- May 23, 2025
10:55 p.m. — Intersection of North Washington Street and West Granada Boulevard, Ormond Beach
Reckless driving. A police officer was handling a traffic stop when he spotted a group of young adults shouting as a car did a burnout in a local gas station parking lot.
The officer noted in an incident report that this could have caused the driver to lose control of his car and either crash into the crowd or a nearby gas pump. After the car exited the parking lot, the reporting officer broke from his initial traffic stop to pursue the driver.
After initiating a new traffic top, the officer asked the 19-year-old driver why he would do a burnout in a crowded parking lot — and right across the street from a cop. The man, an Ormond Beach resident, said that he saw him, but assumed he was busy, and that his friends had encouraged him to do the burnout.
While the officer was speaking with the man, he noticed a plastic bag containing alcoholic beverages inside the car. Because he was underage, the officer detained him and later released him with a notice to appear in court, as well as a citation for reckless driving.
6:05 p.m. — 1500 block of West Granada Boulevard, Ormond Beach
Petit theft. Police are searching for a man who is suspected to have stolen multiple pairs of sunglasses from a big box retailer's vision center.
According to an incident report, the suspect — described as a white man in his 30s or 40s with numerous tattoos on both of his arms — was seen on surveillance footage ducking under a rope to enter the vision center once it was closed. He then took three pairs of sunglasses, concealing them in his cargo shorts. The sunglasses were worth over $560 altogether.
This wasn't the first theft; police report he has done this on at least three occasions.
If a suspect is found, the big box store wishes to pursue charges.
