VOLUSIA COUNTY, Florida – An Edgewater man has been arrested after investigators say he intentionally set fire to a trailer at a mobile home park because he believed residents wanted it removed. According to the Edgewater Police Department, Edgewater Fire-Rescue responded to a trailer fire at the Wolf’s-Driftwood Mobile HomeContinue Reading
VOLUSIA COUNTY, Florida – A New Smyrna Beach contractor has been sentenced to probation and ordered to repay more than $223,000 after prosecutors said he misused customer payments intended for paving projects across Volusia County. During a hearing on May 27, 2026, 52-year-old Eric Bartolozzi entered a no contest pleaContinue Reading
EDGEWATER, Florida – The Edgewater Police Department announced the arrest of a man accused of supplying narcotics that led to a 2024 overdose death in Edgewater. According to investigators, Isaac Bowen died from a drug overdose on April 21, 2024. During the investigation, detectives identified 44-year-old Daniel Paul Johnson ofContinue Reading
DELTONA, FL — Two 13-year-old boys face multiple felony charges after allegedly embarking on a door-kicking spree at occupied homes across the City of Deltona. The arrests, announced by the Volusia County Sheriff’s Office, come amid a string of similar incidents that authorities warn could easily turn deadly. Cameron JasseContinue Reading
EDGEWATER, FL — A late-night confrontation left a juvenile wounded and sent two teenagers to jail after police quickly tracked down the suspects following a shooting Tuesday night. Riley Kotnik, 17, and Tyler Finan, 18, were apprehended within minutes of the incident near 26th Street and India Palm Drive. KotnikContinue Reading
DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. — A suspect has been arrested in connection with a shooting that left a person critically injured earlier this week in Daytona Beach, according to the Daytona Beach Police Department. Police announced that Key’shaun Martin Jr. was apprehended on May 15, 2026, in connection with the attemptedContinue Reading
DELTONA, Fla. — Two individuals have been arrested after deputies say they fired at a vehicle following an argument that began on social media, according to the Volusia County Sheriff’s Office. Deputies responded around 11:50 p.m. Tuesday to a shooting in the area of Hemingway Drive. The victim told investigatorsContinue Reading
VOLUSIA COUNTY, Fla. — A 23-year-old man has been sentenced to decades in prison after a jury convicted him of sexually abusing a minor. During a hearing on April 24, 2026, Michael Anthony Strout was sentenced to 45 years in prison, followed by lifetime sex offender probation. He will alsoContinue Reading
DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. — A Volusia County defendant has been sentenced to three consecutive life sentences after entering no contest pleas to three counts of first-degree murder in a 2023 triple killing, prosecutors announced. 41-year-old Jerome L. Anderson entered the pleas during a hearing and was immediately sentenced to serveContinue Reading
EDGEWATER, Fla. — An 18-year-old suspect has been arrested following an armed robbery and shooting connected to a Facebook Marketplace transaction, according to police. Edgewater Police responded just before 5:00 p.m. on April 8, 2026, to the 2000 block of Hibiscus Drive after reports of an armed robbery. Investigators saidContinue Reading