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NSB man implicated in $640K embezzlement of customers from Daytona Shores hotel he managed
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Courtesy mug/Volusia Branch Jail. Patrick Holley, 41, of New Smyrna Beach, was arrested Friday on charges he embezzled $640,000 from guests at a Daytona Beach Shores hotel where he worked until he was fired in October.
DAYTONA BEACH SHORES -- A New Smyrna Beach resident was arrested Friday on two felony theft charges involving $640,000 stolen from the Days Inn Tropical Seas on South Atlantic Avenue while he was general manager there until his firing in October, police said.
When arrested at his family's Samsula residence Friday morning, Patrick Holley, 41, told investigators he had less than $100 to his name, Daytona Beach Shores police said later in the day, according to Daytona Beach Shores police.
Lou Holtz would have given Suzanne Kosmas a national championship run for Congress
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Courtesy photo. Lou Holtz, football amnalyst for ESPN and former coach at Notre Dame and South Carolina, was a candidate for Congress and then he wasn't.
Most Republicans in this area were excited at the prospect that college football analyst and former coach Lou Holtz might run for the house seat now held by Suzanne Kosmas of New Smyrna Beach. Shortly thereafter Holtz decided he wasn’t going to run so the whole exercise became academic. However, it is interesting to review just what excited conservatives about Lou Holtz.
Three vying for NSB mayor
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NSBNEWS.net photos by Henry Frederick. Adam Barringer (left) and Marilee Walters (right) are challenging incumbent New Smyrna Beach Mayor Sally Mackay (center).
The races for mayor and two city commission seats in New Smyrna Beach are coming into sharper focus. Two challengers now certified as "qualified" to run against incumbent Mayor Sally Mackay, whose status is listed on the city's Web site as "qualification in progress." She is opposed by Marilee Walters and Adam Barringer.
Congresswoman Kosmas to host tele-town hall on health insurance reform
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NEW SMYRNA BEACH -- Congresswoman Suzanne Kosmas, D-New Smyrna Beach (FL-24), will hold a telephone town hall Wednesday night to discuss health insurance reform.
The tele-town hall, from 6:20 p.m. to 7:20 p.m., will allow constituents who are interested in health insurance reform issues to ask questions of Kosmas and learn more about current reform proposals in Congress.
Oak Hill dog breeder charged with animal health-care fraud
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Courtesy mug/Volusia County Sheriff's Office. Renee Baker, 30, an Oak Hill dog breeder, has been arrested on animal health fraud charges.
OAK HILL -- It started simply enough, with the theft of 13 animal tags from a veterinary clinic near DeLand. But after authorities spent about a month untangling the case, an Oak Hill dog breeder has been arrested on felony charges of animal health fraud.
The charges were filed after a joint investigation by the Volusia County Sheriff's Office and Volusia County Animal Control revealed that the accused was selling dogs with stolen tags and forged vaccination certificates, said Gary Davidson, spokesman for the Volusia County Sheriff's Office.
