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June 16, 2009: Charles O. Christie, Gainesville, and Mary E. Wolf, Oak Hill.

DELTONA -- The Volusia County Sheriff's Office is investigating an early morning robbery of a Deltona grocery store pharmacy.

A man walked into the business and demanded that the pharmacist give him some drugs. The suspect implied he had a weapon, but one was not actually seen, Sheriff's spokesman Brandon Haught said. No one was injured during the incident. The robber was able to grab a few bottles of prescription pills and then flee. Several deputies, a K-9 unit and a Sheriff's Office helicopter responded to the scene, but the suspect was not found.

DAYTONA BEACH -- Deathly ill from the effects of AIDS and hepatitis, friends and neighbors weren't surprised to learn of Michael Bobo's death on May 19, A Volusia Sheriff's spokesman said.

However, how the 52-year-old's body ended up at a Daytona Beach landfill amidst a pile of discarded recyclables remained a mystery. This week, Sheriff's investigators solved the mystery with the arrest of Bobo's former roommate and lover, 27-year-old Donald Richert, agency spokesman Gary Davidson said this afternoon.

Courtesy photo. Miracle Chanelle Walker, 18, of New Smyrna Beach, was charged with battery on a New Smyrna High School employee after an altercation with another student Saturday during a college entrance examinination, New Smyrna Beach police said.

NEW SMYRNA BEACH -- The “Your Library/Your Lifeline” series continues at the New Smyrna Beach Regional Library with a free retirement planning workshop.

Financial adviser Jamie Calkins, who specializes in developing strategies to meet financial goals, will present the workshop at 6 p.m. Thursday, June 25.

The series will continue in July with a display on estate planning.

Coutesy photo/Sheriff's Office. Adrian Fair, 32, of New Smyrna Beach is reported in critical condition, after falling from the roof of the Canal Street building that houses the Observer newspaper with the intent of skateboarding on it. He was airlifted last night to Halifax Medical Center. 

NSB News.net photos by Henry Frederick. Observer newspaper Editor Robert Burns wrote in his weekly column this week about an incident that occurred on the roof of his office that landed a New Smyrna Beach man in the hospital in critical condition. See the story already posted on our Web site regarding the circumstances that led to 32-year-old Adrian Fair, falling off the roof Tuesday night and having to be airlifted with critical head injuries while playing on the roof with a skateboard. At left, Burns points to the roof and the fall. Below, Burns shows how the victim and his friends got on the roof.

NEW SMYRNA BEACH, Fla -- Retaliation by burning a man's home for a stolen bicycle has landed a 21-year-old Edgewater man in prison for 25 years.

Courtesy photo. Robert Herron, a 53-year-old homelesss man from DeLand was in surgery today for a knife wound to his chest. He was found in a wooded area outside the Edgewater city limits with a knife sticking out of his chest.

EDGEWATER -- A 53-year-old homeless DeLand man was found stabbed in the chest, with the knife still stuck in him last night, the Volusia Sheriff's Office reported, adding he remains hospitalized in stable condition today.

Edgewater Police initially responded to the call and found Robert Herron on the ground along the 3200 block of South Ridgewood Avenue, heavily bleeding and the knife in his chest, Sheriff's spokesman Gary Davidson said.

Margaret A. Patterson, 89, New Smyrna Beach, a former housekeeper, died Tuesday, June 16, 2009.

Basil Arch, 89, of Edgewater, a self-employed automotive shop owner, died Saturday, June 13, 2009.