CRIME & SAFETY
Volusia County woman charged for shooting death of her child's father in the middle of street: Deputies
DELAND, Fla. - A DeLand woman is accused of shooting and killing the father of her child in the middle of the street back in December 2022, the Volusia County Sheriff's Office said. Jasmoray Baugh, 30, was charged with second-degree murder in the shooting death of Korey Woulard, which happened...
Deputies charge man with second-degree murder in Deltona park brawl and shooting
A Sunday night shooting at a Deltona park that seriously injured a man happened during a brawl that was part of a planned fight between two men over a woman, Volusia County sheriff's investigators said after making an arrest. Jeremy Castillo Ortiz, 19, of Deltona, was arrested on Monday and charged with attempted...
2 arrested in case of carjacked Homestead woman feared dead
MIAMI - The Seminole County Sheriff's Office held a press conference Monday to announce the arrests of an Orange County Sheriff''s Deputy and his wife in the case of a Homestead woman who was carjacked and is feared dead. Katherine Altagracia Guerrero de Aguasvias, 31, was the victim of a carjacking, which happened last Wednesday evening at an intersection in unincorporated Seminole County and was captured on cellphone video. Deputy Francisco Estrella has been charged with five felonies regarding the case. The sheriff says Estrella and his wife are friends with Aguas-Viva's husband. This connection and their couple's correspondence with...
Body camera video shows shots fired in fatal deputy-involved shooting
Videos from a body camera and helicopter depicted what took place moments before a fatal deputy-involved shooting in Florida back in 2020. It’s a part of a series where we are looking back at viral videos in recent years. The video had more than 31 million views on YouTube at the time this article was published.
Two men arrested in killing at OBT gas station, Orange deputies say
Two men have been arrested for a killing at an Orange Blossom Trail gas station earlier this month, though details remain scant as to what took place the night of the incident. Isaiah Holligan, 26, and Jonathan Strickland, 24, are facing first-degree murder charges in the April 5 death of Carlos Bethel, 36, who was found shot at a Speedway gas station about two miles south of the Florida Mall, ...
Guest pepper-sprayed DeLand hotel hallway because of noise that would not let him sleep
A charter bus driver who complained to a DeLand hotel's staff that he could not sleep because of noise coming from an upstairs room pepper-sprayed the hallway outside the room leading to the evacuation of more than 100 guests over the weekend, police said. Daniel Young, 59, of Hollywood, was...
FEMA holds simulated building collapse training for Volusia County emergency responders
DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. — The Federal Emergency Management Agency is in town training Volusia County Emergency personnel with its Integrated Emergency Management Course (IEMC). Firefighters, police officers, and emergency personnel are all meeting at the Emergency Operations Center in Daytona Beach to undergo this training. The four-day training focuses...
Man indicted in fatal 2023 Sanford stabbing after being arrested with victim's car in Michigan
SANFORD, Fla. — A Seminole County grand jury has indicted a man in connection to a 2023 Sanford murder that left a 74-year-old man dead. According to the state attorney's office for Brevard and Seminole counties, Elliott Jeltes, 29, was indicted on Monday on one count of first-degree murder and one count of grand theft of motor vehicle. This comes after Kenneth Vitagliano, 74, was found dead outside the front door of a residence in Sanford last August.
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