- April 19, 2024
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Deputies believe that two Jacksonville residents who fled a traffic stop in Palm Coast were responsible for at least two catalytic converter thefts in Flagler County.
Flagler County Sheriff's Office detectives had identified a suspect vehicle from two catalytic converter thefts over the weekend and alerted deputies to be on the lookout for the car, which looked like an old white Ford Crown Victoria, according to an FCSO news release.
Deputies spotted the car on Belle Terre Parkway on Sept. 12 and tried to stop it, but the 45-year-old driver fled and crashed. He ran into a clump of bushes behind a nearby Wells Fargo bank, and deputies caught him at about 11 p.m. A 37-year-old passenger in the car surrendered.
Along with drugs and drug paraphernalia in the car, deputies also found saws and saw blades of a type commonly used for catalytic converter thefts, according to the news release.
Deputies arrested both men on multiple drug charges and are analyzing the car for evidence in the catalytic converter theft cases, according to the news release.
