- December 4, 2025
9:21 p.m. — 4000 block of Old Kings Road, Palm Coast
Firing a weapon in public property. A citizen contacted the Sheriff's Office after spotting multiple cars parked near the roadway, along with smoke billowing into the sky and fireworks coming from the tree line.
Knowing this area is common for underage drinking incidents and bonfires, deputies responded to the scene, walking into the wooded area. They came across a witness who said someone had been spotted in the woods with a gun, and that the suspect, an 18-year-old Palm Coast man, was headed in the deputies' direction.
Once deputies made contact with the suspect, who was in a car, the man "began to visibly shake and [breathe] heavily," the report states. He was placed in handcuffs and a firearm was recovered from under the front passenger seat.
Witnesses told deputies that they saw the man fire his gun into a crowd of people who had gathered for a bonfire. Everything was fine, on witness said, until they heard law enforcement was on their way, at which point a fight broke out and people "began to leave the area in a manic fashion"
The man told police that he was celebrating his birthday at the bonfire and that after an hour, the crowd tripled and a different group showed up and caused issues. He admitted to to firing his gun into the tree line because of the commotion, but that he was not trying to shoot anyone. Deputies noted, however, that there was a residential neighborhood about 675 feet north of the spot he shot.
He was arrested.
9:37 p.m. — 4000 block of East Moody Boulevard, Bunnell
Possession of amphetamine, marijuana. A 27-year-old woman found to have her sister's prescription medication told deputies she simply wanted to "hold on to it."
According to her arrest report, deputies initiated a traffic stop on her car after noticing an inoperable headlight. After they made contact, the reporting deputy detected the smell of burnt marijuana coming from the car.
The woman admitted she had marijuana in the car as well as her sister's prescription medication, a generic form of Adderall, in her purse. She said she had grabbed it after leaving a party with her family around 1 p.m., and that she grabbed several items from family members to "hold onto" so they could get them the next day, the report states.
She was taken to jail.
