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DAYTONA BEACH -- Law enforcement at all levels made their presence known on the streets of East Volusia on Tuesday during a coordinated street crimes operation that netted 11 arrests and 34 citations, Volusia Sheriff's spokesman Gary Davidson said.

More than 50 local, state and federal law enforcement agents along with probation officers and prosecutors all joined forces in a sweep of high crime areas in the

                                                                             NSBNEWS.net video above by Sera King and photos below by Henry Frederick. An elderly man prished early this morning in a house fire that also claimed his dog on Cory Drive in Edgewater.

EDGEWATER -- The body of a man belived to be in his early 60s was found inside the back of a home just south of Edgewater that caught fire this morning, said Volusia County Sheriff's spokesman Gary Davidson.

Fire and law enforcement officials are on the scene investigating the blaze at 118 S. Cory Drive. The fire was called in by a neighbor at 7:49 a.m. Edgewater Fire Department units were first to arrive at the scene.

NSBNEWS.net photo by Henry Frederick. The DIRECTV blimp that was utilized to help broadcast the Super Bowlfor NBC won by the Pittsburgh Steelers over the St. Louis Cardinals, was serviced days earlier at the New Smyrna Beach Municipal Airport. 

HOLLY HILL -- Police are asking the public's help in locating a car involved in the fatal hit-and-run of a 51-year-old man walking home early Sunday from the Eagles Club on Nova Road.

Timothy John Ward, of London Road, was struck and killed 2 a.m. in the northbound lane of Nova Road near Fourth Street, police said, adding that paint chips left behind by the fleeing car have led them to believe it is a 2000 or 2001 metallic gold Honda CRV.

Anyone with information on the fatal accident is asked to call Holly Hill police Cpl. Mike Coomans at (386) 248-9475.

EDGEWATER -- A 53-year-old Oak Hill man was charged with theft after spending three hours Friday at Dustin's Bar B-Q restaurant on U.S. 1, where he ate beans, two hamburgers and drank a dozen cups of coffee, before walking outside to light up a cigarette and explaining to the pursuing manager that he had no money, Edgewater police reported.

Gary James Benben emptied his pockets after lighting up in front of Dustin's Manager Valerie Dunford at 4:45 p.m., explaining he didn't have his wallet on him, according to the police report.

MIMS -- A 35-year-old DeLand man was arrested Tuesday on drug and motor vehicle charges after causing two accidents on Interstate 95 in Brevard County, the Florida Highway Patrol reported.

Gabriel Butler sped away from a trooper who tried to pull him over while northbound on the interstate about 3:30 p.m., before he switched lanes abruptly and sideswiped a car and sending it spinning into the median, the highway patrol said.

Butler then made a U-turn on the median and headed southbound, turning off on the State Road 46 off-ramp, before striking another car.

DELTONA -- A 26-year-old Deltona man was killed Tuesday night on Interstate 4, just south of State Road 44 and west of New Smyrna Beach when he was rear-ended, the Florida Highway Patrol reported.

Bradley Romanyk, who wasn't wearing his seat-belt was thrown from his pick-up truck, which overturned in the 10 p.m,. crash and pronounced dead a the scene, troopers said.

The other motorist, 68-year-old Palm Coast resident Robert Pickard, suffered minor injuries. The crash is under investigation.

The National Weather Service has issued an overnight wind-chill warning with dangerously cold temperatures that could be harmful to both plants and animals.

The Orlando Sentinel reported on its Web site at 9:26 p.m. that George Anthony, grandfather of murdered toddler Caylee Anthony, was released from Halifax Medical Center in Daytona Beach where he has been treated since he was brought there Jan. 23 by Daytona Beach police.

Anthony was "released a little after 6 p.m., a hospital spokeswoman said," according to the news alert at orlandosentinel.com.