DeBary News: March 2018

than 350 new jobs paying an average wage of
More
$58,000 annually are heading to Seminole
nearly
- a short drive south of DeBary.
County
a software company, announced in early
Superion,
a $12 million expansion in Lake Mary.
February
firm, which is getting a publicly financed incentive
The
worth $355,000, said it would create 355 new
package
in three years.
jobs
new positions in the areas of product management
"The
support, software development, professional
and
finance, sales, marketing, and administration,"
services,
company said in a statement.
the
will vary by position and will average $57,829
Salaries
year, the company noted.
a
in building improvements, machinery,
"Investments
and leasing will help further extend the
equipment,
expansion commitments," the company
company's
said.
considered locations in North Carolina and
Superion
before picking Lake Mary, said Tim Giuliani,
Iowa
Economic Partnership president and CEO.
Orlando
agency worked with local officials together to land
The
expansion.
the
Mary and Seminole County are each chipping in
Lake
for a performance-based, economic-incentive
$177,500
to Superion.
package
company's location in Lake Mary is at 1000
The
Center Drive.
Business
will renovate 87,000 square feet of office
Superion
under the agreement. It will retain 215 jobs and
space
355 new jobs, county records show.
create
has found success already in Lake Mary, and
"Superion
know they are making the right decision to expand
I
Lake Mary Mayor David Mealor said in a
here,"
"Lake Mary's growing IT cluster, coupled
statement.
the talent pipeline coming from our local colleges
with
support Superion's continued success. We're proud
will
have Superion in Lake Mary, and we know their
to
helps tell the story of economic development in
growth
city." our
felon who robbed the DeBary Burger
The
last year was sentenced to more
King
a decade in prison.
than
H. Juan, 33, flashed a gun while
Mathew
two employees at the restaurant
robbing
305 Sunrise Blvd. before noon June
at
according to the Volusia County
21,
Office.
Sheriff's
one was hurt. The robber ran into the
No
woods.
later, an Orange City police
Minutes
spotted his getaway vehicle - a
officer
Ford SUV - in the area of Saxon
silver
and Threadgill Place in
Boulevard
City and conducted a traffic stop.
Orange
responded to the scene with two
Deputies
who identified Juan as the
witnesses
Deputies said they think he was
suspect.
homeless.
also recovered cash from the
“Deputies
area near the Burger King where
wooded
SUV had been parked,” the Sheriff’s
the
report said. “At the scene of the
Office
stop, deputies noticed a piece
traffic
stuck to the back of the vehicle,
greenery
if it had been recently parked amid
as
robbery with a firearm/deadly weapon
of
false imprisonment.
and
County Circuit Judge James
Volusia
Clayton found him guilty and
R.
him to 12.5 years in state
sentenced
in January.
prison
declared Juan a
also
violent felon. That means
habitual
have to serve at least 10 years of
he'll
sentence.
his
has a violent criminal past, both
Juan
a juvenile and an adult, according
as
state and county records show.
to
show Juan served more than
Records
years in state prison before he
three
released in December 2012.
was
was adjudicated guilty in Volusia
He
in 2007 after pleading no
County
to charges of aggravated
contest
and aggravated assault.
battery
was accused of attacking his
Juan
brother with a baseball bat in
wife’s
Edgewater.
was placed on probation in the
He
case but was charged the
2007
year for violating his
following
for allegedly attacking his
probation
wife.
judge sentenced Juan to five years
A
prison with credit for 153 days in
in
and five years of probation.
jail
entered Florida's correctional
He
system in March 2009 and left
system
December 2012.
in
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355 HIGH-END POSITIONS
HEADING TO LAKE MARY
By Kevin P. Connolly
Mathew H. Juan flashed gun during attack at fast-food spot on June 21
Felon who robbed DeBary Burger King sentenced
By Kevin P. Connolly
Clayton
Economic incentives
Right decision
brush and vegetation.”
some
entered no-contest pleas to charges
Juan
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