{"id":197331,"date":"2026-03-19T03:24:12","date_gmt":"2026-03-19T03:24:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/197331\/"},"modified":"2026-03-19T03:24:12","modified_gmt":"2026-03-19T03:24:12","slug":"spring-breakers-threatened-with-fines-in-floridas-volusia-county","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/197331\/","title":{"rendered":"Spring breakers threatened with fines in Florida’s Volusia County"},"content":{"rendered":"

The bill\u2019s coming due for partiers in paradise.<\/p>\n

Influencers looking to boost their likes and followers on spring break in Florida have been put on notice by authorities \u2014 who are warning to issue fines for throwing unruly beach parties. <\/a><\/p>\n

Volusia County Sheriff\u2019s Office \u2013 which covers hotspots like Daytona Beach and New Smyrna Beach \u2013 issued the crackdown following more than 100 arrests, medical calls and weapon seizures last weekend as wild spring breakers flocked to the Sunshine State.<\/a><\/p>\n

\u201cSpring Break Invasion promoters are on notice. We\u2019re coming after you financially for the costs your chaos brings to our community. Also, a special event zone with enhanced penalties will be in effect in Daytona Beach for your next chaotic pop-up event,\u201d the sheriff\u2019s office said in a statement Tuesday.<\/a>\u00a0<\/p>\n

\"PeoplePolice arrested 133 out-of-control spring breakers from Daytona and New Smyrna beaches in Volusia County last weekend, the sheriff\u2019s office said. SOPA Images\/LightRocket via Getty Images<\/p>\n

Sheriff Mike Chitwood said the county \u2013 the first in the state to enforce financial penalties for party promoters \u2013 has already sent cease-and-desist letters to two people they found encouraging beach \u201ctakeover\u201d events on social media.<\/p>\n

The letters explained, \u201cIf you promote an unsanctioned event and we incur costs \u2013 police, fire, EMS and trash clean-up \u2013 you are responsible for the cost of that event,\u201d Chitwood said during a news conference.\u00a0<\/p>\n

If the letters don\u2019t thwart the parties, authorities will go so far as to sue the scofflaws, the no-nonsense sheriff added.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s about pop-up events \u2026 they are illegal, they put a drain on the resources of this community, they put a black eye on this community and they endanger public safety.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere\u2019s a way to do business. Get permits. You do things the right way,\u201d Chitwood said.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The special event zone \u2013 which will span \u201cfrom University Boulevard to Silver Beach, from the ocean to the river,\u201d and go into effect starting at 11 a.m. on Friday \u2013 will see law enforcement handing out heavier penalties for minor infractions until at least Sunday, according to the sheriff.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\"VolusiaVolusia County Sheriff Mike Chitwood announced the crackdown efforts against social media \u201cpromoters\u201d behind unruly beach parties Tuesday. CBS12<\/p>\n

\u201cEveryone we arrest will not be given a ticket \u2013 you will physically be removed from the venue and processed at another venue,\u201d Chitwood warned.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cWalking down the beach with an open container, you\u2019re taking a ride<\/a>. Smoking weed on the beach, you\u2019re taking a ride. Fighting on the beach, you\u2019re taking a ride.\u201d<\/p>\n

The heavier measures come after police arrested a whopping 133 spring breakers from out-of-control beach parties last weekend, according to an office statement<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Cops picked up 17 minors, including several whose parents were called to come pick them up because they were drunk or high, Chitwood said Monday.<\/p>\n

Police also seized a total of six firearms \u2013 including two from one adult and a stolen gun from a juvenile \u2013 from people on the sand. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The bill\u2019s coming due for partiers in paradise. Influencers looking to boost their likes and followers on spring…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":197332,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[265,28,30,29,1598,41470,4278],"class_list":["post-197331","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-florida","tag-crime","tag-florida","tag-florida-headlines","tag-florida-news","tag-law-enforcement","tag-spring-break","tag-us-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/197331","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=197331"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/197331\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/197332"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=197331"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=197331"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=197331"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}