The assistant manager of a DeLand grocery store saw a young woman enter the store the afternoon of Sept. 19 and, several minutes later, saw her quickly exit the store, holding her purse close to her body.
Looking to log in? Click the person icon (at the very top of the site, on the right) to login or register.
Not getting your Beacon editions in your e-mail when they come out? Log in, click here, click "Email lists" and make sure "e-Edition subscribers" is selected
Click here to view daily patrol logs from the DeLand Police Department
On March 20, a DeLand police officer was sent to the area of North Stone Street and West Minnesota Avenue regarding a report that someone had stolen some construction signs.
A DeLand police officer was dispatched to a home in DeLand March 23, where a husband said his wife “had been angry with him all morning” and “was telling him to say he was sorry for an unknown reason.”
A DeLand police officer was patrolling the parking lot of a big-box store just before midnight March 11 and located a pickup truck with no visible license plate.
You two can’t get along — that’s why you got divorced!
Who needs background checks?
Sippy-cup violence
Shortly after 4 a.m. Dec. 5, DeLand police officers responded to a motel in DeLand, where they learned that a man had rented a room for himself and his girlfriend (in her mid-20s). Boyfriend said he and the young woman had “been in an ongoing intimate relationship for several months.”
A police officer was sent to a DeLand supermarket Dec. 9 regarding an instance of shoplifting.
A DeLand police officer found a gray-haired man in his early 60s asleep on South Alabama Avenue early in the morning of Dec. 13.
A DeLand police officer was dispatched to a supermarket in south DeLand on the afternoon of Nov. 2 regarding a shoplifting incident that the supermarket manager believed he had observed.
Felony facing fellow for flinging french fries at Frau
A Deltona woman told deputies Oct. 17 that she was sitting in her parked car in her front yard at about 6 p.m., “when she felt something hit her vehicle.”
A DeLand police officer headed to the scene of a reported domestic dispute on Saturday morning, Oct. 5. On the way to the location, dispatch told him a woman was using a vehicle to try to run over a man.
A Deltona man told a sheriff’s deputy July 25 that someone stole his Glock pistol, which had been lying on a nightstand in the victim’s bedroom. The firearm had been loaded and was in a holster.
A woman living in the DeLand area told Volusia County sheriff’s deputies July 14 that a guy she doesn’t know “had rammed her gate with his vehicle and was rummaging through her vehicle.”
A guy in Deltona got in a quarrel July 1 with his pregnant live-in girlfriend because she spent the whole day at SeaWorld.
Two individuals went “shopping” at a DeLand-area grocery store late at night June 26.
On July 2 in Deltona, one young woman asked another young woman if she could braid her hair.
Two guys walked into a store in the DeLand area June 26. One of them took a box containing a new pair of boots off a shelf, and he put the new boots on his feet. Then he dropped his old boots into the box and put it back on the shelf.
A boyfriend and girlfriend recently rented a houseboat and spent the day on the St. Johns River. While out there, the girl asked the guy to hide her cash in a tissue box.
View our latest e-Edition
View our latest special section
Latest News
- Pierson deputy town clerk steps down
- SANDS OF TIME: Remembering some fine homes and their occupants
- Black History Month 2021: Julian Robinson was a force to be reckoned with
- Black History Month 2021: No retirement for community activist Reginald Williams
- COVID-19 vaccine to be available at CVS Pharmacy
Latest e-Edition
Newsletters
e-Edition subscribers
Get e-editions of The Beacon sent straight to your e-mail when a new edition comes out.
Tomorrow's Headlines, Today!
Would you like to receive The Beacon's weekly e-mail with the latest headlines? Signup today!