- April 20, 2024
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SIKK ride
5 p.m. — 1000 block of Justice Lane, Bunnell
Petit and grand theft. A thief stole bicycles, then used one of the bikes to steal paddle boards, according to the Sheriff’s Office.
The suspect was at the county jail facing charges for the paddle board thefts when a Palm Coast man reported that his three SIKK bicycles had been stolen from an underground parking garage on Surfview Drive on May 6.
The Sheriff’s Office deputy who reported to the scene recognized one of the bikes as one that had been used in the paddle board theft, according to the suspect’s arrest report.
Surveillance footage of the paddle board theft showed the suspect riding one of the stolen bikes and towing a stolen bike trailer with the paddle boards, according to the report.
The three SIKK brand bicycles were at the suspect’s St. Augustine home when St. John’s County Sheriff’s Office deputies searched it.
The suspect admitted to taking the bicycles, worth around $2,200 combined. He faces five grand theft charges and one petit theft charge.
Window shopping
4:20 p.m. — 5800 block of State Road 100, Palm Coast
Burglary, grand theft.
A thief stole a designer purse from a woman’s car when the woman stopped at a local gas station.
The woman had parked near the station’s front doors, leaving her windows down and her Michael Kors purse on the front seat, according to an incident report. When she returned to the car about 15 minutes later, the purse was gone.
The woman told Sheriff’s Office deputies that the purse contained $1,200 cash and her Social Security card. The purse itself was valued at $100.
