COUNTY JAIL DOCKET (The following people were booked into the Volusia County Branch Jail on felony charges yet to be proven in court.

Lori Lynn Vandehey, 37, Port Orange, violation of probation

Deborah Lynn Plummer, 47, Port Orange, violation of probation

Andrew John Turpenning, 41, Port Orange, obtaining property with a worthless check

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Creekside Middle School student Kailyn Hart, 14, returns a serve during the National Girls and Women in Sports Day Celebration at Mainland High School in Daytona Beach on Wednesday. Hart is a softball player but is now interested in volleyball when she gets to Spruce Creek High. posted 2 4 10

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From the Port Orange Police Department

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Missing from Port Orange, Fl.

May be in the New Port Richey, Florida area.

Laurel Lea Rogers
Date of Birth: 06/04/1981

Laurel Rogers was last seen leaving her residence located at 1069 Horizon View Boulevard, Port Orange, Florida at 2000 hours on February 1, 2010.  Laurel Rogers does not have a functioning vehicle and it is unknown who she might have left with.  According to Laurel Rogers’s mother (Lauretta Rogers) Laurel Rogers suffers from Lupus and Laurel Rogers’s does not have her medications with her.  It is very out of the ordinary for Laurel Rogers to be gone for any extended period of time without her medications or notifying her mother.  The Port Orange Police Department conducted a “locate” on Laurel Rogers’ cell phone on February 1, 2010 at approximately 1900 hours. This “locate” showed that her cell phone was within a two mile radius of a cell tower at 6115 Baker Road in New Port Richey, Florida.   

Laurel Rogers was last seen wearing a black shirt, blue jeans, and sneakers (unknown make or color). Laurel Rogers often wears a necklace (with two rings as charms) and rings on every finger.  Laurel Rogers is 5’7” tall, sandy blonde hair (to the middle of her back); blue eyes, and weighs approximately 150 lbs. Laurel Rogers does not have any scars or tattoos; however, due to her diagnosis of Lupus, Laurel Rogers has substantial bruising on her arms and legs.   
                       

If any agencies develop any information on the whereabouts of Laurel Rogers, please hold and notify, Detective Eric Fields at (386) 506-5893 or (386) 756-7400.  Contact can also be made by email: efields@port-orange.org. Laurel Rogers is currently listed as a missing person.

                                                     
http://www.volusia.org/sheriff/pr
ess/Port%20Orange%20Releases/news.htm

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The SHNOO-SHNINE Chronicals: Tony's last night...
By kim3020
After supper we headed home but first stopped in Port Orange at the world famous "Last Resort" bar. For those of you who don't know...Aileen Wuornos was the woman who was executed in Florida on Oct 22, 2002 and billed as the first ...
The SHNOO-SHNINE Chronicals - http://snooshshine.blogspot.com/

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New Port Orange police station packs 'em in
Daytona Beach News-Journal
By DEBBIE ROBERTS PORT ORANGE -- Hundreds of people gathered beneath dismal skies Saturday to attend the grand opening of the city's new 60000-square-foot ... posted 2 4 10

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February 05, 2010

Firefighters may work for jails to save jobs

DELAND -- Facing a dire financial prognosis that could otherwise force layoffs, the Volusia County Council has decided to recruit 18 of the county's firefighters to become correctional officers.. . . .

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Bethune-Cookman May Get Own Police Force
MORE DETAILS: <http://www.wftv.com/tu/5NjHfy4XG.html>

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More Parents Claim Nun Tried To Take Their Kids


At least two more parents have come forward to the Lake County Sheriff's Office
claiming that a nun tried to take their children.
VIDEO REPORT: Nun Accused Of Taking Kids <http://www.wftv.com/tu/5NjHfxKY2.html>
RAW INTERVIEW: Woman Says Nun Took Kids <http://www.wftv.com/tu/5NjHfxMgc.html>
MORE DETAILS: <http://www.wftv.com/tu/5NjHfxOcn.html>

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Congresswoman Suzanne Kosmas of New Smyrna Beach will be back in the District on Friday.

She will hold a meeting with local officials and the Army Corps of Engineers to discuss the status of the Ponce Inlet South Jetty extension project.

The meeting will be held starting at 1 PM / Eastern in Training Room A, on the second floor, of the Port Orange City Hall. . . .

