CRIME & SAFETY
90-year-old Korean War veteran arrested in Deltona for molesting 2 children
A 90-year-old Korean War veteran from Deltona was arrested Monday and accused of inappropriately touching and trying to kiss two small girls in a backyard shed, investigators with the Volusia County Sheriff's Office said. Jose Vega Alicea was in the Volusia County Branch Jail on Tuesday on $100,000 bail. He...
Bar fight leads to shooting in middle of DeLand road, police say
A bar fight early Thursday led to a shooting in the middle of a DeLand road, police said. According to the DeLand Police Department, two men were drinking at a bar when an argument broke out. The two left the bar and continued arguing in the 100 block of E....
Florida Walmart shoplifter says she was playing game called '21' after leaving with cart of items: Deputies
PALM COAST, Fla. - A Sanford woman who claimed she was playing a game called "21" when she was caught shoplifting was arrested, deputies said. On Monday, a person called 911, stating that a woman had left the Palm Coast Walmart with a cart of items. The person also gave deputies a description of the car in which the woman was placing the stolen items.
Man driving for 13 years without license arrested in restaurant parking lot
A man who admitted he has been driving for 13 years without a license was arrested after a traffic stop in a restaurant parking lot in The Villages. Roy Lester Brophy, 56, of Deland, was pulled over at about 6:30 p.m. Monday in the parking lot of Chili’s on Avenida Central after an officer ran the vehicle’s license plate and discovered the vehicle’s registered owner does not have a valid driver’s license, according to an arrest report from the Lady Lake Police Department.
Florida woman accused of fracturing another woman's hip during attack over service dog at Goodwill store
CASSELBERRY, Fla. - A 77-year-old woman is behind bars after allegedly attacking another woman for having her service dog inside a Florida Goodwill store, police said. Jaqueline James, 77, is facing an aggravated battery charge following an incident that happened inside a Casselberry Goodwill store. On Tuesday, a woman told...
Suspects plead not guilty in human smuggling case involving Indian family’s death on Canada border
ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — A man accused of helping smuggle people across the U.S.-Canada border into Minnesota, including four members of an Indian family who froze to death in 2022, pleaded not guilty Wednesday to seven counts of human smuggling. Harshkumar Ramanlal Patel, 28, who prosecutors say went...
Crash with injuries blocks lanes on I-95 in Volusia County: FHP
DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. - A crash with injuries has caused the right and center lanes to be blocked on Interstate 95 in Daytona Beach, officials said. The crash happened shortly after 4:30 a.m. Friday, according to the Florida Highway Patrol. FOX 35 News is working to learn more information.
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