VOLUSIA COUNTY

A man is $5 million richer after playing the Monopoly Doubler scratch-off game, the Florida Lottery announced Wednesday.

Two women face charges after police say they tossed a baby around at Daytona Beach bar on Thursday, according to an arrest affidavit.

A Florida man turned $10 into a $2 million prize after playing the Gold Rush Doubler scratch-off game, Lottery officials confirmed Friday.

A woman is accused of poisoning a man by putting Raid roach spray in two of his drinks, according to the Volusia County Sheriff’s Office.

A 35-year-old woman was facing charges in Volusia County for the murder of her 79-year-old roommate in Daytona Beach and for using a soda to try to get rid of the DNA evidence on her hair and body.

An Orlando woman faces DUI and reckless driving charges after she crashed her vehicle into the inlet in Smyrna Dunes Park, according to the Volusia County Sheriff’s Office.

Police are looking for 36-year-old actor Drake Bell after he went missing in central Florida Thursday night.

The video had more than 1.3 million views at the time this story was published.

A 35-year-old man claimed his $1 million winnings this week after playing the Gold Rush Limited scratch-off game, Florida Lottery officials confirmed Wednesday.

A 76-year-old woman accused of fatally shooting her terminally ill husband in a Florida hospital was released from jail.

A Florida sheriff who has recently made headlines for speaking out about hate groups was being interviewed live on the radio when something wasn’t right.

A 76-year-old woman accused of fatally shooting her terminally ill husband in a Florida hospital is asking to be released from jail.

A Florida toddler has died after deputies said he found a handgun in his parent's nightstand and shot and killed himself.

Police say Ellen and Jerry Gilland had a murder-suicide plan in the works for weeks: If his unnamed illness took a turn for the worse, the 76-year-old woman would fatally shoot her terminally ill, 77-year-old husband and then take her own life.

A 76-year-old woman who killed her terminally-ill husband at a hospital in Florida had made a murder-suicide pact with him, police said.

Eight people were arrested Thursday, accused of taking part in an illegal venomous snake trafficking ring in Florida, according to the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission.

A man who fought with a deputy after locking three people in a garage he was renting was arrested Tuesday at his home near Orange City, according to the Volusia County Sheriff’s Office.

Prosecutors say a man described as a “person of interest” in the killing and dismemberment of four men in eastern Oklahoma admitted to a woman that he killed the men and “cut them up.”.

Florida deputies chase down teenaged suspects accused of stealing a car and it was all caught on camera.

Damages are estimated at more than $481 million in a central Florida coastal county where homes collapsed into the Atlantic Ocean following Hurricane Nicole last week.

Tropical Storm Nicole has weakened to a tropical depression as it crosses the Florida Panhandle on its way north into Georgia.

A Florida-bound storm has strengthened into Hurricane Nicole after pounding the Bahamas and state officials ordered evacuations that included former President Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago club.

A Central Florida man was arrested after he was allegedly caught on camera poisoning a co-worker's Pepsi with bleach.

Rental car employees reported finding a toddler in a locked rental car that had been returned at Daytona Beach International Airport on Monday.

Gov. Ron DeSantis plans to deliver a statement on Friday afternoon in Daytona Beach.

A 16-year-old girl from Pompano Beach who had been missing for more than a week was found in Port Orange, the Broward Sheriff’s Office confirmed Thursday.

A registered sex offender’s offer to make a disturbing purchase at a Florida grocery store landed him in handcuffs Thursday, according to police.

A Florida man is back behind bars after being arrested completely naked, attempting to rob a gas station and it was all caught on camera.

Officials in Florida say four people, including a 3-year-old child, were injured when a car crashed through an unoccupied toll booth and ended up in the Atlantic Ocean.

A Florida deputy answering a call about the sound of gunshots, comes face-to-face with two young boys shooting a gun, near a dilapidated home.

Volusia County Sheriff’s deputies have arrested a man accused of entering a woman’s bedroom late at night.

A Florida man was killed in an accidental explosion over the Memorial Day weekend, according to Volusia County Sheriff’s deputies.

A Central Florida teacher has been arrested after allegedly blasting music, and disrupting state testing in his classroom.

Sheriff's deputies are looking for a naked man caught on a home's video surveillance camera stealing an American flag.

Police are investigating a fatal crash involving more than a dozen vehicles that happened early Thursday morning in Volusia County.

Volusia County Sheriff’s deputies have charged 29-year-old Brandon Shelton with 11 counts of possessing child pornography and six counts of sexual activity involving animals.

A Deltona Middle School teacher is facing felony charges, while Volusia Sheriff’s deputies conduct an investigation into his behavior with a 15-year-old student.

A 21-year-old Deltona woman was arrested on Thursday and is charged with allegedly stealing nearly $200,000 from her grandfather since late 2019.

Officials say shark attacks increased around the world in 2021 following three consecutive years of decline, though beach closures in 2020 caused by the COVID-19 pandemic could be making the numbers seem more dramatic than they are.

John Hagins, a student at a Daytona Beach university made threats of committing a mass shooting a the college. Hagins has ties to South Florida.

The owner of a Volusia County restaurant posted a sign in front of her business telling Biden supporters, they are not welcome.

Deputies in Volusia County captured the arrest of 37-year-old Javier Orozco Gutierrez on body cameras Saturday evening.

An exit off Interstate 95 in Florida had to be closed for three hours after 100 homing pigeons fell off a truck and refused to move, posing a driving hazard to motorists.

Two foster children broke into a Volusia County home, Tuesday night, then used guns they found inside the residence -- including an AK-47 -- to repeatedly fire at deputies for about 30 minutes, according to sheriff’s officials.

