- April 23, 2024
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Thieves broke into 52 cars the night of July 6 or early morning July 7 at local hotels, smashing windows and stealing electronics and other items, including two handguns.
"Deputies believe the burglaries are related and part of a larger trend where suspects travel to an area and target vehicles by smashing windows of cars close to one another, and taking valuables and fleeing the area," a Flagler County Sheriff's Office news release states.
The crimes are consistent with ones committed in Flagler County Jan. 22, when thieves burglarized 18 cars at the Holiday Inn Express and the Hampton Inn, according to the Flagler County Sheriff's Office news release.
The hotels where cars were burglarized July 6-7 are: the Hilton Garden Inn, at 55 Town Center Blvd.; the Fairfield Inn, at 400 Old Kings Road; the Holiday Inn Express, at 200 Flagler Plaza Drive; and the Hammock Beach Resort, at 200 Ocean Crest Drive.
Surveillance video from one hotel shows a dark sedan enter the parking lot, and several people get out of the sedan and start breaking into other cars.
To avoid becoming a victim, the new release states, lock your car and use your alarm; don't leave anything valuable in your car (and if you must, lock them in the trunk out of sigh)t; and park in a well-lit area.
The Sheriff's Office has asked anyone with information to call Detective Joe Barile at 313-4911. Or, to remain anonymous and become eligible for a reward of up to $1,000, call Crime Stoppers of Northeast Florida at 1-888-277-8477 (TIPS).
The sample ballot for the upcoming Aug. 30 Primary Election is ready for viewing.
Flagler County Supervisor of Elections Kaiti Lenhart has published the Official Sample Ballot on the Elections Office homepage at flaglerelections.com, and will also mail sample ballots to every voter household in the county in coming weeks, according to an Elections Office news release.
All eligible voters may vote in the election, which includes universal primary contests. Partisan primaries require voters to be registered with the party for which the primary is being held.
The deadline to register to vote or to change party affiliation is Aug. 1.
The Aug. 30 primary will decide the following races and issues, according to the release:
To see the sample ballot, go to flaglerelections.com/Portals/Flagler/pdfs/2016-Primary-Sample-Ballot-Web.pdf.
The Florida Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles is partnering with the Florida Sheriffs Association, the Florida Police Chiefs Association and the Florida Department of Transportation to mark July 2016 as "Wrong Way Driving Awareness Month."
Wrong-way crashes are particularly deadly and have been rising, according to a Florida Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles news release.
The FDOT is implementing road reflectors, wrong-way signage, flashing signs and painted pavement markings to help drivers identify interstate exit and entrance ramps. FDOT is also implementing emergency alert signage when wrong-way drivers are detected, according to the release.
There were 1,351 wrong-way crashes in 2013; 1,490 in 2014 and 1,490 in 2015, according to the release. There were 70 wrong-way fatalities in 2013; 94 in 2014 and 96 in 2015.
In 2015, about 51% of the crashes occurred when the driver was not impaired.
The DHSMV suggests drivers follow these tips:
For more information, see flhsmv.gov/safety-center/driving-safety/wrong-way-driving/
