- April 26, 2024
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5:50 p.m. — 200 block of South Atlantic Avenue
Fleeing/attempting to elude law enforcement officer. A 21-year-old man from Pennsylvania was arrested during Bike Week after police said he attempted to flee on his motorcycle when an officer initiated a traffic stop, a result of the man performing a "wheelie" on the road.
According to his arrest report, the man accelerated "at a high rate of speed" and began weaving in and out of traffic when the officer activated his emergency equipment. The officer accelerated as well, and at one point, saw the man look over his shoulder to see if he was still being followed. The officer noted in the report that he was traveling at 86 mph and still could not catch up to the man.
He was able to do so once the man pulled into a parking lot. As the man was being detained, the told the officer that he hadn't seen him and blamed it on his music.
6:54 a.m. — First block of South Yonge Street
Disturbance. Police responded to a local gas station in reference to a road rage incident after a 49-year-old Port Orange man turned in front of a truck and caused it to swerve into the median.
According to the incident report, the 21-year-old Holly Hill man driving the truck (and his brother in another vehicle, followed the Port Orange man as he pulled into the gas station after they exchanged words, and boxed him in the parking lot. The brothers and their father began yelling at the Port Orange man, who then grabbed his handgun and placed it on the dash.
One of the brothers then called 911 and said he had been threatened with a gun, though after a police investigation, the reporting officer confirmed that the gun was never pointed at any of them, nor did the Port Orange man verbalize any threats.
The report continues by stating the officer then tried to explain to the brothers and their father that the man's actions were justified, and that no crime had occurred, since no threats were issued. "They would not listen nor attempted to understand my attempts of explaining the gun laws in Florida," the reporting officer wrote. The brothers kept stating that in their home state of Illinois, the Port Orange man's actions were illegal.
After speaking over officers and growing upset, the three men left.
