Much has been made of the wild antics of the spring break crowd this year, but police said some of Central Florida's own residents are making them the victims of crime.Click here to watch the report.There are many bars and restaurants in the beachside Seabreeze entertainment zone where spring breakers hang out at night. Some people come to spring break for the sole purpose of preying on those visitors, police said."You have a nefarious group of thugs that comes to town to look for a place of opportunity to commit a crime," Daytona Beach Police Chief Mike Chitwood said.Symian Wesley, 19, of New Smyrna Beach was among them, police said. Wesley and a still-unidentified man were seen on surveillance at Razzle's nightclub Wednesday, befriending two visiting college students then leaving with the victims to hang out somewhere else, police said.About a block away, Wesley and the other man beat the victims and robbed one of them, police said.There were two other attacks on spring breakers, Thursday and Friday nights, and in neighboring Daytona Beach Shores, there was a similar incident early Sunday."They all had cuts and bruises. They were punched, kicked and knocked to the ground," said Sgt. Mike Fowler, spokesman for Daytona Beach Shores police.Fowler says three 18-year-olds from Jacksonville and a juvenile beat four spring breakers at the Lexington Inn on south Atlantic Avenue.The suspects used some female friends to lure the college students to the sixth floor and jumped them as the victims got off the elevator, police said."The entire time they were beating them they were asking them what they had in their pockets, running their hands through their pockets, taking anything of value," Fowler said.An employee at the Lexington Inn helped them track down the suspects, who confessed, police said.Daytona Beach police are still looking for one or more men in spring break assaults.

Much has been made of the wild antics of the spring break crowd this year, but police said some of Central Florida's own residents are making them the victims of crime.

Click here to watch the report.


There are many bars and restaurants in the beachside Seabreeze entertainment zone where spring breakers hang out at night. Some people come to spring break for the sole purpose of preying on those visitors, police said.

"You have a nefarious group of thugs that comes to town to look for a place of opportunity to commit a crime," Daytona Beach Police Chief Mike Chitwood said.

Symian Wesley, 19, of New Smyrna Beach was among them, police said. Wesley and a still-unidentified man were seen on surveillance at Razzle's nightclub Wednesday, befriending two visiting college students then leaving with the victims to hang out somewhere else, police said.

About a block away, Wesley and the other man beat the victims and robbed one of them, police said.

There were two other attacks on spring breakers, Thursday and Friday nights, and in neighboring Daytona Beach Shores, there was a similar incident early Sunday.

"They all had cuts and bruises. They were punched, kicked and knocked to the ground," said Sgt. Mike Fowler, spokesman for Daytona Beach Shores police.

Fowler says three 18-year-olds from Jacksonville and a juvenile beat four spring breakers at the Lexington Inn on south Atlantic Avenue.

The suspects used some female friends to lure the college students to the sixth floor and jumped them as the victims got off the elevator, police said.

"The entire time they were beating them they were asking them what they had in their pockets, running their hands through their pockets, taking anything of value," Fowler said.

An employee at the Lexington Inn helped them track down the suspects, who confessed, police said.

Daytona Beach police are still looking for one or more men in spring break assaults.