- September 16, 2024
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Trouble in turquoise
4:39 p.m. — Palm Harbor Center Driver, Palm Coast
Breach of peace, improper exhibition of firearm. A Palm Coast woman decided to brandish her turquoise gun holster at restaurant staff after an argument over disruptive customers.
The suspect and her husband were eating and drinking at the restaurant when the volume of other customers at the bar became disruptive to them, according to an arrest report. The husband went over to a waitress and told her to get them to be quiet.
The husband began to “ramble on” about his problems with the restaurant, eventually going outside to smoke. An employee then came out to talk to him and deescalate the situation, but the husband began yelling at the employee and insulting the restaurant, causing the wife to come outside too, the report said.
When neither would calm down, the employees asked them to leave and then went back inside. The couple stayed outside, and the suspect then decided to lift her shirt and threateningly show off her turquoise gun and holster, the report said.
Sheriff’s Office deputies arrived on scene and arrested the woman.
Battery charges
7:27 p.m. — 4900 block of Belle Terre Parkway
Grand theft. An employee at a store stole over $1,800 in merchandise and cash, only to hand it over to someone else.
Over the course of two and a half weeks, the employee would sell a car battery to a customer and, after the customer left the store, then refund the purchase in cash, according to the employee’s arrest report. He did this five times for car batteries ranging from $130-$240, each time with the same customer.
The employee stole a total of $943 in cash from the registers for the five “returned” car batteries. Because the batteries were not actually returned, the store was short an additional $943 worth of inventory, making the total stolen amount $1,886.
But the employee did not keep any of it for himself. After performing the refund, he would take the money outside and give the cash to the customer who had “purchased” the battery, the report said. The customer also kept the battery.
The employee was arrested for grand theft.
