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DEBARY -- A 15-year-old boy riding his bicycle in DeBary late Friday night was struck and killed by a passing car, the Volusia County Sheriff's Office said.

The crash occurred at about 11:34 p.m. along West Highbanks Road near its intersection with Gracie Road. A 17-year-old driver, Nicholas Petersen of DeLand, was behind the wheel of a 1997 Nissan traveling east on West Highbanks Road that hit Brian Wentwood, who was riding his bike along the street, where he lives.

Courtesy photo. Gov. Charlie Crist followed up his Tuesday night State of the State address with the following message in his weekly newsletter, Notes from the Capitol:

This evening, during my fourth State of the State Address, I called on the Florida Legislature to address essential issues for Floridians: jobs and prosperity for Floridians; continued improvements to PreK-12 schools, colleges, and universities; and re-instilling confidence in the integrity of government.

Courtesy photo/Jail mug. Dominique Ross, A Volusia County fugitive, was arrested Tuesday in Deltona.

DELTONA -- A local fugitive with a violent past eluded law enforcement for nearly 15 months. But that all came to an end early Tuesday morning when authorities nabbed 23-year-old Dominique Ross at a home in Deltona, Volusia County Sheriff's spokesman Gary Davidson said.

DAYTONA BEACH -- Two Georgia chiropractors visiting the Daytona Beach area for Bike Week
were arrested by the Volusia County Motorcycle Anti-Theft Task Force Monday after investigators discovered that the vehicle identification numbers on their bikes had been altered, Volusia County Sheriff's spokesman Brandon Haught said.

DELTONA -- A vehicle flipped and then collided into a house on East Normandy Boulevard in Deltona early Tuesday morning, leaving the driver, 48-year-old Joy Denise Terry of DeLand, in critical condition after being revived by paramedics, a Volusia County Sheriff's spokesman said.

The Orlando Sentinel is reporting online and in today's print edition newspaper that SeaWorld Orlando trainer Dawn Brancheau died Wednesday as a result of "multiple traumatic injuries and drowning" after a killer whale pulled her underwater by her long ponytail near the theme park's Shamu Stadium.

DAYTONA BEACH -- With the heavy traffic that comes with Bike Week, Votran riders should expect numerous delays, interruptions and route deviations. Schedule delays will begin Monday, and continue
through the following Sunday, March 7.

Detours are subject to change without notice. “Votran will make every effort to notify customers as soon as the detours and route deviations are expected,” said Ken Fischer, Votran general manager. “Buses will be rerouted to secondary roads when traffic becomes congested.”

Courtesy photo/Jail mug. Timothy Woulard Jr. of DeLand, shown here, is wanted on a warrant charging him with first-degree murder in the shooting of a DeLeon Springs man last September.

DELEON SPRINGS -- Volusia County Sheriff's deputies investigating the September 2009 fatal shooting in DeLeon Springs of a 33-year-old man have concluded that the killing was sparked by a drug deal that went bad, an agency spokesman said.

ORMOND BEACH, Fla -- A couple of young men left plenty of clues for Volusia County Sheriff's deputies to follow when they burst into an 86-year-old woman's home near Ormond Beach Monday night, ransacked the place and finally left with jewelry and credit cards in hand, an agency spokesman said.

Courtesy photo/SDPD. South Daytona Police Chief William is an advocate of online crime mappingfor safer neighborhoods.

SOUTH DAYTONA -- For decades, police tracked crime trends by sticking color-coded push pins into a map, but here in South Daytona, a newly launched on-line crime mapping system brings that practice into the digital age and the public can now access it for free.