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Courtesy photo / Dennis Devlin (shown in the larger photo)  faces at least 15 years in federal prison for aiding and abetting Michael Ehman, 20, involving sexual exploitation of a minor while he was managing the Desert Inn in Daytona Beach where the lewd acts took place in front of a video camera.

DAYTONA BEACH -- The Manager of the Desert Inn pleaded guilty in federal court to child sex exploitation charges for activities involving lewd acts with a 13-year-old boy at the beachside hotel.

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Courtesy photo / Krirtophe Gonsaves allegedly stared down a 14-year-old girl and then fled in his van after she rejected his request for sex, which led to his arrest Thursday, Sheriff's officials said.

DELTONA -- Volusia County Sheriff's investigators arrested a Deltona man this afternoon after he was accused of following a 14-year-old girl and propositioning her for sex.

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Courtesy photo /A weeklong celebration of drinking water by the Utilities Commission of New Smyrna Beach next month includes a bus tour of its facilities.

NEW SMYRNA BEACH -- The Utilities Commission of New Smyrna Beach, in conjunction with the American Water Works Association, welcomes "Drinking Water Week 2011," an annual celebration of our most precious natural resource.

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Courtesy photo / Mayor Darla Lauer, in a running battle with embattled Police Chief Diane Young, an admitted cocaine user whom the mayor didn't want on the force to begin with, stepped down Wednesday as the city's first publicly-elected mayor.

OAK HILL -- In this small riverfront city beset by corruption in the police force and recent revelations that its clerk/administrator was convicted of DUI before taking the job, Mayor Darla Lauer abruptly resigned today.

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NEW SMYRNA BEACH -- The Utilities Commission of New Smyrna Beach has received a safety award from the Florida Municipal Electric Association  for its continued commitment to safe work practices during the past year.

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NEW SMYRNA BEACH -- The Utilities Commission of New Smyrna Beach has introduced new electric rebates for small commercial customers.

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Courtesy photo /What career criminal and accused killer Henry Ford Wheeler was doing in a bar that led to him getting beaten up overnight Sunday is a police mystery.

NEW SMYRNA BEACH -- Once again, Henry Ford Wheeler found trouble or maybe this time trouble found him: He was beaten up overnight Sunday at a beachside bar, but police were sketchy on details.

“The fact is, elections shouldn’t matter as much as they do.” It’s disconcerting to see this statement by a member of the U.S. House in light of the uproar going on in the Middle Eastern countries.  Not just any member, mind you, but the Democtrats' leading voice on Capitol Hill, former Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi.

In a novel by Dostoyevsky, the Grand Inquisitor reasons with a returned Jesus who has been going around healing people, apologizing for the fact that the Established Church will have to crucify Him again because He doesn’t agree with their religion. With just such a line of reasoning, Republicans are piously attempting to crucify President Obama for not agreeing with their right-wing perversion of the GOP.