- May 14, 2024
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1:50 p.m. — 100 block of Emerald Oaks Lane
Suspicious incident. An officer was dispatched to a local subdivision after a call came in over a truck using a fire hydrant to to fill its water tanks.
While the officer was unable to find a truck in the area, he did find a pressure washing company van. The officer asked the employee if he hooked up to the water hydrant by any chance, and the employee said he had, but that he had "cleaned a tank out." He told the officer that he had a city permit from Daytona Beach, but later stated the permit was from the county when the officer told him they weren't in Daytona Beach, according to the police report.
The employee told him that he hooked up to the hydrant because there was too much pressure on his tires and he needed to let some water out of the tanks. The officer thought his statements seemed to be "nonsensical" but because the caller who notified law enforcement was anonymous, and there were no witnesses to speak with, he had no evidence to support a criminal charge, the report states.
2:37 a.m. — 800 block of South Atlantic Avenue
Trespassing. A 53-year-old Daytona Beach man was arrested after police found him sleeping on a bench in a local coastal park.
It took the police officer multiple attempts to wake the man up, according to the police report, and once he did, the officer told him he was in the park after hours and asked him to gather his belongings and move to the parking lot where he would issue a trespass warning. The man then cursed at the officer and told him to both leave him alone and arrest him.
The officer, according to the police report, told him he didn't want to arrest him but the man said he wanted to know "how the arrest procedure was done." The officer walked away, leaving the man with a fellow police officer, and ran the man's name through the trespass warning system. The man had never been trespassed from any of the city.
When he approached the man again, the officer noted he was in a better mood, but ultimately, the man refused to sign the trespass warning when advised he couldn't return to any park for six months. He laid back down on the bench and cursed at the officer.
He was taken to jail.
3:53 p.m. — 200 block of Williamson Boulevard
Fraud. A 56-year-old Ormond Beach man wrote a $53 check to a medical provider. His wife deposited it into the drop box outside of the post office.
Four days later, when he checked his bank account, he saw almost $3,500 had been withdrawn from his account. According to the police report, the man reviewed the check image and saw that it had been altered from its original state.
Police took note of the name the check was changed to be made out to, and provided the man with a victim's rights pamphlet and case number. The man wished to pursue charges. The bank reimbursed him for the fraudulent withdrawal.
