- October 7, 2024
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12:38 p.m. — 1500 block of West Granada Boulevard, Ormond Beach
Grand theft. Police arrested a 67-year-old Daytona Beach man for stealing a mobility scooter shopping cart from a local big box store.
Officers responded to the area after receiving a call about a suspicious person riding the scooter off the store's property. The man was located at a nearby gas station convenience store, where the man was using the restroom, according to a police report. Officers waited until he was done, at which point they asked him if he had arrived to the store using the scooter. The man said he had.
Police asked him if he thought it was OK to steal the scooter, to which the man replied "he saw everyone else rolling carts out of there," according to the report. When asked if he planned to return the scooter, the man said yes — eventually.
The store wished to press charges. The man was taken to jail.
5:20 p.m. — 600 block of Main Trail, Ormond Beach
Disturbing the peace. A 53-year-old Ormond Beach man was arrested after he massaged his groin and made obscene and rude statements to a 16-year-old girl who was walking her dog in the neighborhood.
Police report the statements made the girl hide behind cars until she could make it to her home. The man also yelled obscenities at the girl and her family in front of officers, according to a police report.
Officers noted the man was under the influence of alcohol and appeared agitated toward police, the report states. Once detained, the man became "verbally aggressive, mentioning that he has previously beat up several officers," and used obscene language to describe the girl, her mother and a family friend who was also present.
He was taken to jail.
