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Patricio G. Balona

Daytona Beach

Crimes Reporter, Daytona Beach News-Journal. Born of corn, educated by spirit talkers, writer of people’s deeds!

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  • 1 day ago | news-journalonline.com | Brenno Carillo |Patricio G. Balona

    Edgewater police officer Daniel Rippeon, who made a controversial arrest of a CVS worker in early May, resigned his position with the police department, according to city officials. Body cam video on Paul Wert's arrest shows Rippeon asking the CVS worker for identification while Wert says he has not broken any laws. Edgewater Mayor Diezel DePew said he was “sorry to see what occurred during that incident," and that we was "upset" with the way it was handled.

  • 1 week ago | news-journalonline.com | Patricio G. Balona

    A 15-year-old Deltona boy used a gun he stole in a car burglary to pistol-whip another teen at a park in a fight over a school incident, the Volusia County Sheriff’s Office said. The teen, who is suspected of breaking into cars and stealing two guns, was charged with aggravated battery with a deadly weapon, a felony, following the 8 p.m. incident on Wednesday, May 28, at Dewey Boster Park at 1190 Saxon Blvd., deputies said.

  • 1 week ago | yahoo.com | Patricio G. Balona

    A 15-year-old Deltona boy used a gun he stole in a car burglary to pistol-whip another teen at a park in a fight over a school incident, the Volusia County Sheriff’s Office said. The teen, who is suspected of breaking into cars and stealing two guns, was charged with aggravated battery with a deadly weapon, a felony, following the 8 p.m. incident on Wednesday, May 28, at Dewey Boster Park at 1190 Saxon Blvd., deputies said.

  • 1 week ago | news-journalonline.com | Patricio G. Balona

    A New Smyrna Beach man police say struck and killed a woman and injured her husband on a sidewalk near 4 North Causeway in January, was arrested on Thursday, police said. Mark Ruth, 43, was charged with vehicular homicide, reckless driving causing serious bodily injury, and possession of a controlled substance. Ruth was also charged with leaving the scene of a crash because one hour before he hit the pedestrians, he had crashed into two mailboxes on Peninsula Drive and did not stop, police said.

  • 1 week ago | yahoo.com | Patricio G. Balona

    A New Smyrna Beach man police say struck and killed a woman and injured her husband on a sidewalk near 4 North Causeway in January, was arrested on Thursday, police said. Mark Ruth, 43, was charged with vehicular homicide, reckless driving causing serious bodily injury, and possession of a controlled substance. Ruth was also charged with leaving the scene of a crash because one hour before he hit the pedestrians, he had crashed into two mailboxes on Peninsula Drive and did not stop, police said.

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Patricio G. Balona @PBalonaNJ
1 Nov 24

Long line of #voters at the elections office in South #DeLand https://t.co/RgkexluY48

Patricio G. Balona
Patricio G. Balona @PBalonaNJ
22 Oct 24

St. Johns River started going down today but Hurricane Milton flooding can still be seen in #AstorFL https://t.co/usH3Jf4GjR https://t.co/tgqAmscbvI

Patricio G. Balona
Patricio G. Balona @PBalonaNJ
12 Oct 24

#HurricaneMilton had northeasterly winds that forced the St. Johns River to go backwards. The reverse flow raised water levels flooding communities near the river. Drove through a neighborhood in #Astor while reporting… https://t.co/i2ldsRulMe