
10/17/2011	Ex-Boyfriend Indicted In Murder Of Missing Woman
10/14/2011	Two Arrested For Bringing 7-Year-Old To Planned Drug Deal
10/10/2011	New Major Tops List of Sheriff's Office Promotions
10/07/2011	Victim's Family Helps Nab Burglary Suspects
10/07/2011	81-Year-Old Woman Victim Of Carjacking
10/06/2011	Sex Offender Arrested For Stalking
10/05/2011	School Bus Operation Nets 93 Citations
10/05/2011	51-Year-Old Woman Dies After Mule-Training Accident
10/04/2011	Good Samaritans End One-Man Crime Spree
10/02/2011	Man With Large Knife Robs Sugar Creek Citgo
September
09/30/2011	Public's Help Sought In Locating Robbery Suspect Updated 10/03/11
09/30/2011	Sex Offender Absconded 5 Years Captured
09/23/2011	Three Arrested In Drug-Motivated Purse Snatching
09/19/2011	Suspect In Custody In Fatal DeBary Burger King Shooting Updated
09/16/2011	Deltona Man Injured In Drive-By Shooting
09/15/2011	Investigators Still Searching For Missing Deltona Man
09/15/2011	Sheriff's Office Searching For Missing 61-Year-Old Man Updated
09/15/2011	Woman Arrested For Spiking Husband's Coffee With Xanax
09/08/2011	Oak Hill Law Enforcement Services Contract Approved
09/08/2011	Man Robs Deltona Convenience Store
09/07/2011	New Smyrna Beach Man Victim Of Armed Boat Jacking *Updated 09/08/11*
09/06/2011	Sheriff's Office Searching For Missing 71-Year-Old Man Updated 09/07/11
09/06/2011	Operation Cyber Sting Nets 15 Arrests
09/06/2011	Deltona Pharmacy Robber Leaves Empty Handed
August
08/29/2011	Sweepstakes Scams Hit Volusia County
08/29/2011	Couple Arrested After Trying To Force Friend Back To Jail
08/29/2011	Sheriff's Office Volunteers To Start Issuing Parking Tickets
08/26/2011	Volusia Deputies Searching For Missing 51-Year-Old Man
08/19/2011	*143 Weapons Turned In During KICKS 4 GUNS* Event**
08/19/2011	Man Accused Of Molesting Three Girls
08/18/2011	Motorists Reminded to Put Safety First as School Starts Up
08/16/2011	*Sheriff's Office To Participate In Aug. 19 KICKS 4 GUNS* Program**
08/11/2011	Three Teens Arrested for Theft of Guns & Electronics
08/11/2011	Two Arrested for Making a False Report of a Home Invasion
08/09/2011	Sheriff's Office Searching For Missing Man *Updated 08/10/11*
08/09/2011	Three Sheriff's Office Veterans Earn Promotions
08/09/2011	Man Arrested For Sexual Battery On Teen *Updated 08/19/11*
08/09/2011	Sheriff's Office Employees Of The Quarter Honored
08/05/2011	Pet Parrot Caper Land DeLeon Springs Man In Jail
08/04/2011	Deltona Teen Charged In Attempted Sexual Battery
July
07/31/2011	Sick Child Leads To Two Child Abuse Arrests
07/27/2011	Man Starting Drug Sentence Nabbed Sneaking Drugs into Jail
07/27/2011	Stacks Of Counterfeit Credit And Gift Cards Leads To Arrests
07/24/2011	Sheriff's Office Sting Nabs Suspect Trying To Sell Stolen Car
07/21/2011	Sheriff's Office Makes Arrest In Convenience Store Robbery
07/21/2011	Woman Arrested For Leaving Children At House Alone
07/19/2011	Sheriff's Office Now On Facebook, Twitter, YouTube
07/18/2011	21-Month-Old Toddler Drowns In Swimming Pool
07/08/2011	Investigators Charge Seven Juveniles With School Break-In
07/07/2011	Businessman Arrested For Bilking Customers And Company
07/06/2011	Sheriff's Office Searching For Missing Teen Updated 07/11/11
07/06/2011	Four Arrested After Stealing $10,000 Worth Of Tattoo Equipment
07/04/2011	Sheriff's Office Looking For Missing Man Updated 07/05/11
07/04/2011	Man Arrested For Leaving Boy Alone In Car
June
06/30/2011	Look Out For "Pigeon Drop" Scam
06/28/2011	Fake Robbery Report Leads To Drug Arrests
06/28/2011	Son Charged With Manslaughter In Father's Shooting Death
06/26/2011	Girlfriend Of Shooting Victim Charged With Murder
06/25/2011	Fatal Shooting Of Pierson Man Under Investigation
06/23/2011	Arrest Made In Murder Of Deltona Man Found In Torched Van
06/21/2011	1-Year-Old Deltona Boy Drowns In Swimming Pool
06/21/2011	Volusia Deputies Searching For Missing 77-Year-Old Man Updated
06/21/2011	Duo Arrested After Fleeing From Reported Purse-Snatching
06/19/2011	Deputies Investigate Robbery at Kangaroo Express in DeLand
06/08/2011	Sheriff's Office Featured In History Channel Show
06/07/2011	Sheriff's Office Investigating Fatal Samsula Shooting Updated 06/08/11
06/04/2011	Home Invasion Arrests Lead To Stolen Police Gear
06/03/2011	Man Charged With Kidnapping At Deltona Daycare
06/03/2011	Sheriff's Office Investigating Deltona Home Invasion
May
05/29/2011	Man Dies After Jumping From Car
05/25/2011	Robb Campbell Named School Resource Deputy Of The Year
05/25/2011	Woman Arrested For Leaving Infant In Car
05/24/2011	Deltona Dentist Arrested For Battery On 85-Year-Old Patient
05/24/2011	Seat Belt Enforcement Campaign In Full Swing
05/22/2011	Armed Man Takes Matters Into Own Hands, Foils Burglary
05/19/2011	*Sheriff's Office Investigating Body Found In Vehicle On Fire Updated* 05/25/11**
05/18/2011	Photos Of Theft Suspect Released
05/17/2011	DeLand Man Arrested For Failure To Report Dead Body Updated
05/16/2011	Public's Help Sought In Identifying Convenience Store Robber (Click here for video)
