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Good Samaritan honored for stopping knife attack on child in DeLand

Joseph Wells used a toolbox to restrain a knife-wielding attacker and was honored with the Distinguished Citizen Service Award for saving a 13-year-old child, police said.

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Joseph Wells was honored this week with a Distinguished Citizen Service Award.

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Good Samaritan honored for stopping knife attack on child in DeLand

Joseph Wells was honored this week with a Distinguished Citizen Service Award.

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DeLand man honored for stopping alleged attack on teen at bus stop

A DeLand man who intervened to stop an alleged attack on a middle school student at a bus stop was honored this week for what city officials described as extraordinary bravery.

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WOFL broke the news in on Tuesday, February 3, 2026.
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