- November 22, 2024
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Candy man
8:46 a.m. — 200 Block of South Ridgewood Avenue
Burglary. The victim said that due to issues with the landlord, he had installed a web cam with motion sensor activation in his bedroom. He discovered that the suspect, his roommate, entered his bedroom by manipulating the lock with a masonry tool. The only items taken were a few pieces of chocolate candy.
The victim had the video on a flash drive to show the officer, who observed the suspect searching through the victim’s belongings. He was seen taking and consuming candy, and then exiting and relocking the door.
When he arrived home, the suspect first denied entering the room. After being told of the video, in a post-Miranda interview, he said he wanted to check if there were items of value in case the victim left them after being evicted. Then, he said he was looking for items to trade to support his pill addiction. He admitted to taking the candy.
He said the tool was at a job site in Orlando.
The victim said that because of the confession he would not pursue charges.
Oct. 20
Good Samaritans
5:36 p.m. — 1300 Block of West Granada Boulevard
Shoplifting. A witness said she saw the suspect running from a home improvement store without paying for several packages. A man chased the suspect to a pickup truck where the suspect got in the driver’s seat.
To keep the suspect from leaving, the man reached in the truck and grabbed a pair of vice grips that the suspect was using as a gear shift. The man attempted to put it in park, but got it in reverse, causing the vehicle to roll backward, causing scratches to his arm.
The pickup then left the parking lot at a high rate of speed.
A partial license plate number was retrieved but a search did not reveal any results.
An employee in the store said she saw the suspect leave and asked for his receipt but he started running. It was confirmed that four battery packs, each valued at $99, were taken. The employees said they could not fill out a statement until approved by the manager.
Oct. 23
Help or theft?
5:00 p.m. — 1500 Block of San Marco Drive
Grand Theft. The victim said she left her car at an apartment building in Ormond Beach, but now lives in Cincinnati. She left there because it was damaged and she couldn’t afford to fix it before she moved to Ohio.
She said that she received information that the suspect, a relative who lives in Port Orange, had the car towed without her permission.
The suspect said the car had an expired registration and was not drivable because of damage from a crash. He said the apartment management had placed a warning on the car that it was going to be towed. He said he decided to have the car towed for scrap so the victim could get some benefit, but he did not discuss it with her. The victim contacted him, and was upset, so he had it towed to his apartment complex instead so she can pick it up.
The victim said she did not believe the suspect was trying to help her and return the car and she wanted criminal charges filed.
The officer contacted the Volusia County Sheriff’s office, and the car was reported as stolen.
Oct. 24
Hide the evidence
11:08 p.m. — 100 Block of South Orchard Street
DUI and failure to stop at red light. The suspect was seen turning left off Granada Boulevard onto Orchard Street and going through a red turn arrow.
The car turned into a driveway, and the officer walked up to the passenger window. He saw the sole occupant attempt to conceal a large, open bottle of vodka behind the passenger seat. He asked for her driver’s license, and it took her four minutes to locate it after passing over it several times.
Asked why she was trying to hide the bottle, she said she didn’t “want the officer to think she was doing something bad.”
The suspect said she believed she was in Ormond-by-the-Sea and that she only had two drinks from the bottle.
After field sobriety exercises, she was arrested and transported to jail.
