Man and woman cough near Ormond couple to scare them away

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May 22

Flat tire

12:30 a.m. ⁠— First block of Stone Quarry Trail

Suspicious incident. A 24-year-old Ormond Beach woman discovered she had a flat tire on her way home from her mother's house. The next morning, she reviewed her security camera footage and found an unknown car parked outside her home for a few seconds, before driving away. 

Finding the situation very suspicious, she called police to notify the incident. She told the reporting officer that her tire looked slashed, and that the unknown car looked like that of her deceased boyfriend's "other girlfriend" whom she has had issues with in the past. 

The reporting officer noted in the incident report that the tire looked as if she had hit a pot hole or curb, and that there were scratches on the wheel consistent with his theory. The identity of the driver of the unknown car, who never exited the vehicle, is still unknown. 

May 23

Honesty is the best policy

3:50 p.m. ⁠— 200 block of South Beach Street

DUI. Police arrested a 29-year-old Holly Hill woman who was drunk driving and hit a telephone pole. When the reporting officer asked her if she had been drinking, the woman replied, "I'm not going to lie, I have been," according to her arrest report.

The woman told police she had three drinks. Police asked her to perform some field sobriety exercises, which she failed. The officer asked if she would be willing to submit to a breath test and the woman agreed, but said the test was going to come back positive, according to her arrest report.

She was taken to jail.

May 24

Too close for comfort

6:06 p.m. ⁠— 1300 block of West Granada Boulevard

Information. An Ormond Beach husband and wife called police after a man and woman harassed them while at a local home improvement store by not following social distancing guidelines and purposely coughing into their elbows to intimidate the couple.

According to the incident report, the couple were looking at tools when the woman kept reaching over them to grab items. The wife told the woman if she could please practice social distancing, and the woman said she had a right to be there, according to the report. The wife replied that she and her husband were there first and asked that she keep her distance. That's when the man and woman began coughing into their elbows and laughing as the couple walked away. 

When they left the store, the man began video recording the couple, telling them he was getting their license plate and the model of their vehicle. The couple told police they didn't want to press charges, but wanted the incident documented in case they became infected with COVID-19.

 

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