Traffic stop leads to 50 child porn charges for Deltona sex offender, sheriffโs office says
A Deltona sex offender who deputies arrested earlier this month for providing a fake name during a traffic stop faces 50 new charges related to images of children on a phone he was unlawfully carrying, according to the Volusia County Sheriffโs Office.
Volusia council repeals rule on background checks for private gun sales despite federal changes coming
A change is coming to private gun sales in Volusia County. The county council is voted Tuesday night to repeal a rule that requires a background check and a three-day waiting period for private sales at gun shows.
Volusia County OK longer distances for sex predators from schools, playgrounds
In a five to two vote, the Volusia County Council Tuesday approved to adjust its current sex offender and predator ordinance so that those individuals will now have to live further from places like schools, churches, and playgrounds.
Volusia Schools official criticizes county councilโs โdisrespect,โ but says more deputies are coming
The Volusia County school district said it is moving forward with a plan to add more school resource deputies to middle schools, without the requested financial support of the county government. But one district official is not letting the matter go without a fight.
โYou asked for this:โ DeLand Middle School SRO reprimanded for comments while handcuffing 12-year-old
The DeLand Police Department has disciplined a school resource officer found to have made insensitive and unprofessional comments while tackling, handcuffing and eventually Baker Acting a 12-year-old middle school student.
Own a gun? Hereโs what you can be charged with in Florida if a child accesses it
The 11-year-old accused of taking a loaded gun from his mother's car and shooting two 13-year-olds at an Apopka Pop Warner game is now at least the third time in Central Florida over the past several months where a child has gotten access to a gun and fired it.