- November 16, 2024
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June 5
Missing Marlboros
1:21 a.m. — 9400 block of Sate Road 11
Burglary: A Sheriff’s Office deputy doing a security check at a convenience store saw an unoccupied truck parked in front of the store, then noticed that the store’s front door was open. The deputy, with a partner, checked the inside of the store but found no one, then contacted the store’s owner. She said the truck belonged there — it was her nephew’s — but there had been a theft: Someone had damaged the front door and stolen 13 packs of Marlboros, worth about $100. It was estimated that the damage to the door would cost about $300 to fix.
June 6
Monkey business
11:34 a.m. First block of Ponderosa Lane
Fraud: An 11-year-old Palm Coast boy found an Internet advertisement for live monkeys for $200 each. He texted the number listed in the ad, and was told to send $200 to a location in Virginia. An adult family member went to a local big box store and wired the $200. The person on the other end then demanded another $400, though the family member eventually got the monkey person to agree to send the monkey for just the $200. But the family never received the monkey, and the supposed seller stopped replying to their text messages. They later learned online that the monkey business had been a scam, and reported everything to the Sheriff’s Office.
Not quite making the cut
9:38 a.m. — 1200 block of Palm Coast Parkway Southwest.
Car burglary: A deputy drove to a local pizza shop to speak with a 21-year-old employee who reported that someone cut two holes in the roof cover of his convertible the night before at his Southbury Court home and stole a lighter, an air freshener and a pair of Oakley sunglasses worth about $120. The thief didn’t need to slash through the car’s roof to gain entry: The man had left it unlocked overnight. Other valuable items inside the car were left untouched.
June 7
West side thief steals trailer, lumber
6:11 p.m. — First block of County Road 2006 West
Burglary: A Bunnell couple called the Sheriff’s Office and said someone had stolen a 12-foot-long homemade utility trailer they’d kept in an open garage, as well as 82 wood 2-by-4s. The wood was worth about $2,500 total, and the trailer, which had not been registered, was worth $1,000. A deputy wrote that it seemed the thief drove a vehicle onto the property, loaded the wood onto the trailer, and drove off with it. The theft itself happened between 8 p.m. June 4 and 2:30 p.m. June 5, and there were no witnesses or suspects.
