- December 13, 2025
Tag he’s it
11:04 p.m. – 100 block of Cypress Point Parkway, Palm Coast
Petit theft, possession. A St. Augustine man was arrested in Palm Coast for driving a truck with a stolen plate.
A Sheriff’s Office deputy was alerted to a possible stolen tag on a red Chrysler van and found the vehicle at a nearby gas station, according to an arrest report. The deputy immediately detained the man who owned the van.
Before the deputy could ask the suspect any questions, the man said “I knew that tag was bad.” The suspect told the deputy he had just bought the tag and van from two separate friends, and was living out of the van.
The man admitted to having cannabis and meth in the van. Deputies found 0.6 grams of meth, 3 grams of marijuana and one pill of a controlled substance.
The man is facing several drug and drug paraphernalia charges, as well as petit theft for the stolen tag. He was taken to the county jail.
Dumpster diving disaster
1:46 a.m. – 600 block of S.R. 100, Flagler County
False name given to law enforcement. A woman with an active warrant was caught dumpster diving on Thanksgiving behind a dollar store.
A police arrived was called out to the retail location just before 2 a.m. and found an empty SUV parked in front of a fenced-in dumpster area. Two women were found hiding behind the dumpster fence and told the deputy they were dumpster diving.
Two additional Sheriff’s Office deputies arrived on scene and searched the area for suspicious items and instead found a third woman hiding in the dumpster area, according to an arrest report. A search for the first two women turned up no results but the third woman initially gave the officers a false name.
The woman turned out to have an active warrant for her arrest out of Putnam County and was violating her probation by being out after curfew. She was placed under arrest and taken to the county jail.