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February 04, 2010

Sheriff's Office honors employees of the year

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February 4, 2010

For immediate release

from  Gary Davidson, Public Information Officer, VCSO

DRUG SWEEP IN SOUTHEAST VOLUSIA NETS 16 ARRESTS

More than a dozen accused street dealers were rounded up Thursday during a sweeping narcotics operation targeting illegal drug activity in the New Smyrna Beach and Edgewater area. Spearheaded by the East Volusia Narcotics Task Force, Thursday’s arrests capped off an approximately six-month effort to identify and investigate street-level drug dealers. The effort paid off, with a total of 16 arrests. Narcotics investigators are still searching for another 20 suspects named in the investigation.

During the course of the investigation, dubbed “Operation Crack Down,” undercover officers and confidential informants collected evidence through more than 50 covert purchases of cocaine, marijuana and prescription pills from street dealers. The investigation resulted in the issuance of arrest warrants for 35 suspects. Two of the defendants were arrested Thursday in their jail cells at the Volusia County Branch Jail in Daytona Beach, where they were already in custody on unrelated charges. Narcotics agents moved in Thursday and nabbed another 13 people on the arrest list. In total, 22 warrants were served on the following 15 defendants arrested Thursday:

Ø      Xcenia Arch, 51, Edgewater. Sale of cocaine, $15,000 bond.

Ø      John Boivin, 46, Edgewater. Sale and delivery of narcotics within 1,000 feet of a park, $25,000 bond.

Ø      Brian Bond, 41, New Smyrna Beach. Sale of cocaine, $7,500 bond.

Ø      Terry Brown, 43, New Smyrna Beach. Two counts of sale of cocaine, $22,500 bond.

Ø      Patrick Edwards, 30, New Smyrna Beach. Trafficking in illegal drugs, $7,500

Ø      Patrick Gayle, 54, New Smyrna Beach. Sale and delivery of a controlled substance within 1,000 feet of a business or place of worship, $25,000 bond.

Ø      Wayne Lachance, Jr., 43, Edgewater. Three counts of sale and delivery of a controlled substance within 1,000 feet of a park, $55,000.

Ø      Thomas McDonald, Jr., 22, New Smyrna Beach. Sale of cocaine, $15,000.

Ø      Marlon Mitchell, 30, New Smyrna Beach. Sale of cocaine, $10,000 bond.

Ø      Patrick Morgan, 30, New Smyrna Beach. Sale of cocaine, $15,000 bond.

Ø      Toney Morris, 52, New Smyrna Beach. Two counts of sale of cocaine, $15,000 bond.

Ø      Major Richardson, Jr., 32, New Smyrna Beach. Two counts of sale of cocaine, $30,000 bond.

Ø      Leeann Staley, 24, New Smyrna Beach. Two counts of sale of cocaine within 1,000 feet of a business or place of worship, $50,000 bond.

Ø      Terilyn St. Rose, 39, New Smyrna Beach. Two counts of sale of cocaine, $25,000 bond.

Ø      Gerald Wells, 46, Edgewater. Sale of cocaine, $15,000 bond.

In addition to the warrant round-up, narcotics agents with the assistance of SWAT units from the Volusia County Sheriff’s Office and New Smyrna Beach Police Department executed a search warrant at a home on Palm Street in New Smyrna Beach. Agents seized cocaine, marijuana and firearms from the house and charged 43-year-old Raymond Curry, Jr. with manufacture of cocaine, possession of cocaine with intent to distribute, possession of marijuana with intent to distribute, possession of a firearm by a convicted felon and possession of drug paraphernalia. Curry was being held at the jail on $30,500 bond. A second search warrant was executed at a house on Charlovix Street in New Smyrna Beach, where defendants Gayle and Morgan were arrested. After finding a small amount of marijuana in the home, agents additionally charged Morgan with possession of marijuana under 20 grams.

The East Volusia Narcotics Task Force is a multi-agency force of narcotics agents from the Sheriff’s Office and the Daytona Beach, Edgewater, New Smyrna Beach and Ormond Beach police departments that shares resources and crosses jurisdictional boundaries to combat street-level drug and vice crimes. Also assisting in Thursday’s operation were the West Volusia Narcotics Task Force, the Volusia Bureau of Investigation, the New Smyrna Beach Police Department and the Sheriff’s Office’s Crime Suppression Team.

