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ORLANDO, Fla. – A federal grand jury has handed up an indictment charging 54-year-old Robert Lee Craddock of Port Orange with wire fraud arising out of a scheme to defraud the compensation fund established as a result of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill in 2010.

If convicted, Craddock, who also may have a residence in Daytona Beach Shores, faces a maximum penalty of 20 years in federal prison. The indictment also notifies Craddock that the Office of US Attorney A Lee Bentley, III, is seeking a money judgment in the amount of $135,153, the proceeds of the charged criminal conduct.

According to the indictment, following the April 2010 explosion of the Deepwater Horizon oil rig, which was being leased by BP, formerly known as British Petroleum, Craddock submitted a claim to BP and the Gulf Coast Claims Facility, an independent facility established by BP to compensate qualified claimants, for lost earnings purportedly related to the impact of the oil spill on his businesses.

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla -- NASCAR has put out a nw video featuring the re-instated Kurt Busch with the message: I just have to go out there and do my job."

What's the point? Why does he have to say it? Is it to convince himself? Convince NASCAR fans? Convince his team? Convince NASCAR? Or is this NASCAR PR? Or perhaps some combination of all of the above?

The age-old adage is yiu keep your mouth shut and you let your driving do your talking for you? He says the team has provided him with the cars. That his name is atop the door. So what?

Hasn't he always been among NASCAR's top-tier talents? He has a Sprint Cup championship to his credit. Dale Earnhrdt, Jr., is trying to garner his first campioship, though Junior has two Daytona 500 championships under his bert while Busch has none.

Busch maintains he was innocent of any wrongdoing that led to his championship. And that was re-empgasized by the [proesecutor's office in Delaware where cklaims of domestic abuse were lodged by his ex-girlfriend. And there was the injuction for protection that led to NASCAR suspending him and focing him to sit out the Daytona 500.

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OAK HILL, Fla. -- Traffic has been flowing smoothly in both direction on Interstate 95, but that wasn't the case for the better part of the day when a tractor-trailer overturned on the south-bound side in Oak Hill and causing the south-bound lanes to be closed for more than 6 hours.

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NEW SMYRNA BEACH, Fla. -- A firefighter received a promotional pin from his police officer-father during a ceremony before the City Commission, showing a penchant for public safety runs in the Hazelwood family.

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NEW SMYRNA BEACH, Fla. -- An alert construction worker helped police catch a homemade chemist turned burglar the day after Thanksgiving.

Just after 8 a.m., a construction worker called 9-1-1 to report smoke coming from the men’s restroom in Detwiler Park, 701 Oakwood Ave. The worker also saw a young man running from the area carrying a bag and Justin Hill, 20, of New Smyrna Beach, was apprehended a short time later and charged with trying to cook up meth in the men's bathroom at Detwiler Park.

ORLANDO, Fla. -- Hey Orlando Magic fans, you can rejoice: Dwight Howard and the Houston Rockets were a bust in the NBA playoffs back in May.

Howard and the Rockets, the No. 4 seed in the Western Conference with a 54-28 regular season record, were bounced out of the first round in just six games by the Portland Trailblazers, 99-98 on a Friday night.

Howard and his Rockets' quick exit from the NBA playoffs comes in at No. 84 in the HeadlineSurfer.com recep of the top 100 local stories of 2014.

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. -- Tampa Bay Rays pitcher Alex Cobb is trading in his fastball for the fast lane to serve as the honorary starter for the 2015 Firestone Grand Prix of St. Petersburg, the season-opening Verizon IndyCar Series race, which begins at 3 p.m. ET on Sunday, March 29.

OAK HILL, Fla. -- Volusia County's smallest coastal municipality on the southern rural frontier has struggled for decades with trying to come of age from its orange-grove roots where modern amenities like water and sewer are non-existent -- save for a stretch of River Road -- in this rural outpost of 1,737 residents.

Evidence room scandal leads to revolving door of top brass before positive changes take hold in municipal force

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NEW SMYRNA BEACH, Fla. -- After a tough five months in leading the New Smyrna Beach police force as interim police chief, Donna Lavallee has reason to smile with pride and a sense of real achievement as she gives way to new top cop Mike Coffin on Tuesday.