- December 20, 2024
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11:48 p.m. — 2300 block of Apple Street, Bunnell
Battery. A Bunnell man is facing a battery charge after he hit another man who threatened to kiss the suspect’s mother.
The victim told Sheriff’s Office deputies that he ran into the suspect, the suspect’s wife and the suspect’s mother at the gas station, according to an arrest report. The victim said he knew the wife and mother, but had never met the man before, and greeted the suspect’s wife with a kiss on the cheek.
The suspect thought he had kissed his wife on the mouth and began arguing with the victim. The victim then told the suspect he would kiss the suspect’s mother, too, “if he wanted to,” the report said. The suspect then shoved the victim to the ground and punched him in the face.
The suspect denied hitting the victim but said the two argued after the victim had kissed his wife.
The suspect told the deputy it became physical when “he said he was going to kiss my mom on the mouth and by that time he was in my bubble.” The suspect said it was one thing to kiss his wife on the cheek but another to say he’d kiss the suspect’s mother on the mouth.
The deputies placed the man under arrest and charged him with battery.
11:49 p.m. — first block of Presidential Lane, Palm Coast
Obstruct without violence. An 18-year-old St. Augustine man ran from Sheriff’s Office deputy at a house party because he said he hated the police.
The 18-year-old was sitting in his truck in front of the home hosting the house party when the Sheriff’s Office deputy showed up. As the deputy approached the house, the man got out of the truck and ran to the home, only to find the door was locked, the press release said.
The man refused to stop when the deputy commanded but was still caught and placed under arrest. The man smelled like alcohol, despite being only 18. When asked why he ran, the man said he understood that he had messed up and repeatedly apologized.
The 18-year-old had no criminal history.
