- November 21, 2024
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12:04 a.m. — 900 block of North Halifax Drive
Loitering or prowling. A 43-year-old DeLand woman was arrested after she was seen on surveillance footage loitering around a residence, stripping down to her underwear and appearing to be looking for a key.
According to her arrest report, one of the home's residents saw the woman on their surveillance camera walk down their driveway and enter their unlocked vehicle. After a few minutes, as the family all watched on camera, she approached the garage door and took off her shirt and pants. She then messed with the key pad as if she was trying to figure out the code, before walking to the front door and knocking.
The woman waited for several seconds and almost appeared to be falling asleep, the report states. She then walked around the front patio, moving potted plants and checking ledges, and the family suspected she was looking for a key.
She was confronted by police officers at the front of the house; The woman told police she believed to be in the city of Lake Helen and that she had, at one point, been looking for her boyfriend's house in the area, but didn't have an address. She also said her purse had been stolen three days prior, and that she now was looking for a friend's house because she was going to house-sit while they were away.
She was taken to jail.
11:38 p.m. — 300 block of Muddy Creek Lane
Suspicious incident. For several days, a 50-year-old Ormond Beach resident started noticing strange things going on in her house.
First, someone damaged the Christmas lights on her Christmas tree. Then, two days later, she noticed her back scratcher had been stolen from her nightstand. That same day, she saw that her home's rain gutters were pulled away from her house and that the slab of concrete her AC unit rested on was cracked.
This isn't the first string of incidents either, and the woman suspected a neighbor — who had whistled at her on two recent occasions — has been behind it all.
Police have documented the incidents.