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February 04, 2010

Appraisers brace for 'almost explosive' tax season

If you thought 2009 was a property tax whammy, better brace yourself for the double-whammy of 2010.. . .

more at

'almost explosive' tax season

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February 04, 2010

Lawmakers work to soften unemployment tax increase

TALLAHASSEE -- Tens of thousands of Florida businesses will get hit with higher unemployment-compensation taxes this spring....

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FloridaEnvironments.com: Panel issues growth recommendations ...
By Bruce Ritchie
Dorothy L. Hukill, R-Port Orange and committee chairwoman told FloridaEnvironments.com. "The reason they (commission recommendations) are broad is so they can make a recommendation that they can say there is broad support for." ...
FloridaEnvironments.com - http://bruceritchie.blogspot.com/

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Friend: Nun Was Protecting 2-Year-Old


A Central Florida couple is reunited with their 2-year-old daughter who was
allegedly kidnapped by a nun. 


MORE DETAILS: <http://www.clickorlando.com/tu/5Nh5MsuEW.html>

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Volusia County Man Vanishes, Rented U-Haul Found

Posted: 6:09 am EST February 3, 2010Updated: 6:04 pm EST February 3, 2010

see video and image of missing man at

http://www.wftv.com/news/22418938
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=T&tmi=orlc_break_1_05290102032010

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Update #2:
Following this afternoon's discovery of the missing U-Haul truck at Jacksonville International Airport, Volusia County Sheriff's investigators have confirmed that Ronak Desai boarded a 6:20 a.m. flight from Jacksonville to Atlanta on Wednesday, where he changed planes and then continued on to Las Vegas. The information has been confirmed through credit card records, surveillance video from the Jacksonville airport and airline records obtained by the U.S. Transportation Security Administration (TSA). Desai purchased the tickets using his first and middle names and surveillance video shows Desai by himself at the Jacksonville airport.

Sheriff's investigators don't know why Desai left town and also don't know where he is staying at this time. While they will continue to try to make contact with Desai, investigators have concluded that he wasn't under the involuntary control of anyone else when he boarded the planes and has not been the victim of any foul play.

The case remains under investigation as the Sheriff's Office continues to look into Desai's actions and the circumstances surrounding the incident.

Gary Davidson
Public Information Officer
Volusia County Sheriff's Office

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February 3, 2010

For immediate release

from: Brandon Haught, Public Information Office

 SHERIFF’S OFFICE SEARCHING FOR MISSING ORMOND MAN

Missing Man Update:

The U-Haul truck mentioned in the original news release (see below) has been found at an airport in Jacksonville. Desai is still missing, though, and the investigation/search is still active.

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While family members have heard from a missing 28-year-old Ormond Beach man, Volusia County Sheriff’s investigators still don’t know where he is and have not solved the mystery of his disappearance Tuesday night.

Relatives initially launched their own search for Ronak Desai when he failed to return home after working at the family-run business, a Jiffy Food Store on South Nova Road near Ormond Beach. U-Haul trucks also are rented at the business, and family members said Desai was scheduled to rent a truck to a customer shortly before the store was due to close at 9:30 p.m. Tuesday night. Desai’s father called the Sheriff’s Office at 10:46 p.m. to report his son missing after driving to the store and finding his son’s vehicle and cell phone in the parking lot, but no sign of Desai or the U-Haul truck.

Deputies have been investigating all night and into Wednesday in an effort to locate Desai, but so far without success. Desai contacted a family member Wednesday morning, but the conversation did not result in any disclosure of his whereabouts. Desai is of Middle Eastern descent and is 5’ 7” and weighs about 200 pounds. He has black hair, brown eyes, a medium build and medium complexion. Investigators also continue searching for the U-Haul truck, although it is not known if it’s connected in any way to Desai’s disappearance. The U-Haul truck has an Arizona plate. The tag number is AB67167. Anyone with information is asked to call the Sheriff’s Office at (386) 248-1777.

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Firm Fined After Importing Lead-Laden Toys
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MEDIASHIFT IDEA LAB
Truly Serving the Public -- With Web Tools


Journalists are charged with providing important information to
citizens and communities. Yet, as Rich Gordon writes, they have
done a "lousy job of helping people navigate the core
functionality of democracy: elections." He examines new
projects helping change this reality.

http://www.pbs.org/idealab/2010/02/truly-serving-the-public----with-web-tools032.html

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India's 'untouchables' declare own religion
02/03/10 11:57 AM, EST
In an event considered rare, one of India's low-caste communities has declared its own distinct religion.
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