- February 19, 2025
9:17 p.m. — 800 block of South Atlantic Avenue, Ormond Beach
Disorderly intoxication. Police arrested a 70-year-old Ormond Beach woman after she flashed her middle-finger at restaurant staff when asked to pay for the two drinks and salad she had ordered.
According to a police report, the woman left the bar area and walked onto the patio of the restaurant, where she continued to make the offensive gesture at other customers as well as move patio furniture around.
Police made contact with the woman in the parking lot, where she was found laying down in mulch. Initially, she told officers she was "fine," the report states, but then she also gave them the middle finger. She was taken to jail and trespassed. The restaurant did not pursue charges for the unpaid food.
12:31 p.m. — Intersection of West Granada Boulevard and North Yonge Street, Ormond Beach
Criminal mischief. A 17-year-old Palm Coast teen who interrupted a funeral procession showed up to the police department lobby after he alleged one of the members of the procession dented his truck.
The teen, who was driving with a 19-year-old Palm Coast woman, told police that they had been traveling northbound on U.S. 1 when they encountered a long line of vehicles that were going through intersections "running red lights" with their flashers on, according to a police incident report. The car at the rear of what they described as a "convoy" would not let them pass.
But the teen found an opening and got around the car. Once at the intersection with Granada Boulevard, he said the car's driver, dressed in a suit, yelled at them with "a hammer or some type of blunt object in his hand." This caused the teen to pull away, but he said the man struck the rear driver side cab of his truck, causing a dent in the metal.
The teens also commented to police that, once they had gotten around the long line of vehicles, they saw a hearse in the front. The reporting officer noted that the teens were unaware of the traffic laws for a funeral procession, or "what a funeral procession even was." The reporting officer had to explain that the rear car was keeping the procession together and that the teen driving the way he had been, and honking his horn, was a sign of disrespect.
The teen driver did not seem to care, the report notes. He told police that he "had places to go" and that he wished to pursue charges for the damage. The officer asked him for his driver's license, to which the teen "sarcastically" stated, "Why do you need that?" according to the report.
The officer explained she needed his driver's license to file a report, noting that the teen was rude during the entire interview for the report.