A traffic stop in Florida gets out of control and two witnesses step in to help a deputy.

A 64-year-old woman suffered a possible shark bite while she was sitting on a paddleboard in the water off a Florida beach.

VOLUSIA COUNTY, Fla. – Two men have been taken into custody after a high-speed chase on a Central Florida highway. Deputies in Volusia County said the driver of a Toyota Camry sped through the streets with four passengers. Hunter led authorities on a pursuit while another man in the vehicle shot a gun through their windshield. Deputies said they chased the suspect into the thick brush and shortly after Hunter emerged without further incident. Brown remained in the brush until he was apprehended by a K-9 unit, authorities said.

VOLUSIA COUNTY, Fla. – A fight over the placement of political signs led to a man punching his neighbor in the face and then arrested for the assault, according to the Volusia County Sheriff’s Office. Anthony “Tony” Vullo, 55, was charged with misdemeanor battery after Volusia County sheriff’s deputies say he punched his 48-year-old neighbor, Joseph Lebert, outside of their homes in DeBary on Aug. 17. Records show that a witness told Lebert that Vullo had taken a Biden sign from Liebert’s yard and tossed it across the yard, reported sister station WKMG. Vullo said he was upset that the placement of the sign blocked his Trump sign, according to the affidavit. Deputies said the victim had obvious signs of injury near his left eye but declined medical attention.

Hundreds of people gathered at a popular Daytona Beach boardwalk during Memorial Day weekend and were seen partying and dancing despite social distancing restrictions imposed by the state, authorities said Sunday. Police responded, attempting to disperse the crowds along A1A in Daytona Beach that were there for an annual gathering not authorized by the local government this year. Officials said they were criticized for not making use of force against the crowds and declining to make arrests for social distancing violations. Coronavirus social distancing rules in the Florida state that people must be in groups of 10 or fewer. — Daytona Beach Police (@DaytonaBchPD) May 24, 2020In South Florida, Broward County and Miami-Dade County waited until after Memorial Day to open their beaches.

Published: May 19, 2020, 6:55 pm Updated: May 19, 2020, 7:01 pmDELAND, Fla. – The Volusia County Sheriff’s Office deputies are still dealing with the aftermath of a recent chaotic street party. Deputies reported there were about 3,000 people at the DeLand party despite the coronavirus pandemic. VIDEO WARNING: Strong languageVideo shows a crowd attacked the deputies with glass bottles, cups of alcohol and bar stools. None of the deputies or DeLand Police Department officers at the party were wearing personal protective equipment. According to the Florida Department of Health, 30 of the 612 coronavirus patients in Volusia County are dead.

BAY HARBOR ISLANDS, Fla. – The Florida Department of Health has announced three new positive cases of COVID-19 in Florida increasing the state’s cases to 31. One of the new cases is the first in Miami-Dade County, the other is the fifth case in Broward County, and the third is a man who traveled from New York to Volusia County and remains in isolation in St. Johns County. State official’s report on new positive cases:

CNN(CNN) - A 12-year-old girl called police after her mother passed out from a heroin overdose on the side of the highway in Volusia County, Florida, on Thursday night. When deputies arrived, they found Smith unconscious with her 12-year-old daughter, a 7-year-old boy, a 1-year-old boy and two dogs in the minivan. "I honestly took heroin because my back was hurting," Smith, 28, told the officials. "It's not, but I had no pain pill and my back was hurting and I'm making a five-hour trip," she responded. She was charged with neglect but was not immediately booked into Volusia County Branch Jail pending her treatment at the hospital, police said.

PORT ORANGE, Floria - A Volusia County teacher who was caught on camera mowing his lawn while nude is fighting to get his job back, WESH reported. Albert said that when longtime teacher Brian Wheeler mowed the yard naked at his Port Orange home in 2017, he made a very poor decision. This is a man who has over two decades of history teaching children in our community and successfully teaching them, Albert said. Wheeler was working at Cypress Elementary in Port Orange when he was removed. According to Albert and the paperwork she showed us, Wheeler will be fined but will retain his teaching credential.

On Saturday, 20-year-old surfer Emily Comfort was bitten on her left hand and wrist, according to Volusia County Beach Safety. Less than 24 hours after the first two bites, 51-year-old Peter Bourbeau was standing in knee-deep water when his right foot was bitten by what he described as a 4-foot-shark, Volusia County Beach Safety said. According to the International Shark Attack File, Volusia County has recorded 303 shark attacks -- the most in the United States -- since 1882. The second closest is Brevard County, Florida, with 147. Of the 1,441 confirmed unprovoked shark attacks in the United States since 1837, Florida dominates the list, with 828 recorded attacks.

Photo by Dan Kitwood/Getty ImagesNEW SMYRNA BEACH, Fla. - uthorities say two people were bitten by sharks minutes apart at the same Florida beach. Volusia County Beach safety officials told news outlets the two bites occurred Saturday afternoon at New Smyrna Beach. A short time later, a 21-year-old man was bitten on his right foot and was treated at the scene. In Miami-Dade County, a man was injured while fishing off Key Biscayne. The University of Floridas International Shark Attack file says there have been 17 suspected shark bites involving humans in the state this year.

(CNN) - Some beachgoers frolicking in the Florida surf were shocked to find out that sharks were swimming just a few feet away. Fran Kumpf told CNN affiliate WESH that she saw a shark that appeared to be about 5 feet long on Monday at Daytona Beach. "These particular ones, they would never seek out people, but they might accidentally bite a person if they thought it was a bait fish," Naylor said. Tammy Malphurs told CNN. Volusia County, which includes Daytona Beach and New Smyrna Beach, leads the US in shark bites.