- September 14, 2024
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Skincare needs
6:36 p.m. — 5100 State Road 100 East, Flagler County
Petit theft. A 27-year-old Palm Coast man stole four bottles of skincare products while he shopped for cat food at a department store.
Surveillance footage caught the man entering the store and immediately picking out the four bottles of skincare products, including a $45 bottle of sunscreen, according to the suspect’s arrest report. The footage showed the man walking through the store and pocketing the products in his green fanny pack while shopped for his grocery list.
The man actually purchased two gallons of water, a storage bin and cat food, but didn’t pay for any of the products in his fanny pack, the report said. Deputies tracked the man to his address in Palm Coast and placed him under arrest.
Race to the finish
3:26 a.m. — 5200 block of State Road 100, Palm Coast
Racing on highway. A Palm Coast 23-year-old was arrested after a deputy caught him racing a motorcyclist in the early morning hours on State Road 100.
The deputy had already began following the man’s white Dodge truck because he caught the truck going 60 mph in a 50 mph zone, according to an arrest report. As the deputy was pacing the truck to measure its speed, the truck pulled up next to a motorcycle near an intersection.
At the intersection, the truck and motorcycle began to accelerate event faster, racing each other down the highway until they reached a red traffic signal. The deputy, behind the Dodge, turned on his overhead red and blue lights, but the motorcycle drove through the red light. The light turned green just after and the Dodge continued through the signal, pulling over for the deputy after the intersection, the report said.
The 23-year-old told the deputy he knew he was being pulled over for the speeding and a friendly race, the report said. He was placed under arrest and his Dodge towed.
