- May 5, 2024
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A 32-year-old robbery suspect lead Flagler County Sheriff’s Office deputies on a brief manhunt Thursday morning until he was located and detained by a K-9 unit at a home on Elder Street, in
Daytona North.
The incident began around 6 p.m. Wednesday, when deputies received a report of a home invasion at 1605 Laurel Ave., in Daytona North. The resident, Robert Elkins, 52, told deputies that Edmon Welch had entered the rear of his home. Elkins said Welch walked through the unlocked door and pointed a handgun at him and demanded $200.
The resident told Welch he had no money and a visitor, Johnny McCaskell, 54, gave Welch $10 and two beers to get him to leave the residence.
Later Wednesday, McCaskell reported he was approached by Welch at the convenience store on County Road 305 around 11:30 p.m. There, Welch reportedly threatened McCaskell and brandished a gun.
Deputies were unable to locate Welch Wednesday evening.
Around 8:30 Thursday, deputies went to Welch’s parents’ home on Elder Street in an attempt to locate him and arrest him for aggravated assault on McCaskell. When deputies encountered him, he fled the scene, running into a wooded area behind the home. Deputies launched a manhunt, assisted by Flagler County’s FireFlight and units from the Bunnell Police Department, and located him covered in dense underbrush in the woods near the intersection of Willow and Lancewood streets.
K-9 Marko was able to apprehend Welch at the scene. As part of the search, deputies had stopped passing motorists vehicles to determine if Welch was attempting to leave the area.
Welch, who lists an address as 181 Ohio Ave., in Bunnell, is charged with aggravated assault with a deadly weapon, resisting arrest without violence and tampering with a witness.
He remained in the Flagler County Inmate Facility Friday morning on $11,500 bond.
Elkins declined to file charges in connection with the home invasion and robbery.
