In the quiet early hours of October 19, 2025, The Club at Venetian Bay in New Smyrna Beach, Florida, was waiting for the sunrise. In a few hours, Niños de México, a charity event, was likely to take place. But as the sun brought its light on the stretched fairways, the staff were stunned to see a destruction never seen before. What looked like a few tire marks turned out to be one of the most expensive acts of golf course vandalism Volusia County has ever seen

According to investigators, a 17-year-old student from Atlantic High School was behind the menace. He drove his truck on the second green of the course, spun doughnuts across the putting surface, and tore up roughly 7,000 square feet of turf. The damage, once estimated, will cost comfortably around $126,000. Although some other repo

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