- November 21, 2024
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Sept. 15
Comb back hair, thief!
1 a.m. — First Block of Buffalo View Lane. Larceny-motor vehicle. A victim stated that someone entered his unsecured Honda Accord, which was parked in the grass median in front of his home. When the victim left for work, he noticed the driver door and trunk were open.
He advised that whoever entered the vehicle couldn’t figure out how to steal his radio but entered the trunk and stole his wife’s workbag.
The man’s wife stated that her bag contained $1,531 of hair-cutting equipment, including curling irons, shears, clippers, extra blades and combs. No further information.
Sept. 16
Battle of the waistband bulge
3:38 a.m. — 100 Block of Cypress Point Parkway. Larceny-shoplifting. Witnesses observed a man in a silver Chevrolet strike a pole in front of a handicap parking space. The passenger then urinated in the parking lot before the driver and passenger entered the store.
A deputy responded to the call and could find no damage to the pole. Upon contacting the first suspect, the deputy detected a strong odor of an alcoholic beverage emitting from his breath. The suspect’s speech was also slurred.
The deputy observed a bulge in the suspect’s waistband and conducted a pat down, fearing the suspect might be concealing a weapon. In the waistband, the deputy discovered a Glade Plug-In air freshener and a wiring kit used for stereo equipment.
A cashier stated that the alarm had gone off when the suspect exited the store, and that he had not paid for the merchandise.
It was discovered that the suspect was in violation of probation for aggravated assault with a weapon. He became verbally abusive of the deputy and repeatedly asked that the handcuffs be removed so that he could give the deputy a black eye. The deputy replied that the handcuffs would not be removed, and that he was being arrested for shoplifting.
He was transported to the Flagler County Inmate Facility. There, the suspect continued to verbally abuse and threaten the deputies. The deputy then heard someone else speaking and discovered that the suspect’s cell phone was still in his pocket, and that he was speaking to someone on the speakerphone.
The person on the speakerphone repeatedly told the suspect to stop cussing and to apologize to the deputy, which the suspect did. He was placed into a holding cell.
Sept. 17
Pocket the trash
5:30 p.m. — 600 Block of Palm Coast Parkway Northeast. Larceny-shoplifting. An employee observed a 52-year-old woman remove a pair of earrings and a ring from a shelf at a department store.
She removed the packaging and decided to wear the items, then placed the packaging in the pocket of a pair of jeans hanging on a rack. The employee escorted the woman to the loss-prevention room and called the Sheriff’s Office. She was given a notice to appear.
I washer and dryer my hands of them
6:27 p.m. — First Block of East Diamond Drive. Larceny. A victim reported that her washer and dryer were stolen in August. When she first noticed that they were missing, she believed the store from which she bought the appliances took them back because she was late on making payments. She didn’t think of filing a report.
Then, on Sept. 17, the store called her and said she needed to return the appliances, indicating the store did not have them, after all. The victim said she did not have the washer and dryer and filed the report.
Retake a receipt
10 p.m. — 100 Block of Cypress Point Parkway. Larceny-shoplifting. A store employee observed a suspect place several items in a plastic bag, conceal them in a cart and exit without paying. The items include body wash, coffee, hair-care products, a belt and toilet paper.
Earlier that day, the employee said, the same suspect obtained a receipt outside the store, then entered the store. From the shelves, he selected several items on the list and presented them to the customer-service desk, thereby obtaining $49.01 in cash by fraud.
The suspect was arrested for retail theft.
— Compiled by Brian McMillan
