- September 7, 2024
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Win some, lose some
3:10 a.m. — Belle Terre Parkway and Highway U.S. 1, Bunnell
DUI. A woman celebrating winning money from a slot machine ended her celebrations with a DUI charge.
A sheriff’s office deputy was driving south on Highway U.S. 1 when he came up behind a Dodge pickup truck that was driving erratically, according to an arrest report. The Dodge was bouncing off lane markers, drifting across lanes and weaving in and out of lanes without any turn signals.
After stopping the Dodge and talking to the driver — a 61-year-old female — the deputy smelled alcohol and noticed she had bloodshot eyes.
The woman was apologetic. She told the deputy she “never does this” and had just had two glasses of wine and a tequila shot at a local bar to celebrate winning money from a slot machine.
The woman was arrested on a DUI charge and taken to the county jail.
Shortcut to jail
12:42 a.m. — first block of Sergeant Court, Palm Coast
Loitering. A Palm Coast man was arrested after a home security camera caught him rummaging through a porch in the middle of the night.
The homeowner told Sheriff's Office deputies that the man had trespassed on her property before, including earlier that day, according to an arrest report. When the deputies confronted the suspect he first said he was only cutting through the yard as a shortcut to his boss' home, where he was picking up work uniforms.
When the deputies told him he was caught on camera on the porch the suspect first denied it, then said he had either dropped something or was urinating on the porch.
The camera footage showed the suspect doing neither of those things, but instead looking through items left on the porch. The suspect was placed under arrest.
The suspect had, in 2020, adjudicated guilty for burglary at the same home, while it was still under construction.
