- December 20, 2024
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5:58 p.m. — First block of Cypress Circle, Ormond Beach
Grand theft. An Ormond Beach woman evacuated from her home prior to Hurricane Milton. She returned over two weeks later and found on obscene image spray-painted on her house.
The woman suspected her neighbor, who owns the duplex, was to blame for the spray-painting. Police, according to a report, advised her there were no grounds for vandalism charges, as a property owner cannot be charged for damaging their own property. The woman then told police she believed her neighbor had also stolen a package containing $1,000 in medication, and that she wished to pursue charges.
Police attempted to speak with the neighbor, but were unable to make contact, the report notes. The woman was unable to provide evidence for the theft. No charges were filed.
1:42 p.m. — First block of North Yonge Street, Ormond Beach
Battery touch/strike. A local gas station employee called police after an unknown man spit on him following an argument.
Police report that the man had entered the store, walked up on the counter and started the argument. After he spat on the employee, the employee punched him in the face, according to an incident report.
However, after reviewing security footage, police determined that the employee was the primary aggressor in the fight, as he was seen smacking the man's hat, almost knocking it off his head, prior to the man spitting at him. The footage then showed the employee striking the unknown man multiple times as he tried to leave the store.
Still, the employee wished to press charges.
9:27 p.m. — 900 block of West Granada Boulevard, Ormond Beach
Fleeing/eluding police. A 16-year-old Port Orange boy was charged with attempting to elude law enforcement after he refused to pull over for a traffic stop.
Police report the teen was seen speeding and driving with his vehicle lights off, the latter of which he did when the officer turned on his emergency lights. Due to two slow drivers on Granada Boulevard, according to a police report, the officer was able to pull the teen over in the 1200 block of West Granada Boulevard.
When asked why he turned his lights off, the teen aid he wasn't "comfortable with how to work the vehicle light switches," the report states.
He was taken to the county's juvenile assessment center.
