- January 9, 2025
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1:57 p.m. — 300 block of Muddy Creek Lane, Ormond Beach
Vandalism. Police responded to a local neighborhood after a resident reported that her neighbor was spotted damaging her mailbox with a hammer.
According to the incident report, the resident was putting her toddler down for a nap when she heard "banging and things being thrown at the windows." The resident said her neighbor, a 53-year-old woman, called her by a derogatory term and told her to stay out of her house.
When she went outside, another neighbor told her the woman had used a hammer on her mailbox, causing it to lean and lift up several inches from the post. The woman continued to yell lat the resident from her backyard.
Damages were estimated at $300, the report states. The resident wished to press charges.
10:52 a.m. — 600 block of South Yonge Street, Ormond Beach
Found property. Police responded to a local storage unit after someone found what they believed to be was an illumination mortar.
Local officers, assisted by the county bomb squad, arrived on scene and determined the device appeared to be military in nature. It was unknown whether it was still active. A nearby Air Force base member was sent to collect it.
The unit had been purchased at action, according to a police incident report.
