- April 25, 2024
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11:55 p.m. Interstate 95 near Palm Coast Parkway.
Auto theft. A deputy driving south on I-95 noticed that a large Ford truck pulling a trailer with a skid steer attached was straddling the right and middle lane divider. The truck crossed the center line several times.
The deputy turned on his lights and sirens, but the truck kept driving for another 5 miles before pulling over.
When it did, the deputy found that the truck, its tag and the skid steer had all been reported stolen. The deputy arrested the driver.
Larceny. 9:31 p.m. 2200 block of S. Old Dixie Highway. A man walked up to the counter of a convenience store as if to buy something, but then, while the clerk was serving another customer, reached around the counter and grabbed a roll of $1 lottery scratch-off tickets. The tickets were numbered, and he stole 135 of them, then left.
A store employee noticed the theft on surveillance camera footage and contacted the Sheriff's Office, which contacted the Florida Lottery Commission.
8:55 p.m. 100 block of Cypress Point Parkway.
Criminal mischief. A man was sitting in a car in a parking lot when he noticed an older man dig a key into the paint of the car next to him.
The witness confronted the car-keyer, who said he'd keyed the car because he was angry about the way its driver had parked it.
The witness took a photo of the man and his vehicle as the man drove away. A deputy arrived and took a look at the car.
The angry man had keyed the letters "F U" into the paint, causing what the deputy estimated was $1,000 worth of damage.
A deputy identified the car-keyer as a 68-year-old Palm Coast resident and arrested him.
6:01 p.m. 4800 block of Belle Terre Parkway.
Larceny. A delivery service delivered a box to a cellular service store. The box was supposed to contain cell phones, but when employees opened it up, all of the phone boxes inside had been unwrapped and the phones stolen.
Store staff members told deputies that the person who dropped off the box had been riding in the passenger seat of the marked delivery service truck, hadn't worn a uniform and had left the box on a cabinet in the store where it was not noticeable.
