- January 19, 2025
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Four teenagers from Titusville have been arrested for stealing a golf cart and damaging property in a joyride at the Hammock Beach Resort.
The Flagler County Sheriff’s Office responded to Hammock Beach Resort the morning of Sunday, Sept. 27, after receiving reports of criminal mischief on the golf course.
The investigation revealed that onsite security surveillance captured four teens entering the parking garage and damaging a golf cart to remove a steering wheel lock on Sept. 26 around midnight.
The teens then stole the golf cart and drove it onto the golf course, damaging the course itself, as well as running over and breaking five flag markers, 10 golf bag racks, eight tee markers and the golf cart itself. The total property damage was approximately $5,000.
Deputies found a wallet on the golf course that belonged to a teen who was staying at the resort with his mother. Deputies made contact with the juvenile, his mother, his brother, and two friends.
All four teens confessed to stealing the golf cart and damaging the property. All four were arrested and charged with Grand Theft and Criminal Mischief.
“These kids on vacation thought that they could wreak havoc and get away with it,” Sheriff Rick Staly said. “Unfortunately their joy ride turned into an expensive lesson on what happens when you purposefully damage someone else’s property. I understand all four boys were remorseful, so I hope that they have learned a very valuable lesson.”
The juveniles were transported to the Sheriff Perry Hall Inmate Detention Facility where they were process and turned over to the Department of Juvenile Justice (DJJ) in Daytona Beach. DJJ immediately released them to their legal guardian.
