- April 26, 2024
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Three out-of-town car thieves who made the mistake of entering Flagler County have been captured thanks to the Flagler County Sheriff’s Office.
“This is another example of how the technology we’ve implemented throughout the county and within the Real-Time Crime Center helps us apprehend criminals before they can prey on our community."
— RICK STALY, Flagler County sheriff
One of the suspects captured was a fugitive on the run. That suspect, a 24-year-old Arkansas resident, will soon be headed home after the FCSO caught her driving a stolen vehicle in Palm Coast Thursday, Feb. 10.
She was originally sentenced to prison on charges including Promoting Prostitution, Absconding, Failure to Comply with Sex Offender Reporting and Possession with Purpose to Deliver a Controlled Substance.
She has also been previously charged in Brevard County for Providing False Identification to Law Enforcement and was arrested in June 2021 for previously being a Fugitive from Justice.
She was captured after when Sheriff’s deputies were issued a BOLO for a stolen Chevrolet Aveo just after 9:30 a.m. Thursday.
Deputies found the woman and the vehicle, which had been reported stolen from Glades County, in a Town Center parking lot.
Thanks to the work of the FCSO Real Time Crime Center and the Community Policing Division, deputies were able to identify her as a fugitive wanted on a felony warrant in Arkansas.
She is being held on no bond at the Green Roof Inn while awaiting extradition to Arkansas.
The string of stolen vehicle arrests had begun just after noon Wednesday, Feb. 9, as deputies tracked and apprehended a pair of pickup truck bandits over the next 32 hours.
Deputies would find a stolen Dodge Ram being driven by a 35-year-old Jacksonville man on State Road 100 and Commerce Drive at midday Wednesday.
A high-risk traffic stop was conducted, and the man was arrested for Grand Theft-Motor Vehicle.
He had initially rented the vehicle from Enterprise Rent-A-Car in January. After the truck was not returned, it was reported stolen on January 19.
FCSO caught the latest truck thief just after 8 p.m. last night, Feb. 10, when they apprehended a 40-year-old Jacksonville man.
A call reporting the man for reckless driving on Interstate 95 ultimately led deputies to the RaceTrac Gas Station on S.R. 100.
That’s where they found the suspect and a Chevrolet Colorado reported stolen from Orange County.
The man was arrested for Grand Theft of a Motor Vehicle, Possession of Drug Paraphernalia/Equipment and Driving While License Suspended with Knowledge.
He is being held in the Green Roof Inn on $3,500 bond.
“More criminals made the mistake of coming to Flagler County,” Sheriff Rick Staly said. “This is another example of how the technology we’ve implemented throughout the county and within the Real-Time Crime Center helps us apprehend criminals before they can prey on our community. I’m proud of our team for how these high-risk cases were handled and commend them for getting these car thieves off the street and into the Green Roof Inn. Let this be a reminder to criminals that if you commit a crime somewhere else and come to Flagler County, we will find you and arrest you!”
