- April 28, 2024
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2:43 a.m. — 1600 block of North U.S. 1
DUI. A 31-year-old man from Michigan arrested for driving under the influence thought he was seeing a rabbit inside the police patrol vehicle, as well as spiders that "needed to be killed with a shotgun," according to his arrest report. He told the officer: "Don't tell me I'm seeing things."
Police report that the man was stopped after he was seen driving on the wrong side of the road. Once a traffic stop was initiated, police said the man had noticeably dilated pupils and was performing "exaggerated movements" as he spoke. He was informed police would begin a DUI investigation and was instructed to perform a series of field sobriety exercises, which he failed.
The man was placed under arrest and, on his way to the police station, began to make several statements while in the back of the patrol vehicle, including that he had recently had a few deaths in his family and an apology for getting "high." "Am I a crazed drug addict?" said the man, according to the police report. "No, but when I want to do drugs, I'll do drugs."
He was later taken to jail.
11:57 p.m. — 300 block of Timberline Trail
Criminal mischief. Police arrested a 31-year-old Ormond Beach man who broke his neighbor's window, causing about $100 worth of damage.
The neighbor told police that she was alerted to the man's presence via her Ring doorbell, and that when she saw the footage, she saw him standing at her front door and noticed that her window had been broken. Police responded to the home and upon their arrival, the man was still standing next to the broken window.
The man was uneasy on his feet and leaning against the wall, his left hand bloody, his arrest report details. The reporting officer pointed his gun at the man and asked him to put his hands up, followed up by a command to walk toward the officers, as there was a shovel behind him.
He was secured in handcuffs and afterward, told police that he lived nearby, but was intoxicated, according to police, that he couldn't provide them with his street address. The man told police he didn't remember how the window was broken.
He was taken to jail.
8:56 p.m. — 2000 block of John Anderson Drive
Suspicious incident. Halloween is a time for spooks, but for some campers, things got a little too realistic.
Deputies and police officers responded to an area near Tomoka State Park after receiving reports about a man screaming for help just west of the intercoastal waterway. The reporting officer was flagged down by a camper who said the man sounded like he was in distress and that his cries appeared to be coming northeast of his campsite. The camper told the officer he tried to find the man, but never saw him.
A second witness staying in a nearby campsite said it sounded like the man was off in the distance, maybe a quarter to a half-mile northeast from the recreation center.
Officials combed the area by boat, jet ski, air and on foot but found nothing.
