- December 4, 2025
Nov. 22
Tracked down
6:26 p.m. — 400 Block of South Halifax Drive. Warrant. Bail bondsmen arrived at the police station and said they received information from an informant that the suspect, currently wanted for escape from prison, was at a house on South Halifax Drive.
Several officers went to the house and surrounded it. One of the bail bondsmen knocked on the back door, and yelled at the suspect to come out with his hands visible to the police.
The suspect came out the front door and was ordered at gunpoint to get on the ground. The subject complied, and an officer placed him in handcuffs.
The officers ran his information through teletype, and confirmed that he was wanted by the Department of Corrections for escape.
He was transported to Volusia County Branch Jail.
Nov. 29
Iron on his hip
3:12 p.m. — First Block of South Yonge Street. Weapons Complaint. The officer responded to a report of a man with a gun on his hip. The suspect, currently on leave from the U.S. Army, said he thought he was legally exercising his Second Amendment rights.
The officer explained that it is unlawful to openly carry a firearm in the state of Florida, unless you are going hunting or fishing. A search was made on the gun’s serial number and no criminal activity was found.
The suspect stored the gun in his glove compartment. The officer gave him the number of the state statute so he could review it for clarification.
Nov. 30
Don’t forget to hide the cord, too
2:23 p.m. — 1500 Block of West Granada Boulevard. Burglary of Conveyance. The victim said she parked her unlocked rental car in the parking lot and went inside the store.
When she returned, she saw that someone had opened her passenger side front door and taken her Apple I-Pad and charging cord. She said it was hidden under the front seat but the charger cord was connected, which may have revealed its location.
There was a GPS in the window and the officer noted the suspect may have wanted to take it and then saw the I-Pad.
The store’s video surveillance system was not working at the time.
The locator on the I-Pad tracked it to a fast food store on North U.S. 1, but when they, it could not be located because it had been turned off.
The victim said she can get the serial number of the I-Pad for the report.
