New Smyrna Beach

Monument outside NSBPD remembers cop Roy Nelson and canine partner

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Headline Surfer photos / Above: A memorial outside the New Smyrna Beach Police Station recognizes police officer Roy L. Nelson Jr.  and his k-9 partner, Caesar, killed in the line of duty on Aug. 13, 2005.

By HENRY FREDERICK / Headline Surfer

NEW SMYRNA BEACH, Fla. -- Before the new police station was built last year, the only public recognition of canine officer Roy L. Nelson Jr., and his dog, Ceasar, was a photo in the lobby of the former facility.

NSB cops: Two boys, 14 and 15, charged with armed robbery of a gas station with a loaded 9 mm handgun
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Central Florida
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Henry Frederick Mon, 12/05/2011 - 12:16
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NEW SMYRNA BEACH, Fla. -- Two boys, ages 14 and 15, armed with a loaded 9 mm semi-automatic handgun, robbed the Right Stop gas station just before midnight Sunday night but were caught after running from the premises by cops.

Holly Hill cops: New Smyrna Beach man, who was a priest, arrested in gay sex sting
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Central Florida
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Henry Frederick Wed, 11/23/2011 - 01:18
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HOLLY HILL, Fla. -- A 61-year-old former pastor and retired Catholic priest who lives in New Smyrna Beach, is among a group of men rounded up in a sting alleging gay sex in a restroom at Ross Point Park in Holly, police said.

New Smyrna Beach teen surfer bitten by shark

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Photos for Headline Surfer / Above: Daniel True, 19, received stitches to close a sizable bite wound on his foot from a shark while surfing Friday morning near New Smyrna Beach's South Jetty. He was riding the waves before a shark spoiled his fun in the sun.
 

By HENRY FREDERICK / Headline Surfer

NEW SMYRNA BEACH, Fla. -- Nineteen-year-old surfer dude Daniel True has earned his red badge of courage and he has a rather large shark bite wound on his right foot to prove it. That's no lie.

Despite dad's sudden death, New Smyrna Beach's Ray Catheline keeps commitment with Cudas Unhooked fundraiser; raises whopping $7,873
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Central Florida
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Henry Frederick Sat, 04/30/2011 - 02:30
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NEW SMYRNA BEACH, Fla. -- Just five days before his Cudas Unhooked fundraiser to raise funds for struggling and even homeless New Smyrna Beach High School students and their families, Ray Catheline's father died. But he went ahead with the inaugural one-day event. And with the help of friends and family, he raised a whopping $7,873.

NSB police motors officer Chris Salomone king of the road

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New Smyrna Beach
Central Florida
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NEW SMYRNA BEACH -- Few doubt that Harley-Davidson is the king of the road when it comes to motorcycles. The same can be said for New Smyrna Beach police motors officer Chris Salomone, who competed last weekend in the Great Lakes Training Seminar at Ontario College in Ontario, Canada.

Christopher Trull -- middle of three brothers implicated in NSB Spring Break carnage -- captured Thursday after absconding from probation three years ago

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Central Florida
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NEW SMYRNA BEACH, Fla. -- Christopher Trull the middle of the threeTrull brothers, who absconded from his probation nearly three years ago after a brief imprisonment for his role in the fatal attacks on a group of Spring Breakers here in New Smyrna Beach, was captured Thursday night in Nassau County after police there responded to a domestic violence call.

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