- May 23, 2025
4:46 p.m. — First block of Garden Street, Palm Coast
Shoplifting. Deputies arrested a 49-year-old Palm Coast after he stole almost $350 worth of merchandise from a local hardware store. The man told deputies that he had acted on an "urge to steal," which has been present since he divorced his wife four years ago.
According to the man's arrest report, store surveillance showed him purchasing a nail gun and recoil kit before leaving the self-check out area and walking toward the back of the store. Once there, he grabbed a fan and an air gun, valued at $249 and $99, respectively and exited the store without paying for these two items.
A store employee apprehended him, and when deputies arrived, the man said he'd had an urge to steal ever since his divorce. He told deputies "he did not feel he deserved to pay for the fan nor the air gun and wanted to act on that urge to steal," the report states.
He was taken to jail.
8:52 p.m. — Intersection of Belle Terre Parkways and Braddock Lane, Palm Coast
DUI. A 74-year-old Palm Coast man was arrested for drunk driving after a motorist alerted a deputy to the man's erratic driving by hoking their horn. The man, according to his arrest report, was driving behind the deputy.
The deputy watched as the man failed to maintain a lane, and switched to allow him to pass. As the man began to do so, he almost side-wiped the deputy's patrol car. After initiating a traffic stop, the man told the deputy that he was headed to the grocery store to buy some chicken, according to his arrest report.
He was asked to step out of the vehicle, and the deputy noticed he was struggling to keep his balance. He also smelled of alcohol and told the deputy that he had drunk one and a half beers that day around 11 a.m.
The man failed the field sobriety exercises and was taken to jail.
