- March 3, 2025
12:22 p.m. — 1500 block of West Granada Boulevard, Ormond Beach
Fraud. Police are searching for a suspect who has stolen computer chips off external hard drives — according to an incident report, the suspect has done this at 85 different big box stores located in Florida to Maryland, at the cost of over $54,000 for the company.
The incident report states that, on Jan. 16, the suspect purchased six portable external hard drives from one of the company's local stores. That same day, he returned all six devices, and was "refunded" over $1,000.
The store then noticed that he had removed the backings of the devices and taken out the SD-card-like computer chip responsible for memory storage, the report states. The devices were rendered unusable.
8:11 a.m. — 2000 block of North Beach Street, Ormond Beach
Disturbance. A 54-year-old Ormond Beach man was deemed to be the primary aggressor in a physical altercation after he shoved a construction worker to the ground. The construction worker, according to the police incident report, was trying to stop him from jogging in the construction zone.
The construction workers told police that they had blocked off the concrete path near Inglesa Avenue because they were cutting large trees, with limbs that could fall onto the pathway. Police noted there was also heavy equipment using the pathway to help bring debris out to the workers' trailer for removal.
The Ormond Beach was jogging northbound on North Beach Street when he ran over toward the barricaded area. He then stopped, looked at all the cones and tape, and ran around the barricades to get to the closed path, the incident report states.
Workers started to yell at him, but he didn't stop. One worker approached, "yelling and waving his arms," but the man didn't respond. When the worker saw he was wearing ear buds, he reached out to touch his shoulder to get his attention, at which point, the worker was shoved to the ground by the man, who continued running.
The worker then got up and this time grab the man's shoulder, and the two fell to the ground in a scuffle until another worker ran over to get between them, the report states.
The man told police that he didn't hear the workers yelling at him to stop and only pushed the worker to the ground because he "startled him." The man said he didn't know what had happened — only that he had been jogging when all of the sudden three men "jumped" him, the report states.
When the man asked why the workers would not be going to jail for battery, the reporting officer explained that they had been trying to keep him out of the construction zone for his own safety.
The worker did not pursue charges.
