- December 4, 2025
6:11 p.m. — 300 block of South Ocean Shore Boulevard, Flagler Beach
DUI. A 76-year-old Flagler Beach man used retirement as an excuse for drinking after he was approached by police following a verbal altercation in a nearby business.
The reporting officer was patrolling on foot in the area when he heard the argument take place across the road. The officer watched as the man then got into a vehicle and started it, at which point the officer approached to investigate what had happened. During their initial interaction, according to the police report, the officer noted a strong odor of alcohol as well as a glass of wine in the cupholder.
When asked how much he'd had to drink, the man replied, "I'm retired; I drink every day."
He was taken to jail.
9:52 p.m. — 6000 block of North Oceanshore Boulevard, Palm Coast
DUI. Deputies arrested a 79-year-old Palm Coast drunk woman who came to a citizen's front door asking for help after she "took the wrong turn into the ditch" while driving.
According to her arrest report, deputies found the woman in the driver seat of her vehicle, which was indeed disabled within a ditch on the shoulder of the roadway. They noted signs of impairment right away, and the woman told them she had just left a party a couple of blocks away. She advised she was not injured or in need of medical attention.
Deputies had her perform field sobriety exercises, including one where she failed because she was continuously laughing, the report notes.
The woman told deputies that she had made the drinks for the party, and had drank "limoncello cran martinis." Throughout the investigation, she continued to laugh and repeat that she was diagnosed with "trigger finger" that day.
She was taken to jail.
