
Woman passed out on side of highway from heroin overdose
Read full article: Woman passed out on side of highway from heroin overdoseCNN(CNN) - A 12-year-old girl called police after her mother passed out from a heroin overdose on the side of the highway in Volusia County, Florida, on Thursday night. When deputies arrived, they found Smith unconscious with her 12-year-old daughter, a 7-year-old boy, a 1-year-old boy and two dogs in the minivan. "I honestly took heroin because my back was hurting," Smith, 28, told the officials. "It's not, but I had no pain pill and my back was hurting and I'm making a five-hour trip," she responded. She was charged with neglect but was not immediately booked into Volusia County Branch Jail pending her treatment at the hospital, police said.

15-year-old Florida girl found safe with her 11-month-old baby in Maryland
Read full article: 15-year-old Florida girl found safe with her 11-month-old baby in MarylandVOLUSIA COUNTY, Fla. - A 15-year-old Florida girl and her 11-month-old daughter have been found safe in Maryland, weeks after they went missing, WKMG-TV in Orlando reports. Volusia County deputies said Wednesday afternoon that Diana Rodriguez and her baby, Daniela, were found in good condition in Maryland. The Florida Department of Children and Families is working with authorities in Maryland to bring Rodriguez and Daniela back to Deltona. Family members said Rodriguez was upset about her phone being taken away, so she took her baby and crawled out a window to run away from home. The Florida Department of Law Enforcement issued a Missing Child Alert on Tuesday, but the alert was canceled Wednesday night after Rodriguez and her baby were found safe.

Jacksonville man among 11 arrested in 'Operation Deviant Desire'
Read full article: Jacksonville man among 11 arrested in 'Operation Deviant Desire'The Volusia County Sheriff's Office said Operation Deviant Desire went after people who use the internet to prey on children for sex. The Sheriff's Office posted a compilation of videos showing the dramatic arrests, which show suspects surrounded by law enforcement officers at places that included a convenience store and gas stations. According to the Sheriff's Office, Kumar Speicher (pictured), 41, of Jacksonville, was among the men arrested. was an excerpt from Speicher's conversation with an undercover detective, according to the Sheriff's Office. Speicher was booked Sunday into the Volusia County jail, online jail records show.

Florida student arrested after posting shooting threat on video game chat
Read full article: Florida student arrested after posting shooting threat on video game chatVOLUSIA COUNTY, Fla. - A Florida student was arrested on Friday after posting a threat in a video game chat room, the Volusia County Sheriff's Office said. The sheriff's office posted the video on Facebook to show and explain the serious nature of a threat like this. According to the post, the comment stated, "I Dalton Barnhart vow to bring my fathers m15 to school and kill 7 people at a minimum." The comment was reported to the FBI, and the FBI then contacted the local sheriff's office. "Joke or not, these types of comments are felonies under the law," the sheriff's office said.

Police: 2 Jacksonville teens jump train, end up in Volusia County
Read full article: Police: 2 Jacksonville teens jump train, end up in Volusia CountySXCJACKSONVILLE, Fla. - Two teenage cousins from Jacksonville called 911, saying they were lost after they stowed away on a train and ended up in Pierson, according to a report from the Volusia County Sheriff's Office. They were seen walking along the railroad tracks in Pierson at about 4 a.m. Friday and called 911 when they found a gas station. According to the Sheriff's Office, the teens got onto the train at about 6 p.m., attempting to go somewhere in Jacksonville. The teens told police the train began traveling too fast, and they weren't able to get off safely. The teens were held until their guardians could pick them up, the Sheriff's Office said.

Florida dad told police he tossed boy in ocean to teach him to swim
Read full article: Florida dad told police he tossed boy in ocean to teach him to swimVolusia County Sheriff's Office booking photo of John Bloodsworth, who is accused of throwing his 5-year-old son in the ocean before doing a backflip off a Daytone Beach pier. DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. - A 37-year-old man is accused of throwing his 5-year-old son into the Atlantic Ocean and then doing backflips off a city pier as the boy struggled in the water. Witnesses said the boy was treading water while Bloodworth jumped from the pier. The report says Bloodworth had four to five beers before going to the beach. While being booked, Bloodsworth told police that he was going to come back to the pier every day to jump off and that he was going to jail for being awesome.Bloodworth was released from jail.

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