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Suspended Oak Hill police officer Michael Ihnken and Police Chief Diane Young are at the center of perhaps the city's biggest public scandal.
Now that Sera and I are each recovering from bronchitis, we return full speed ahead with the business at hand, which is reporting the news. Today is a busy day with the focus on Saturday night's Bud Shootout at Daytona.
We're also premiering our new investigative series, "Oak Hill Police: Corruption, Cocaine and Chaos." A series of stories, including videos, photos and PDF attachments of public internal affairs reports, a well as arrest and complaint affidavits, will detail the crisis that Oak Hill finds itself with a police force on the verge of implosion and an ugly history of leadership incompetence, lawlessness and embarrassment dating back 15 years.
While we are certain other Central Florida media outlets will start jumping on this story once we start posting, especially with a big showdown meeting Monday night at City Hall, we are proud to be the first to provide this exclusive and powerful investigative reporting news series that impacts the quality of life in Volusia County and defines who we are as a community.
As you will see from the first story on, this story extends well beyond the borders of Oak Hill with cops turning on each other, poor judgment that has not only led to litigation, but even death. NSBNews.Net broke the original story last month about an internal affairs investigation by the State Attorney's Office and Florida Department of Law Enforcement into allegations of rogue cops exploding homemade bombs at night while on patrol and shooting stuffed animals stolen from the city's Christmas toy drive because they were bored.
The gun play is just the tip of the iceberg. Our series reveals connections to drugs, an outlaw biker gang and insane vehicle chases.
Please be patient and check back often.
Some of the content may not be suitable for all age groups, but we want to bring the news into the light in its truest form. It's ugly and we're certain will sicken an already weary public over the lack of government oversight in public safety as witnessed by the scandal in the Windemere Police Department.
Over the next 48 hours, you will see that Oak Hill is Volusia County's Windemere -- maybe even worse.