- April 23, 2024
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April 3
Makin’ a scene over munchies
11 p.m. 1400 block of Palm Coast Parkway NW. Suspicious incident.
A man walked into a local taco restaurant and ordered $90 worth of food to go.
But when a clerk at the counter wouldn’t throw in a bag of chips for free, the man — a regular customer —got angry and “caused a scene” as he drank a beer and waited for his food, restaurant employees told deputies.
Once the food was ready, the man took it and left. But the incident wasn’t over.
The man returned to the restaurant at 11 p.m., around closing time, and asked to speak to one of the employees, according to a Sheriff’s Office report.
Then, he “apologized for his actions and about causing a scene,” according to the report.
That should've been the end of it. But it wasn’t.
For no apparent reason, employees told deputies, the man then threatened to shoot the store employee he’d just apologized to.
Then he left, and the employees called the Sheriff’s Office.
A deputy wrote in the incident report that it “does not appear the threats were valid, and the male may have been under the influence of narcotics.”
Deputies aren’t sure what the man’s name is, but he shouldn't be hard to find: he's 6 feet tall, about 220-250 pounds, has a goatee and a Mohawk and is a regular customer at the taco place on Palm Coast Parkway, according to the report.
April 5
Mystery burglar, or maintenance man?
12:06 p.m. First block of Riverview Bend. Burglary.
A young woman returned home the evening of April 4 and realized something was wrong: Somebody had been in her apartment.
The signs were subtle. One of the electrical sockets on the wall near her kitchen had been pushed in, and there were small indentations in the wall and drywall dust on the floor beneath it.
A house plant had been moved, and an indentation in the carpet revealed its usual position. But nothing was taken.
She called the Sheriff’s Office the next day, and a deputy arrived an about noon, according to a Sheriff’s Office report.
The deputy noted that it seemed like whoever entered the apartment had a key.
The woman told the deputy that her landlord lives out of state, and had said they hadn’t entered the apartment. She said she’d check to see if anyone in the condo association had a key and entered the apartment for maintenance reasons.
April 6
Thief breaks into storage facility, is stymied by truck door
7:48 a.m. 1800 block of U.S. 1. Attempted burglary
A man called the Sheriff’s Office and said that on April 5, he’d parked a truck full of expensive furniture at a commercial vehicle storage facility on North State Street.
The facility is surrounded by a 6-foot-tall barbed wire fence, and entry requires a gate code.
But when he returned the next morning, it looked like someone had tried to break in through the truck’s side door.
Nothing was missing, but the rubber molding around the door was damaged. The man said the damage wasn’t there before, and the truck was new and purchased March 26.
The man had touched the damage before deputies arrived, and there were no leads.
