- December 4, 2025
11 a.m. — 5000 block of North Ocean Shore Boulevard, Palm Coast
Obstruction without violence. When a deputy who was directing traffic outside a local church returned to his patrol car, he discovered his rear driver side body panel had been vandalized.
Written in black, permanent marker were the words, "Why are you here," according to a report. The deputy attempted to remove the writing but was unsuccessful. He had only seen one pedestrian in the area, and gave a fellow deputy the man's description.
At about 12:50 p.m. the suspect — a 29-year-old Virginia man — was spotted walking northbound on North Ocean Boulevard around Bay Drive. He was carrying multiple bags and wearing what looked to be several layers of clothing, despite it being a hot and humid day, the report notes.
The second deputy approached him to check on his welfare, as he had seen him in the area three hours earlier, and the man declined medical attention, refusing to provide the deputy with his name. Because he matched the pedestrian's description, the deputy asked him to stop, informing him he was being detained. The man kept walking, and "balled up his fists" when the deputy tried to secure him in handcuffs.
He was eventually detained. Deputies found .5 grams of marijuana on his person. He was taken to jail.
6:56 p.m. — First block of Palm Harbor Village Way, Palm Coast
Battery on a law enforcement officer. Deputies arrested a 58-year-old Palm Coast man who swung at a restaurant customer while intoxicated, and later pushed a deputy in his attempt to get away.
The man had been kicked out of the restaurant by the time deputies arrived, but he was found on an electric bicycle in a nearby alleyway, according to his arrest report. As a deputy followed him, the man fell of his bike in the bushes in front of another restaurant, at which point the deputy made contact.
Upon being detained, the man "became belligerent, tensed up and began to argue with this deputy," the report states. He said that he had paid his bill and left, denying any physical altercation at the restaurant. He then pushed the deputy in the left side of his shoulder and neck area to get away, but the deputy grabbed him and they both fell to the ground. The man got up and ran across the parking lot, but stumbled and fell into the roadway. He was secured in handcuffs and taken to jail.
Later, deputies learned the bike had been stolen too; it belonged to a restaurant employee.
