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03.06.2021 / 09:19

Kids, 12 and 14, charged in ‘Bonnie and Clyde’ shootout with police

attempted murder charges in Florida after they allegedly broke into a home and used several guns they found inside, including an AK-47, to stage an armed standoff with sheriff’s deputies.“A 12-year-old opened fire on us,” Volusia County Sheriff Mike Chitwood said at a news conference late Tuesday.

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Volusia County Sheriff meets man accused of making threat against him: 'Welcome to Florida'

VOLUSIA COUNTY, Fla. - A New Jersey man accused of making an online death threat toward Volusia County Sheriff Mike Chitwood was flown to Florida on Monday to face charges, and Sheriff Chitwood was at Orlando Sanford International Airport to meet him.As 38-year-old Richard Golden made his way down the escalator, Sheriff Chitwood was at the bottom to seemingly greet him. "I'm Volusia County Sheriff Mike Chitwood. Anything you, uh – I hope you enjoy you stay.

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Sheriff: 12 and 14-year-old open fire on deputies after breaking into home

DELTONA, Fla. - The Volusia County Sheriff's Office is expected to release body camera video of a shootout involving a 12-year-old boy and a 14-year-old girl on Tuesday evening. Sheriff Mike Chitwood said deputies were met with gunfire on multiple occasions as they pursued the two juveniles.Law enforcement eventually cornered the kids inside a home on Enterprise Osteen Road. After several hours of attempting to negotiate with the two juveniles, Sheriff Chitwood said deputies returned fire in self-defense, wounding the girl. The girl is now out of surgery and in stable condition.

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Volusia investigators waiting on Uber’s cooperation as more fraud victims come forward

VOLUSIA COUNTY, Fla. – The Volusia County sheriff said his office is now investigating five cases in what they’re calling a bizarre scam. The sheriff said schemers are using Uber drivers to collect money from victims and bring it to them.

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Fraud scheme costs Volusia grandmother $13,000, family says

VOLUSIA COUNTY, Fla. – The Volusia County Sheriff’s Office is warning of a scam where suspects use ride-share drivers to unknowingly pick up cash from the victims.

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‘Scumbag scam artists’ using Uber drivers to collect stolen money from seniors, sheriff says

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. – Volusia County Sheriff Mike Chitwood said scam artists are using Uber drivers and other couriers to collect thousands of dollars in cash from unsuspecting victims, generally senior citizens, who are told they need to pay a large sum of money to help a loved one get out of trouble.

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Children’s home security guard ‘fighting for his life’ after teen attacks him, Volusia County sheriff says

VOLUSIA COUNTY, Fla. – A security guard for a children’s home is fighting for his life after a teenager attacked him during patrol, according to the Volusia County sheriff.

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‘I’ll always be grateful:’ Volusia County Sheriff Mike Chitwood thanks Waste Pro driver who helped him after crash

VOLUSIA COUNTY, Fla. – Volusia County Sheriff Mike Chitwood was back at work on Friday less than 24 hours after being hit by a car on his bike. He’s calling the garbage truck driver who got the incident on camera, stopped to help him and called 911 a hero.

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Volusia County Sheriff Mike Chitwood hit while riding bicycle in Port Orange

PORT ORANGE, Fla. – Volusia County Sheriff Mike Chitwood was injured in a bicycle crash in Port Orange on Thursday, according to the sheriff’s office.

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Theft suspect arrested after chase through Volusia County

VOLUSIA COUNTY, Fla. – A man was arrested Monday inside a Circle K gas station after leading police and deputies on a chase through Volusia County.

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Nearly half of deputies across Central Florida say they’d turn down COVID-19 vaccine

DeLAND, Fla. – Gov. Ron DeSantis suggested Tuesday that sworn in law enforcement will be among the next group eligible for the coronavirus vaccine but surveys given in several local sheriff’s offices suggest nearly half of deputies don’t want the vaccine yet.

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Volusia dispatchers receive more training after increase in mental health calls

VOLUSIA COUNTY, Fla. – Volusia County emergency dispatchers are going through innovative emergency mental health training to help them better deal with both suicidal callers and their own mental health.

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Volusia sheriff hopes riots at Capitol don’t spread across country

VOLUSIA COUNTY, Fla. – Speaking about the riots seen in the nation’s Capitol on Wednesday, Volusia County Sheriff Mike Chitwood said he hopes President Donald Trump will call off his supporters before the violence spreads to other parts of the country.Chitwood said Capitol police showed great restraint by not opening fire when mobs breached the Capitol building and entered the House chamber.[TRENDING: Trump supporters storm Capitol | How to get vaccine in Fla. | Vaccines given to rich donors?]“They’re smashing through the doors to get into Congress, who knows what they’re going to do? You saw some of these images, you have masked men with backpacks or and camouflage carry baseball bats.

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Deputies search for Daytona Beach man linked to 2 drive-by shootings

VOLUSIA COUNTY, Fla. – Deputies are reaching out to the public to help them find an 18-year-old Daytona Beach man linked to two drive-by shootings stemming from a homicide in DeLand, according to the Volusia County Sheriff’s Office.[TRENDING: COVID-19 closes early voting location | Can you get COVID-19 twice? | Was Jennifer Kesse taken by human traffickers?]The Sheriff’s Office said warrants have been issued for Kamari Elliott.He is considered armed and dangerous and is wanted on two counts of principal to attempted first-degree murder with a firearm.“We think he and a group of people from Daytona Beach came over here on two separate occasions and we believe, opened up on innocent people,” Sheriff Mike Chitwood said.

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’Volusia County just lost two public servants:' Paramedic, teaching assistant die of COVID-19, family says

VOLUSIA COUNTY, Fla. – A Volusia County family is mourning Monday after a brother and sister died of COVID-19, the sheriff said.Volusia County Sheriff Mike Chitwood said paramedic Gerald “Jerry” Jones and his sister, Shyla Pennington, a teaching assistant, recently died. A Go Fund Me campaign says much of the family was battling the virus.“Volusia County just lost two public servants, and a family lost two of their loved ones, to COVID-19,” Chitwood wrote on Facebook.

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Florida leaders react to the passing of Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg

died at her home on Friday at the age of 87.She died of complications from metastatic pancreatic cancer, according to the AP.“There are lessons in her life and death. She was a very, very courageous woman.

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Volusia Sheriff’s Office adds another armored vehicle

VOLUSIA COUNTY, Fla. – The Volusia County Sheriff’s Office is adding another armored vehicle called a BearCat, Sheriff Mike Chitwood said it is used for more than just hostile situations.“They’re used during wildfires, floods, hurricanes,” said Sheriff Mike Chitwood.The sheriff’s office shared body camera video with News 6 showing deputies using the BearCat to protect themselves from an armed suspect.

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3 new coronavirus testing sites to open in Volusia County

VOLUSIA COUNTY, Fla. – Volusia County Sheriff Mike Chitwood said three new coronavirus testing sites will open in the county on Monday.

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Deputies: Florida mother shoots burglar who entered home because 'dinosaurs were chasing him'

Volusia County Sheriff's Office released video of the incident.

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‘You have to do the right thing:’ $15,000 reward offered in Volusia homicide

VOLUSIA COUNTY, Fla. – A reward of $15,000 is now being offered in the death of a 21-year-old Volusia County man whose body was found in a burning car earlier this month, officials said.

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Volusia Sheriff: Florida Department of Health is putting first responders at risk

VOLUSIA COUNTY, Fla. – Volusia County’s top law enforcement officer is blasting the Florida Department of Health for not releasing all information involving the new coronavirus COVID-19 that, he said, puts first responders and residents at risk.

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