- November 22, 2024
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Oct. 28
Cleaned out at car wash
2:06 p.m. — First Block of South Yonge Street. Burglary of Conveyance. The victim said she had her car washed at a business and then parked her car at the vacuums.
She said she remembers a gold sedan parked next to her on the passenger side.
She said her purse was on the passenger seat and the car was unlocked as she vacuumed it out. After she completed the vacuuming, she noticed both her purse and the suspect were gone.
After she got home, she closed her credit cards. Her debit card had already been used twice. There was a charge at a gas station, but the transaction was pending so the location was not available. The other charge was at Looking Good Menswear in Daytona Beach.
The clerk at the clothing store said he didn’t know if the security cameras were operational. There was no video of the incident at the car wash.
The officer asked the victim to let police know the location of the gas station when it becomes available. The victim’s I-phone was in the purse, and she said she would provide the serial number.
Oct. 28
Purse not safe in driveway
8:13 p.m. — 100 Block of John Anderson Drive. Burglary of Conveyance. The victim had returned to her home on John Anderson Drive from shopping and was unloading groceries. She left her purse and her gym bag in the car, which was unlocked.
She noticed that someone had removed the purse and bag from the front seat. Her neighbors said they did not see anything suspicious.
Security footage at the grocery store showed her leaving the store with her purse.
The victim said there was a construction crew clearing a lot south of her house and she suspects one of the workers stole the items. Her I-phone was in the purse, and she said she had the serial number.
Oct. 29
Second time is the charm
1:37 a.m. — 400 Block of South Ridgewood Avenue. Loitering or Prowling and Resisting Officer Without Violence. While on patrol, the officer saw a gray Hyundai traveling east on Hand Avenue and then cross the intersection with South Yonge Street at a high rate of speed.
The officer pulled behind the vehicle to establish a driving pattern. The suspect immediately decelerated and pulled into a driveway. He parked crooked in the driveway and immediately abandoned the vehicle and walked behind the residence, as if to evade the officer. There were no other occupants in the car. The residents said they were not expecting visitors and knew nothing about the car.
Coincidentally, the officer noted in his report, a male driving the same vehicle bailed out in the same driveway after being followed by him in December, 2013. That male was never located.
Another officer helped in the search for the suspect, and when a motion light came on, they saw him running through a backyard. He was eventually located hiding in some tall grass in a backyard. He was handcuffed and arrested for loitering and prowling.
In a post-Miranda interview, the suspect said he ran because his license is suspended and he has a warrant for nonsupport of a child. He was transported to Volusia County Branch Jail.
The car was registered to a person in Palm Coast who was not at their residence when an attempt to contact was made.
