- November 22, 2024
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Aug. 11
Off-road driving
10:57 a.m. — First Block of South Atlantic Avenue.
Driving Under Influence. A witness called Central Dispatch and said he was behind a car on Ocean Shore Boulevard heading south, and the car had driven off the roadway, into the grass and dirt, and then back on. He said the car “looked like a moving bush” because of the amount of tree and bush debris on it.
Information came in from dispatch that the car may have been involved in a hit-and-run in Flagler County. Later, Flagler County Sheriff’s Office reported he had only run off the road into a dune.
The car was pulled over by Ormond Beach police. The officer noted that two very large branches from a bush had become lodged into the passenger door frame. There was also dirt and grass lodged under the passenger-side rear tire area. There were scratches and dings all along the side of the car.
The officer remembered the suspect from another incident in which he was found to be taking high doses of controlled substances.
He was arrested and charged with DUI.
Aug. 11
Have a light?
4:16 p.m. — 1500 Block of West Granada Boulevard
Petit Theft. The store employee said he saw the suspect in the store and remembered that he had given him a break three days earlier after catching him in a theft.
He said he saw the suspect place a bicycle light in his back pocket and then exit the store.
An officer who was on the scene approached as the suspect was detained. The suspect denied having any stolen property.
The officer asked him to sit down, and when he did, the bicycle light stuck out of his back pocket. He was charged with petit theft.
Aug. 13
Tricky trade
5:15 p.m. — 100 Block of South Beach Street
Theft. The victim says she regularly sells items on a website, and she was contacted via Facebook about a watch she had listed for sale on the site.
She agreed to meet the suspect at Ames Park on South Beach Street to make the exchange. At the park, the victim said the watch would cost $30, and the suspect said she only had a $50 bill.
The victim agreed to go get change at a store because the suspect did not have a car. She left to get change while the suspect stayed at the park with the watch.
When the victim attempted to get change at a store, the clerk told her the $50 bill was fraudulent.
The victim returned to the park and found that the suspect was gone. A person sitting on a bench told her that as soon as she left, the suspect took off running north on Beach Street.
The officer was able to identify the suspect through her Facebook page. He issued charges of theft and passing a fraudulent bill.
