Deputies found more than a dozen people living in deplorable conditions after receiving several tips about the Volusia County home, including from the Mayor and City Manager DeBary.
Deputies found more than a dozen people living in deplorable conditions after receiving several tips about the Volusia County home, including from the Mayor and City Manager DeBary.
May 1, 2021 12:11 PM
DeLand, FL - Investigators obtain 17 arrest warrants and apprehend 16 individuals who are now facing drug charges in an operation launched following a string of homicides in West Volusia. The Volusia Sheriff’s Office (VSO) launched the operation and targeted high-crime locations in the DeLand and Deltona areas. Investigators say the operation was prompted by violent crime, including a recent string of homicides in these areas. Since last Friday (April 24), deputies have investigated the deaths of 27-year-old Clifton Hafner of New Smyrna Beach, who was shot in Spring Hill; and 23-year-old Marvin Keith Evans III of Sanford, who was found shot dead in Deltona. Deputies have since obtained 17 arrest warrants connected to this operation—known as Operation Sales-2-Cells —resulting from ongoing investigations of drug sales. Between Thursday and Friday (April 29, 30), law enforcement made 16 arrests and seized a 9mm handgun and an array of na