- November 22, 2024
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7:41 p.m. — 200 block of West Granada Boulevard
Larceny. Police tracked down and investigated an Ormond Beach man about a missing wallet last seen in a shopping cart he picked up at a local dollar store. While additional follow-ups were determined by police to be required before charging him, the man was arrested for possession of cannabis during the investigation.
Security footage from the dollar store show the victim leaving her wallet, and possibly phone, inside a shopping cart which would be picked up seconds later by the suspect. Police report the video shows him appearing to observe the wallet, but he does not alert any of the employees of its presence, nor does he hand it over.
After reviewing the footage, a police officer remembers seeing the man frequently at the local 7-Eleven, and heads there to identify him. The man was eventually found and questioned, telling police he did not recall seeing a wallet but that he did remember hearing the victim speaking with an employee about the wallet's disappearance.
2:30 a.m. — First block of Park Ridge Way
False name. A 45-year-old Daytona Beach woman was arrested after she gave police her 26-year-old daughter's name during a traffic stop over her expired vehicle tag. She proceeded to give a false name to the officer until he discovered her ID in her car, at which point she admitted having an suspended license and that she did not wish to go to jail.
During the identity blunder, the woman said she had changed her name and said her address was Granada Avenue in Holly Hill.
The woman was also found to be in possession of heroin and marijuana. Her vehicle was towed and she was transported to the Volusia County Branch Jail.
3:58 p.m. — 500 block of N. Halifax Drive
Fraud. A Michigan woman was scammed out of almost $1,300 after her vacation rental for Bike Week turned out to be fake, having been occupied by renters who advised her they have been renting the home for months.
The woman found the rental on Craigslist. She spoke over the phone with who she believed to be the owner of the property and deposited the full amount, $1,288.75, into a bank account as instructed. The bank account was under a different name, but believing the ad was legitimate, the woman did not question this.
The actual owners, whose first and last names were swapped in order on the Craigslist ad, told police they never knew of the victim. The current renters booked their property on VRBO.