05/14/2011	Victim's Flight Foils Attempted Robbery
05/12/2011	Victim's Daughter And Accomplice Accused Of Exploiting 69-Year-Old DeLand Woman
05/12/2011	Help Needed To Identify Burglary Suspect Captured On Video (Click here for video)
05/10/2011	Sheriff's Office Issues Fundraising Alert
05/09/2011	Sheriff's Office Investigating A Possible Murder/Suicide Attempt In DeBary Updated 05/10/11
05/08/2011	Masked Man Robs Convenience Store Near Daytona Beach (Click here for video)
05/06/2011	Search On For Missing 23-Year-Old Endangered Woman Updated 05/07/11
05/05/2011	Sharp Eyed Deputy Captures Pair Of Scrap Metal Thieves
05/04/2011	Drivers Passing Stopped Buses Targeted In Safety Operation
05/02/2011	Sheriff's Office Employees Of The Quarter Honored
April
04/26/2011	19-Year-Old Deltona Man Re-Arrested On New Sex Charges
04/26/2011	Sheriff's Office Investigates Home Invasion Near DeLand
04/26/2011	Sheriff's Office Investigating House Fire Death
04/25/2011	Law Enforcement Torch Run Set For Thursday In Volusia
04/23/2011	Deltona Man Arrested After Foiled Burger King Robbery
04/21/2011	Deltonan Charged With Propositioning 14-Year-Old For Sex
04/21/2011	Emergency Dispatchers Honored By County Council
04/21/2011	Sheriff's Office Honors 247 Volunteers At Annual Banquet
04/18/2011	Volusia County Sheriff's Office Issues Scam Alert
04/14/2011	28 Arrested During Deltona Crime Suppression Operation
04/13/2011	45-Year-Old Man Charged With Giving Liquor And Sex To Teen Updated 04/15/11
04/10/2011	Investigators Charge Four In Pipe Bomb Incident
04/09/2011	Deputies Charge Man With Animal Abuse For Killing Dog
04/07/2011	Rewards Available For Information In Pipe Bomb Explosion
04/07/2011	Poodle Nappers Sought By VCSO Investigators
04/07/2011	Busy Burglars Facing More Than 40 Criminal Charges
04/06/2011	Teens Charged With Sex Offense At Delinquency Program
04/05/2011	Volusia County Sheriff's Bust Two Chop Shops In Two Weeks
March
03/29/2011	Man Arrested For Copper Theft Leads VCSO Deputies To His Doorstep
03/28/2011	Deputies Arrest Suspect Linked To Eight Business Break-Ins
03/28/2011	Scammers Steal More Than $10,000 From Volusia County Grandmothers
03/25/2011	Early Morning Traffic Stops Lead To Six Arrests for Illegal Drugs
03/25/2011	Deltona Man Charged With Operating A Chop Shop
03/24/2011	Sheriff's Office Volunteers To Beef Up Parking Enforcement
03/23/2011	Sheriff's Office Makes Arrest In Double Murder
03/22/2011	Photos Released Of Vehicles Linked To Missing Woman
03/21/2011	Guns Kept Off The Streets As VCSO Deputies Make Textbook Arrest
03/17/2011	Tattooing Of 14-Year-Old Girl Leads To Child Abuse Charges
03/16/2011	Concerned Neighbor Helps VCSO Deputies Bust Mobile Meth Lab
03/15/2011	VCSO Issues A Silver Alert For Missing 88-Year-Old Deltona Man Updated 03/16/11
03/15/2011	Orange City Man Charged In Theft Of 1,500 Pounds Of Copper
03/12/2011	Man Charged With Trying To Bribe His Way Out Of Ticket
03/11/2011	Patient Charged With Trying To Sell Pot To Clinic Staff
03/09/2011	Bloody Booze Bottles Provide Evidence Trail For Bar Break-In
03/07/2011	Sheriff's Office Returns To Its Prior Deltona Headquarters
February
02/25/2011	2-Year-Old Child Found In Swimming Pool
02/25/2011	Person Of Interest Arrested In Search For Missing Woman
02/25/2011	Sheriff's Office Citizens Academy Accepting Applications
02/24/2011	Investigators Looking For More Sexual Battery Victims
02/23/2011	Former Music Teacher Charged In School Thefts
02/23/2011	Surveillance Images Help Deputies Nab Burglary Suspects
02/22/2011	Man Killed In Apparent Gun-Cleaning Accident
02/22/2011	Man Who Explodes Device Charged With Stalking
02/18/2011	Bodies Of Plane Crash Victims Recovered and Identified
02/15/2011	Volusia Deputies Searching For Missing Holly Hill Woman
02/10/2011	Arrests Made In Distraction Thefts Targeting Elderly (Click here for video)
02/07/2011	DeLand Man Arrested After Pointing Loaded Gun At VCSO Deputy
02/04/2011	22-Year-Old Orange City Man Faces Child Porn Charges
02/01/2011	Sheriff Ben Johnson Honors VCSO Employees Of The Year
02/01/2011	DeBary Crash Claims Two Lives Updated 02/02/11
January
01/28/2011	4-Year-Old Boy Drowns In Swimming Pool
01/28/2011	Sheriff's Medicine Disposal Program In Full Swing
01/26/2011	Sheriff's Office Launches Countywide Program To Collect Unwanted Medicine
01/25/2011	Deputies Investigating Shooting Death Near New Smyrna Updated
01/21/2011	76-Year-Old DeBary Man Faces Charges For Sex With A Teen
01/21/2011	Two Store Owners Charged With Selling Counterfeit Goods
01/20/2011	18-Year-Old Faces Child Porn Charges
01/17/2011	22-Year-Old Woman Critically Injured In Deltona Shooting Updated
01/13/2011	Deputies Investigating Possible Attempted Child Abduction
01/12/2011	Deltona Couple Hoarding Animals Charged With Child Abuse
01/11/2011	16-Year Sheriff's Veteran Promoted To Captain
01/10/2011	Deputies Replace 78-Year-Widow's Stolen Flag
01/07/2011	Oak Hill Man Charged With Meth Trafficking
01/04/2011	Volusia Deputies Searching For Missing 75-Year-Old Woman
01/04/2011	Deltona Convenience Store Armed Robbery

