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PONCE INLET -- An appeals prosecutor shot a home invader in the stomach the night of Aug. 26 after he was warned several times to leave the home, according to a police report.
Kenneth Nunnelley the lead prosecutor for appeals to the Florida Supreme Court in the 7th judicial circuit, pointed a 9 mm handgun at Roman Nowak who had pushed his way into the home while he was there with his wife and children about 10:30p.m. that night.

NSBNEWS.net photo by Sera King. Several thousand people showed up at dawn Saturday to watch the launchings of hot-air balloons. The crowd had ballooned to 10,000 the night before to watch the flame-testing required before flight. Please check out the previous story and photos for more highlights. The inaugural Seaside Balloon Fest was led by New Smyrna Beach Mayor Sally Mackay as a new year's celebration for the city and to spark tourism.

DELAND -- Staff from the Volusia County Personnel Division will meet with representatives of the International Association of Firefighters union, which represent county firefighters, from 1:30 - 5 p.m. today, to discuss collective bargaining negotiations.

The meetings will be in the second floor conference room of the Volusia County Personnel Division, 230 N. Woodland Blvd., Suite 262, DeLand.

Photo by Capt. Budd Neviaser. Cutline.Wilma Myers holds the first redfish she's ever caught as she stands next to Karl Root with his pompano.

Again we have been blessed with no reports of Karenia brevis, the Florida red tide organism, being detected in the samples collected from Mosquito Lagoon, Indian River lagoon, or the Banana River, thus far this month.

DELAND -- Below-average rainfall over the last few months has fire officials in Volusia County on alert for possible brush fires and encouraging citizens to practice fire safety, said Shelley Szafraniec, county spokeswoman.

Officials warn the torrential rain from Tropical Storm Fay a few months ago only offset the drought the area was already experiencing.

ORMOND BEACH -- Pedro Lemos resigned his position as an Ormond Beach cop in December amid an internal affairs investigation into allegations he interfered with Holly Hill police giving his girlfriend a ticket.

Photo by Roland Via. Holly Hill Public Safety Director resigned his post in December to become chief of police in Port St. Lucie.

HOLLY HILL -- Don Shinnamon, public safety director for Holly Hill, resigned in December after he was offered and accepted the position of chief of police in Port St. Lucie.

Shinnamon had been with Holly Hill since 2001, and was formerly top cop in Gainesville.

DAYTONA BEACH -- The jokes about cops and donuts has not included coffee or tea, until a Daytona Beach cop got fired in July after allegations he was trying to use his influence as a police officer to get the piping-hot liquids from the Starbucks at the Ocean Walk Shoppes on Atlantic Avenue.

Lt. Major Garvin, a 15-year veteran was fired after an internal affairs report found he was intimidating Starbucks employees into giving him freebies often during his shifts on the beachside.

PONCE INLET -- A Ponce Inlet police officer was suspended for two weeks without pay after an internal affairs investigation concluded he showed favoritism by not charging an off-duty Volusia County Sheriff's sergeant with driving under the influence in early November when he reported he had probable cause to make an arrest.

DAYTONA BEACH -- Total passenger traffic at Daytona Beach International Airport decreased 34 percent in December compared with December 2007, said Vickie Pleus, Volusia County spokeswoman.

During December, 27,043 passengers arrived and departed through DBIA, compared with 41,084 in December 2007. For the 12-month period ending Dec. 31, 594,871 passengers traveled through the county-operated airport, compared with 705,475 travelers in 2007 and representing a 16-percent decrease.