Crime

Daytona Beach community activist James Harper: City's Citizens Police Review Board is 'bogus'

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DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. -- James Harper, a freelance journalist and community activist is not a proponent of the municipality's Citizens Police Review Board established in the wake of nationwide protests in the wake of George Floyd's homicide while in the custody of four Minneapolis cops who were fired and await criminal prosecution in his murder.

INDICTED: Seminole County Tax Collector Joel Greenberg accused of stalking political opponent

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ORLANDO, Fla. -- Seminole County Tax Collector Joel Greenberg is accused of stalking one of his political opponents, according to a federal indictment unsealed Tuesday that led to his arrest and presentment in US District Court.

BREAKING NEWS Daytona Beach Cops: K-9 officer crashes vehicle during 'lawful pursuit'

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DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. -- A Daytona Beach k-9 officer crashed in what cops described as "an authorized pursuit today of a suspect wanted on a felony charge " and that the suspect is now in custody.

Sheriff's k-9 Yenky retires after serving the flying public for more than 10 years at Daytona Beach International Airport

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DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. - After more than 10 years of bomb detection and protecting Daytona Beach International Airport, it was time for Yenky, K-9 officer, to turn in his badge in favor of retirement. 

Daytona Beach Cops: 13-year old boy speeding on stolen motorcycle killed in collision with motorist

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Headline Surfer photo illustration / Montrey N. Glover, 13, of Daytona Beach, is shown above, along with a pic of a yellow and white 2020 Suzuki RMZ 450 like the one he was riding on when he was killed Saturday afternoon.

By HENRY FREDERICK / Headline Surfer

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. -- A 13-year-old boy was killed when he was thrown from a speeding stolen motorcycle he was riding when it struck a motor vehicle Saturday near the intersection of 6th Street and Derbyshire, Daytona Beach cops said.

BREAKING NEWS: Sanford cops: 17-year-old car burglary suspect shot in the back & killed by homeowner inside fenced-in yard; no charges filed

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Headline Surfer video / Crime-scene and fatal shooting scenario where 17-year-old Adrein Green, a former University High School student and football player in Orange City, was killed by a single gunshot to his back by the homeowner while the teen was trying to break into one of two vehicles within the fenced-in and gated yard on Garrison Drive early Tuesday.

Orlando Cops: Man under arrest on shoplifting charges at a 7-Eleven tried unsuccessfully to keep officers at bay after announcing he had the coronavirus and coughed & spit at them

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ORLANDO, Fla. -- In what can only be described as a cowardly act, Orlando cops responding to a theft at a 7-Eleven had to deal with a less-than-cordial 26-year-old Orlando man attempting to take arrest him announced he had coronavirus and then overtly coughed and spit on him as they took him to the ground and cuffed him.