Family says law enforcement can ‘do better’ after 13-year-old slashed allegedly by repeat offender

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The family of a 13-year-old boy who survived a near-fatal throat slashing on the Daytona Beach Boardwalk on Valentine’s Day is expressing outrage after learning the suspect was out on the streets despite a lengthy criminal record. Jail records show Jermaine Lynn Long, a registered sex offender, was released just four days before the random attack on Sullivan Clarke. Long faces pending charges from an incident in January when he allegedly assaulted two men with a knife and an eight-foot pole.