- April 20, 2024
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1:35 p.m. — Intersection of Pine Lakes Parkway and Whirlaway Drive, Palm Coast
Aggravated assault. Six 911 calls were made regarding two men fighting in the middle of the road, involving a knife and a firearm. Upon law enforcement's arrival the two men were handcuffed as deputies investigated the incident.
According to an arrest report, the two men had been involved in a "road rage" incident after one of them, a 50-year-old Palm Coast man, cut the other on the road and threw something at his motorcycle. The motorcyclist followed the Palm Coast man, who eventually exited his vehicle with a knife in his hand.
The motorcyclist told police he equipped himself with metallic knuckles and the two continued to "exchange words." The motorcyclist told deputies that the Palm Coast man swung his knife close to his body, which caused the motorcyclist to point a gun at him before the pair were separated .
The Palm Coast man told police that the motorcyclist had been driving erratically prior to the incident, and that he had flashed a middle finger at him prior to the altercation. The Palm Coast man was determined to be the primary aggressor and was arrested and taken to jail.
8:05 p.m. — 600 block of North State Street, Bunnell
Battery on a LEO. Police responded to a local bar as backup, and upon the officer's arrival, heard yelling and spotted a 57-year-old Bunnell man walking toward them.
The man walked past the reporting officer, who noticed he was bleeding from an injury on his forehead. The man continued walking out into the parking lot, and the officer tried to gauge what was going on and if he needed medical attention, unsure if the man was a suspect at the time.
According to the man's arrest report, the man stood in the rain and refused officer's requests to move, after which he chest bumped the reporting officer. The man then resisted arrest and the officer attempted to tase him twice, with the man grabbing the wires and breaking them both times. A second officer then tased him. He continued to refuse to get on the ground and the reporting officer deployed his chemical spray.
He was arrested and taken to jail.
1:02 a.m. — I-95 at the Palm Coast Parkway exit ramp, Palm Coast
Possession of ID of another without authorization. A deputy was notified of a vehicle that matched the description of one utilized in a series of diesel thefts and spotted its driver, a 27-year-old man from Orlando, pumping diesel into a container in the bed of his pickup truck at local gas station.
The deputy then observed him leave the gas station, and conducted a traffic stop at the I-95 ramp shortly afterward. According to an arrest report, as the deputy approached the vehicle, he noticed a spilled liquid all over a black tank in the bed of the truck. The man, who didn't speak English, called his girlfriend to be able to translate for him.
The man denied ownership of the truck, saying it belonged to his stepfather and that he uses the tanks to fuel semitrucks, as his stepfather is a truck driver. The deputy questioned why he only spent around $2 at the gas station, and the man said that gas was too expensive and decided not to continue to fill the tanks.
When the deputy asked to see the card he used for the transaction, he also observed a white credit card that the man didn't provide. The man said he bought it online and was advised to only use it for fuel; the card no longer works.
Deputies discovered the card expired in 2005 and belonged to someone else. As the man admitted he had used it in the past to purchase fuel, he was arrested and taken to jail.
