- October 13, 2024
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12:12 p.m., Woodside Drive, Palm Coast
Scheme to defraud. An 18-year-old was arrested on felony fraud charges after taking over $13,000 from his aunt’s bank account in just over a month.
The 18-year-old’s father, who has power of attorney over the aunt, pressed charges against his son after repeatedly telling him to stop taking the money out, the report said. FCSO detectives found the 18-year-old had made 51 transactions in total — 47 to the man’s Cash App, one for PayPal and three to one of the man’s friend’s Cash App.
Deputies made contact with the 18-year-old, who admitted to them he’d been taking money through his Cash App, the report said; the man also told deputies he’d taken a picture of the bank card “a long time ago.”
The man was arrested and taken to jail on fraud charges.
4:31 p.m., Llewellyn Trail, Palm Coast
Burglary of a dwelling. A man was arrested on Jan. 1 after attempting to break into a home with an axe.
A Flagler County Sheriff’s Office deputy was responding to an automated residential alarm on Llewellyn Trail in Palm Coast. When he got there, the deputy found three screens taken out from various windows and an axe leaning against the wall beside a cracked window.
The deputy then saw a man in the neighboring house’s back yard exiting the shed and walking toward the home. The man saw the deputy and approached him saying, “Oh, I think you’re here for me,” according to the report. The man tried to claim the home was his and the call was made because he’d lost his keys to get in.
When the deputy asked him for the home’s address, the man said initially said Jacksonville and then Africa, and claimed he was a deputy. The man admitted he used the axe to try to break the window, again claiming the house was his.
Contact was made with the actual homeowner and the suspect was arrested.
