- April 30, 2024
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3:02 p.m. — 300 block of North U.S. 1, Ormond Beach
Loitering or prowling. Police arrested a 33-year-old Ormond Beach man who was seen walking near local businesses with a knife in his hand.
When the man spotted police vehicles, he tried to hide behind a business, according to his arrest report. He was seen walking into the bay of a nearby auto shop.
Police apprehended him in the middle of the bay and found he was carrying a folded pocket knife. The man told police that he was in the shop trying to get his car worked on, according to the report, and said he hadn't committed any crimes.
He then told police that he went into the auto shop "to get water" and that he hadn't tried to elude police. He saiid he was with his friend and that they were on their way home to go swimming and then had plans to go fishing.
Police also found a knife stuck in a nearby tree. A witness later said that the man had been holding this knife when he tried to approach an elderly couple. The witness alerted the couple to the man's presence and had them return to their car before the man could reach them.
The man was taken to jail.
3:30 p.m. — Ormond-by-the-Sea
Robbery by sudden snatching. A 35-year-old Ormond Beach woman was arrested after she bit her mother’s forearms and punched her in the face for downloading WhatsApp on the daughter’s phone.
The woman then took her mother’s phone and threw it from a fifth-story balcony, according to a police report. Her mother went downstairs to collect it, then called police.
The woman refused to open her condo door for deputies, but deputies entered when her mother gave them a key.
The woman was taken to jail.
