{"id":246007,"date":"2025-10-23T12:06:10","date_gmt":"2025-10-23T12:06:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/246007\/"},"modified":"2025-10-23T12:06:10","modified_gmt":"2025-10-23T12:06:10","slug":"10000-reward-offered-for-info-in-new-smyrna-beach-golf-course-vandalism","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/246007\/","title":{"rendered":"$10,000 reward offered for info in New Smyrna Beach golf course vandalism"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 kNAFkD cuqaEv article-text\">NEW SMYRNA BEACH, Fla. \u2013 A $10,000 reward for information is being offered for information leading to an arrest after <a href=\"https:\/\/www.clickorlando.com\/news\/local\/2025\/10\/20\/over-100000-in-damage-caused-by-vandalism-at-new-smyrna-beach-golf-course-police-say\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.clickorlando.com\/news\/local\/2025\/10\/20\/over-100000-in-damage-caused-by-vandalism-at-new-smyrna-beach-golf-course-police-say\/\">a New Smyrna Beach golf course was vandalized<\/a>, according to the sheriff\u2019s office.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">The Volusia Sheriff\u2019s Office, along with the New Smyrna Beach Police Department, said it is offering the reward after more than $100,000 in damage was caused to the second green at The Club at Venetian Bay.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">Officers were called early Sunday after general manager Ben Herring arrived to find deep tire ruts and torn turf across the second green. Investigators said about 7,000 square feet was damaged and could take weeks to fully restore. <\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">Herring said crews began working immediately.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">\u201cThere was significant damage, but we have such an amazing maintenance crew,\u201d Herring said. \u201cAlmost immediately we got to work, and it looks like we\u2019re going to come off this thing better than we ever have.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">A witness reported seeing a truck doing \u201cdonuts\u201d on the course around 3:30 a.m. Sunday but could not identify the vehicle in the dark. Herring said a nearby homeowner later shared security video showing the truck on the green.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">Police are reviewing surveillance footage and asking residents with cameras facing the course to check for anything recorded overnight and email tips or video to PDTIPS@cityofnsb.com.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">Despite the cost and disruption, the club says golf operations continue as normal.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">\u201cThis place is in the best shape it\u2019s ever been,\u201d Herring said. \u201cThat golf experience will not be tainted by one person\u2019s actions. Come out and join us.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">Police say once a suspect is identified, felony criminal mischief charges are expected based on the cost of the damage.<\/p>\n<p>Breaking News Alerts<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 kiwhtN\">Get breaking news alerts delivered to your inbox.<\/p>\n<p>Copyright 2025 by WKMG ClickOrlando &#8211; All rights reserved.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"NEW SMYRNA BEACH, Fla. \u2013 A $10,000 reward for information is being offered for information leading to an&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":246008,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[71],"tags":[3071,427,70313,99,27329],"class_list":{"0":"post-246007","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-golf","8":"tag-crime","9":"tag-golf","10":"tag-new-smyrna-beach","11":"tag-sports","12":"tag-volusia-county"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/246007","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=246007"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/246007\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/246008"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=246007"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=246007"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=246007"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}