- April 26, 2024
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Deputies from the Flagler County Sheriff’s Office are investigating the early Monday morning robbery of a Palm Coast motel, where an armed gunman threatened the clerk.
Deputies responded to the Microtel Inn on Kingswood Drive around 3:19 a.m. The clerk told deputies he had left the front desk to make a repair in the laundry room. As he returned to the office, a black male who was inside the office grabbed him and pointed a black semi-automatic handgun in his face. The robber threatened to shoot the clerk and demanded access to the motel safe.
The clerk explained that only the manager had a key, and she was in another room in the hotel. The gunman ordered the clerk to call the manager to the office. The clerk made contact with the manager, saying she was needed in the office for a computer problem. The manager refused, telling the clerk to call for technical support and follow the proper procedures.
Unsuccessful in gaining access to the safe, the gunman then tied up the clerk, took his wallet and threatened to kill him if he contacted law enforcement. The gunman then fled the scene, running southwest across the parking lot.
The robber was described as 6 feet, 3 inches tall to 6 feet, 4 inches tall, in his late 20s or early 30s, wearing a black leather jacket, black beanie-style cotton cap, gray gloves, white T-shirt, black baggy jeans and dark colored shoes. He had a black teardrop tattoo near one eye and oval-shaped birthmark on one cheek.
Anyone with information on this incident is asked to contact the Flagler County Sheriff’s Office at 386-313-4911 or Crimestoppers at 888-277-8477. You may remain anonymous and you may be eligible for a reward up to $1,000.
“We need to find this man and get him off the street,” said Sheriff Donald W. Fleming.
