- December 20, 2024
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7:37 p.m. — First block of West Granada Boulevard, Ormond Beach
Petit theft. A 30-year-old Ormond Beach man was arrested for stealing a $35 bottle of gin from a local restaurant.
Police — which received multiple calls from nearby businesses regarding similar incidents — report that the restaurant’s bartender refused to serve the man when he came up to the outdoor bar and ordered a beer. The bartender said the man is known to frequent local restaurants and bars, order alcoholic beverages, and then leave without paying for them.
When the man was refused service, he "circled the block" before returning and grabbing a bottle of gin that was sitting on a bar prep area, according to the arrest report. The man then ran out of the bar with the bottle as the bartender chased him. He ran into a nearby restaurant, where he continued to evade employees until he got away.
Police found him at an area restaurant, where he was also found to have stolen food and merchandise.
He was taken to jail.
9:17 p.m. — Intersection of West Granada Boulevard and Florida East Coast Railway, Ormond Beach
Weapon offense. Police arrested a 55-year-old DeLand man after he threw a rock at an unmarked police cruiser.
Earlier that evening, officers had received reports that a man was throwing sticks into the roadway and that it appeared he may be lighting fires along the sidewalk. When they went to check the area, they didn't find anybody throwing sticks and there were no fires along the road.
Later that night, an officer in an unmarked cruiser was driving westbound in the 300 block of West Granada Boulevard and approaching the railroad tracks when he saw a man pick up a large rock and throw it at the cruiser, hearing its thud when it struck the front lower fender, according to the police report.
The officer circled back around and activated his lights and sirens. When he got out of his car, he asked the man if he was really throwing rocks at cars, to which the man responded, "I'm hungry."
The man was placed under arrest and taken to jail.
