Crime

COMING SOON: Special Report: How many strikes can shady cops get?

EDGEWATER, Fla. -- Andrew Spurlock was about to be fired from the Edgewater Police Department when he abruptly resigned for wrongdoing. He did the same thing at his first stop with the Ormond Beach Police Department.

Where will he resurafce next with so many personnel shortages in police forces throughout Central Florida and beyond, especially with all the talk recently about defunding of police depatments in the wakre of thje bGeorge Floyd homicide while in the custody of Minneapolis poliuce officers who have since been fired.

Daytona Beach community activist James Harper: City's Citizens Police Review Board is 'bogus'

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DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. -- James Harper, a freelance journalist and community activist is not a proponent of the municipality's Citizens Police Review Board established in the wake of nationwide protests in the wake of George Floyd's homicide while in the custody of four Minneapolis cops who were fired and await criminal prosecution in his murder.

INDICTED: Seminole County Tax Collector Joel Greenberg accused of stalking political opponent

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ORLANDO, Fla. -- Seminole County Tax Collector Joel Greenberg is accused of stalking one of his political opponents, according to a federal indictment unsealed Tuesday that led to his arrest and presentment in US District Court.

BREAKING NEWS Daytona Beach Cops: K-9 officer crashes vehicle during 'lawful pursuit'

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DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. -- A Daytona Beach k-9 officer crashed in what cops described as "an authorized pursuit today of a suspect wanted on a felony charge " and that the suspect is now in custody.

Sheriff's k-9 Yenky retires after serving the flying public for more than 10 years at Daytona Beach International Airport

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DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. - After more than 10 years of bomb detection and protecting Daytona Beach International Airport, it was time for Yenky, K-9 officer, to turn in his badge in favor of retirement. 

Daytona Beach Cops: 13-year old boy speeding on stolen motorcycle killed in collision with motorist

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Headline Surfer photo illustration / Montrey N. Glover, 13, of Daytona Beach, is shown above, along with a pic of a yellow and white 2020 Suzuki RMZ 450 like the one he was riding on when he was killed Saturday afternoon.

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DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. -- A 13-year-old boy was killed when he was thrown from a speeding stolen motorcycle he was riding when it struck a motor vehicle Saturday near the intersection of 6th Street and Derbyshire, Daytona Beach cops said.

BREAKING NEWS: Sanford cops: 17-year-old car burglary suspect shot in the back & killed by homeowner inside fenced-in yard; no charges filed

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Headline Surfer video / Crime-scene and fatal shooting scenario where 17-year-old Adrein Green, a former University High School student and football player in Orange City, was killed by a single gunshot to his back by the homeowner while the teen was trying to break into one of two vehicles within the fenced-in and gated yard on Garrison Drive early Tuesday.