- November 7, 2024
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Late on Christmas night or early the following morning, a young man entered the closed Roma Court Academy building on Palm Coast Parkway, stole Christmas cards and slept on the school’s floor, according to a Flagler County Sheriff’s Office report.
Roma Court Academy Program Director Mark Aitchison reported the incident to the Sheriff’s office at about 12:45 p.m. Jan. 2 after the school discovered the break-in, which was caught on school surveillance cameras.
The surveillance footage showed the young man, who appeared to be in his late teens to mid-twenties, searching through the school’s cabinets, appliances and containers, according to a Sheriff’s Office incident report.
The burglar stole an LG tablet, a speaker and Christmas cards that contained money for employees.
He also stole food and juice from a classroom, and apparently slept in the laundry room at the rear of one of the classrooms: Employees found a small sleeping area with a mattress, pillows and some personal belongings, and “there was a strong odor of body odor coming from the laundry room,” according to the report.
The stolen LG tablet was worth about $350.
The burglar may have stayed “an extended amount of time,” according to the report: There were two gloves placed over two cameras inside the classroom, and a deputy found “a large amount of trash,” according to the report.