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Sheriff's Office Employees Of The Quarter Honored

Tennessee Couple Arrested For Trying To Buy 800 Pills

Sheriff's Office Searching For Missing 71-Year-Old Man Updated

Home Owner Holds Burglar At Gunpoint

Sheriff's Office Warns Public About ATM Skimming Devices

Man Arrested For Firing Shotgun At Repo Men

Sheriff's Office Employees Of the Quarter Honored

Mud Foils Thieves' Clean Getaway

64-Year-Old Deltona Man Beaten by Intruder

157 Guns Turned in to Deputies during Kicks 4 Guns Event

As School Begins, Deputies Remind Public to Put Safety First

"Drive Sober or Get Pulled Over"

Sheriff's Office to Participate in Aug. 16 Kicks 4 Guns Program

Robber's Bad Day Ends In Jail

Sheriff's Office Employees Of The Quarter Honored

Cell Phone Locator Lead To Pair Of Home Burglars

Worker Charged with Abusing Disabled Adult

Deltona Woman Killed while Crossing Howland Boulevard

Sheriff's Office Investigating Home Invasion Near DeLand

Wide Variety Of Drug-Related Crimes Send Eight To Jail

Four Arrested In Bar Robbery

Precious Metals Dealer Arrested For Dealing In Stolen Property

Sheriff's Office Employee Of The Quarter Honored

Men Rob Bar Near DeLand

Good Samaritans End One-Man Crime Spree

Sex Offender Absconded 5 Years Captured

Three Arrested In Drug-Motivated Purse Snatching

Oak Hill Law Enforcement Services Contract Approved

Seat Belt Enforcement Campaign In Full Swing

Photos Of Theft Suspect Released

Public's Help Sought In Identifying Convenience Store Robber
(Click here for video)

Masked Man Robs Convenience Store Near Daytona Beach (Click here for video)

Sheriff's Office Investigating House Fire Death

Volusia County Sheriff's Bust Two Chop Shops In Two Weeks

Man Arrested For Copper Theft Leads VCSO Deputies To His Doorstep

Sheriff's Office Searching For Missing 71-Year-Old Man Updated

Public's Help Sought In Identifying Convenience Store Robber (Click here for video)

Public's Help Sought In Identifying Convenience Store Robber
(Click here for video)