Crime

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla -- Eleven people were hurt early this morning when a stolen van crashed into a Votran bus in Daytona Beach, cops said.

A child on the bus was among the injured in the collision in the area of Orange Avenue and Lincoln Street.

ORMOND BEACH, Fla. -- Two off-duty Volusia County sheriff’s deputies were arrested on DUI charges in separate incidents this weekend.

SANFORD, Fla. -- One man was pronounced dead on arrival and another critically wounded from gunfire late Friday after deputies responded to the 3300 block of Sanford Avenue in unincorporated Seminole County after several 9-1-1 calls of shots fired.

OAK Hill, Fla -- Jeff Bracy is well known to law enforcement and the courts with one arrest for a physical fight with another politician, one complaint filed by the state for his damage to his son-in-law's truck and camper, but the Oak Hill politician has only one minor misdemeanor conviction.

SANFORD, Fla --  Sanford cops said Saturday they had Andraus Zyrae Lee in custody related to an overnight shooting that took place in a parking lot outside of the Wet Spot bar.

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. -- David Lee Davis, a veritable jack of all trades -- one-time Daytona cop, twice-failed candidate for elected office, political consultant, blogger, and substitute teacher -- also was a suspected pedophile, who used his local church ties to give the appearance of piety and kindness -- was arrested Wednesday at his workplace on a warrant by Volusia County sheriff's deputies and ordered held without bail, pending a first appearance.

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SANFORD, Fla -- Sanford cops are investigating an apparent murder-suicide that took place at a residence in the Carriage Cove neighborhood.  

SANFORD, FL -- A 3-month-old infant was kidnapped early today by her estranged father who apparently has had no contact with her since birth, Sanford cops said.

PALATKA, Fla – Jose Maldonado Sr. pleaded guilty to first-degree murder in the gunshot killing of his estranged girlfriend and was subsequently sentenced to life in prison earlier on this Friday, a spokesman for the State Attorney's Office announced.