- April 23, 2025
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3:30 p.m. - 1200 block of Palm Coast Parkway, Palm Coast
Grand theft. A Palm Coast man who was caught attempting to steal an electric bicycle from a department store was arrested while in possession of another bicycle he'd successfully stolen from the same store weeks earlier.
Loss prevention employees called Sheriff's Office deputies when they noticed the suspect attempting to walk out the store with the E-bike, according to an arrest report. But instead of leaving with the bike, the man left it in the store's entryway.
The employees told the deputy this was their fourth encounter with the man. Over the last six weeks, the man had successfully stolen two other bikes - totaling $646 - as well as $298 in miscellaneous merchandise. With the E-bike, the suspect had stolen over $1,400 from the store.
Deputies later found the suspect at a local gas station where he admitted to taking the E-bike, the report said. As the deputy was arresting him, the suspect said he'd locked his bicycle at the gas station. One deputy recognized it as one of the two bikes the suspect had previously stolen from the store.
The man was arrested and the stolen bike was returned to the store.
12:01 p.m. - 6100 block of State Road 100, Palm Coast
Fraudulent use of a credit card. A woman at a local fast food restaurant is facing three felony charges after a customer caught the woman double-tapping her credit card at the drive through check out.
According to an Sheriff's Office press release, the customer saw the suspect tap the car twice - once at the register and once on the the suspect's own phone. Later in the day, the victim noticed a second charge to her card of $311.90 and called law enforcement.
The $311 charge was a commissary payment for an inmate in a Florida jail, the press release said.
The employee was later arrested at the fast food restaurant and is facing three felony charges: fraudulent use of a credit card, fraudulent use of identification information and unlawful use of a cell phone. The woman was later released from the county jail on a $7,500 bond.
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