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Victim is Volusia County's first reported homicide of 2013

Volusia County's first homicide of the New Year was reported in the 900 block of South Parsons Avenue outside DeLand as shown here.

DELAND -- Sheriff's investigators have are investigating what appears to be Volusia County's first reported murder of 2013, after a shotgun victim was dropped off late Tuesday at Florida Hospital Hospital-DeLand where he died less than an 40 minutes later, an agency spokesman said.

The victim was described only as an adult male, and though authorities know his identity, they're not releasing any further information until his family is first notified.

Preliminary investigation: Speeding may have been a factor in fatality

The map shows the location of the 12:30 p.m. Tuesday Deltona fatality.

DELTONA -- A 20-year-old DeBary man became Volusia County's first highway fatality of the new year when he lost control of his motorcyle on DeBary Avenue near the intersection of Providence Boulevard and struck a stop sign before crashing the bike, a Sheriff's spokesman said.

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Let our New Years resolution be this, we will be there for one another as fellow members of humanity, in the finest sense of the word -- Goran Persson

DELTONA -- As we welcome in the new year, I want to take this opportunity to wish you the very best for 2013.

Let us take a moment to celebrate all that is good and right with our country, our county and our cities. And reflect on the challenges and opportunities that will come our way this year.

NEW SMYRNA BEACH, Fla. -- It was bound to happen sooner or later that New Smyrna Beach would make "Dr. Beach's" listing as one of his "Top 10 beach towns in Florida."

Robert Lee Freeman was arrested Dec. 1, on a misdemeanor charge of possession of an open container of alcohol and booked into the Volusia County Jail overnight, as shown in his mugshot at left and the snippet from the New Smyrna Beach PD 24-hour activity summary report. But this unidentified woman on Flagler Avenue drinks openly during the 2011 New Year's Eve celebration.

NEW SMYRNA BEACH -- Meet Robert Lee Freeman, the exception to the rule when it comes to city cops enforcing the open container law. It's ironic that the word "free" is a part of his last name considering he was charged with being in possession of an open container of alcohol in public.

A motorist seen driving recklessly before dawn Saturday smashed his pick-up truck into a tree in front of Daytona Fire Station No. 5 shown here.

 DAYTONA BEACH -- A motorist was killed early Saturday after changing lanes several times while northbound on Nova Road before smashing his pick-up truck into a tree, Daytona Beach police said in a press release.

Here is a synopsis of what happened 4:03 a.m. Saturday as described in the release: Vincent G. Yulo, 47, of Port Orange, was on Nova and has just passed North Street when he lost control of his 1990 Chevy pick-up truck, after changing lanes several times.

DAYTONA BEACH -- The past year has been a trying one for business, but Daytona's top chamber executive responsible for cultivating businss relationships between the private marketplace and municipal and county governments with the goal of building stronger business said his organization held it's own in the entrenched recession and stands ready to make progress in 2013.