- December 4, 2025
Feb. 24
Bicyclist leads slow speed chase
6:34 p.m. — Valley Drive and Wright Street. Suspicious Person. Police received notice that a burglary suspect was last seen walking southbound through a wooded area toward Holly Hill. It was believed that he was headed toward a residence on Unabelle Ave.
An officer located a male matching the description and riding a bicycle westbound on Flomich Street. The bicycle did not have lights as required by law. The officer followed the bicycle in his car and activated the emergency red and blue lights, but the suspect kept pedaling.
The officer kept following and radioed that the suspect was making furtive movements.
A second police car started following the bicycle with lights flashing. An officer pulled up beside him and yelled, “stop,” but the suspect kept going. The officer intermittingly activated his siren.
An officer got out of a car and started chasing the suspect who started pedaling “furiously,” according to the report. The officer fired a Taser, and one probe landed in his back, but the suspect did not seem to feel the effects.
Finally, he was knocked off his bicycle by a Volusia County Sheriff’s deputy. The suspect resisted but he was taken into custody. He turned out to not be the burglary suspect, but he had two felony warrants related to narcotics possession.
Paramedics arrived and determined that the Taser probe only lodged in the suspect’s clothes. He was transported to Volusia County Branch Jail.
Feb. 26
Phony bust not laughing matter for victim
7:18 p.m. — 1600 Block of North U.S. 1. Information. The victim was very upset about her neighbors at the motel playing jokes on each other, pretending to be police. She said she was sleeping in her room and was awakened by a pounding coming from next door. She heard someone yell, “It’s the Volusia County Police Department and we are here to arrest you.”
She said this scared her and she didn’t know what to do so she called the front desk. While waiting for them to come, she called law enforcement. When she confronted the neighbors, they laughed at her, she said.
When the officer arrived, the front office had moved the neighbors to a different room. They came in to the lobby when the officer was there and apologized. They showed the officer a video of them apologizing. They said they were just playing jokes, by saying, “police, open up.” The victim did not want to have anything to do with an apology.
Feb. 26
Wrong time for snack time
3:00 a.m. — 200 Block of West Granada Boulevard. Petit Theft. An employee at the gas station was caught on the video eating merchandise and not paying for it. He confessed and said he was waiting for his tax return to pay for the items the next day. The supervisor gave the suspect a trespass order, witnessed by the officer.
The suspect was currently on pretrial release for shoplifting, so he was arrested and transported to jail.
