Alan Wooten

Man breaks into Daytona Beach Airbnb, frightens guests staying in the home A man was arrested after he snuck into an Airbnb housing several people in town for a wedding DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. – A man renting an AirBnB with his family said he called 911 after a finding a stranger in his home. Police came out and caught the suspect in another home. “Sheriffs Office with a K-9 announce yourself, you’re gonna get bit.” And that’s exactly what happened after police said, “Show me your hands, get your hands up. Law enforcement officers spotted 47-year-old Jon Winter, hiding in […]

article LAKE MARY, Fla. – Authorities have identified a man who was found shot inside a car in Orange County and later died at the hospital. A reward of $5,000 is now being offered for information that could lead to an arrest in the death of Jessiah Pharrell Boyd, 18. Just before 8 p.m. on Thursday, the Orange County Sheriff’s Office said deputies responded to the 6700 block of Stardust Lane in Pine Hills after reports of a car crash. Inside the vehicle, deputies located Boyd who was suffering from a gunshot wound. Boyd was rushed to the hospital where […]

article DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. – A 17-year-old was hit and killed by a car while riding his scooter in Daytona Beach on Friday, police said.  Daytona Beach police tell us the teen was pronounced shortly after arriving at the hospital.  The family of the victim identified the teen as Rodrick Franklin Hutchinson, Jr, a student that attended Atlantic High School in Port Orange.  The driver who hit the teen told police the sun was in their eyes when they struck the teen near Big Tree and Old Kings Road. The teen veered off the sidewalk when they were hit, police […]

article Photo via Volusia County Sheriff’s Office SEMINOLE COUNTY, Fla. – A suspect who led authorities on a chase through multiple counties in Central Florida on Saturday, and then jumped into the St. Johns River, was arrested late Saturday, according to the Seminole County Sheriff’s Office. Deputies said the suspect jumped into the river in an attempt to escape captured. He remained in the water for about an hour, and was eventually taken into custody. He was taken to the hospital, but was not seriously hurt, deputies said. The Orange County Sheriff’s Office said its deputies originally attempted to arrest […]

article ORLANDO, Fla. – An 18-year-old Orlando man who was helping pull another truck back onto an Orange County road after it got stuck on a shoulder was killed Sunday after his vehicle was hit by another car, according to the Florida Highway Patrol. Troopers said the crash happened shortly after 1 a.m. on Dallas Boulevard, near Oberly Parkway in Orlando. According to FHP, the driver of a white Honda Insight headed north on Dallas Boulevard in the northbound lane, “failed to observe” a white Ford F-150 stopped in the road, attempting to pull a gray Ford F-150 back onto […]