Previous stories on Corruption in Volusia County
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DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. -- The following is a list of previously published stories in HeadlineSurfer.com regarding corruption in Volusia County government:
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ENDORSEMENT: Carl Lentz IV for re-election to Dayona Beach City Commission
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DAYTONA BEACH -- Daytona Beach City Commissioner Carl Lentz IV should be re-elected to his zone 4 seat in the Nov. 4 elections in spite of the trespass warning he received from the police who responded to an adult strip club where the inciumbent was reportedly inebriated and accused of tossing a drink at a bartender, though no charges were filed at the scene.
HeadlineSurfer.com sports trending: Victor Oladipo
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Orlando Magic star Victor Oladipo out of action indefinitely with facial fracture
ORLANDO, Fla. -- Orlando Magic guard Victor Oladipo will be out indefinitely after suffering a facial fracture in practice Thursday, General Manager Rob Hennigan announced Saturday.
Oladipo, 22, who was evaluated Thursday afternoon, underwent a corrective surgical procedure. He was injured after taking an inadvertent elbow during a practice drill.
Orlando Magic star Victor Oladipo out of action indefinitely with facial fracture
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Photo for Headline Surfer® / Victor Oladipo underwent corrective surgery Saturday for a facial fracture.ORLANDO, Fla. -- Orlando Magic guard Victor Oladipo will be out indefinitely after suffering a facial fracture in practice Thursday, General Manager Rob Hennigan announced Saturday.
Oladipo, 22, who was evaluated Thursday afternoon, underwent a corrective surgical procedure. He was injured after taking an inadvertent elbow during a practice drill.
Edgewater cops shoot and kill confrontational man wielding butcher knife after tasering him has no impact
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EDGEWATER, Fla. -- A 34-year-old man armed with a knife was shot in killed 1:30 this morning by two Edgewater cops who opened fire on him in the home he shared with his mother and her boyfriend after an attempt to subdue him with not one, but two tasers failed to stop his forward movement, Edgewater Police Chief Dave Arcieri told HeadlineSurfer.com.
WTF moments at Biketoberfest 2014 in Daytona Beach
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DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. -- They arrived. They cruised. They amused. They drank. They danced. They hooked up. They left.
COMING SOON: New Smyrna Beach PD scandal continues with multiple top cops shown the door
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Then-Police Chief Ron Pagano is shown at far left during the 2012 New Smyrna Beach Christmas Parade. Then-Police Chief George Markert is shown with former Acting Police Chief and then-Lt. Michael Brouillette in early 2013 at a City Commission meeting. Acting Police Chief Donna Lavallee is shown in early 2014.
NEW SMYRNA BEACH -- The first to be gone was New Smyrna Beach Police Chief Ronald Pagano. He retired only after his contract was re-worked, giving him an extra $60,000-plus he otherwise wouldn't have been entitled to, after city officials learned of 940 items missing or stolen from the NSBPD under his watch. Next to be shown the door was Lt. Michael Brouillette, the acting chief, who "retired" April 30 of this year after signing a document that prevents him and the city from suing one another. Police Chief George Markert "resigned" earlier this month after a little more than a year on the job, at least that's what was stated in a press release, though Headline Surfer® was told otherwise. And finally there's Markert's successor, whose 30-year secret will be unveiled in the award-winning internet newspaper's upcoming investigative reports: "Show Me the Money New Smyrna Beach: Top Cops.
Kathy Weston sets bar high for circuit judge with wealth of experience, integrity & commitment
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DAYTONA BEACH -- There are few attorneys out there who have the legal knowledge, insight and family pedigree to be a circuit judge like candidate Adam Warren. But in this particular race, there is an even better choice: Kathy Weston.
Without hesitation, HeadlineSurfer.com gives the full weight of its endorsement in the Nov. 4 elections to Kathy Weston, candidate for 7th judicial circuit (Group 20) in Volusia, Flagler, Putnam and St. Johns counties.
Larry McKinney withdraws from November run-off for district 4 seat on Port Orange City Council
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Finished second to Scott Stiltner among field of four in Aug. 26 primary
Photos for Headline Surfer® /Larry McKinney has withdrawn from the race for the district 4 seat on the Port Orange City Council against primary winner Scott Stilton, shown in the inset.
PORT ORANGE, Fla. -- Larry McKinney, former president and CEO of the Daytona Regional Chamber of Commerce, who finished second in a crowded field in the Aug. 26 primary for a seat on the Port Orange City Council, has withdrawn his candidacy with less than three weeks to go before the general election.
"Today, I am withdrawing from the race for District 4 City Council in Port Orange," McKinney said in a prepared statement emailed to Headline Surfer® late Friday night.
VCSO: Port Orange father guns down his 3 kids then kills himself after wife runs next door
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Two eldest kids dead; third clinging to life in hospital
Photos for Headline Surfer® / Volusia County Sheriff Ben Johnson holds a press conference Friday outside a Port Orange-area home where a father shot his three children before killing himself. Only the youngest of the three children survived the bloodshed.
PORT ORANGE, Fla. -- A domestic quarrel between a married couple on the verge of divorce ended in bloodshed before dawn today in the Spruce Creek Farms subdivision after the wife ran out of the house and the husband taking aim at their three children -- killing two of them in the process -- before shooting himself to death.
