- April 24, 2024
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10:15 p.m. Flagler County.
Criminal mischief over $1,000, grand theft of a motor vehicle. A woman was house sitting/dog-sitting with her boyfriend. The two invited a 28-year-old coworker over to the house, and later told him to leave. The woman and her boyfriend went upstairs to take a nap, but awoke to the sound of running water.
When they got downstairs, they found that the bathroom had been wrecked: Someone had snapped the faucet — which was flowing water — and broken the sink and fixtures.
Broken glass vases were strewn around the living room, and half an inch of water covered the floor of the hallway, kitchen, dining room and living room. Blood was smeared around the sink.
The woman's car was also missing.
Deputies tracked down the 28-year-old man. He had the woman's car and admitted that he'd taken mushrooms and "became very confused" while at the house, and "remembers seeing a lot of running water."
Deputies arrested him.
4:00 p.m. Coconut Court, Palm Coast.
Grand theft of a motor vehicle. A vehicle dealership reported a car as stolen: A woman, the dealership staff said, had arranged for a 24-hour test drive of a car on March 14, but never returned it.
The woman had given the dealership all of her information when she agreed to the 24-hour test drive, so deputies quickly found her house — with the missing car out front — and set up surveillance.
When she walked outside and got in the car, deputies ordered her out of the vehicle and arrested her.
She insisted she'd been in contact with the dealership and was "in good standing," but the test-drive agreement in the car's glove box showed that she'd signed an agreement to return the car by March 15.
