- July 12, 2025
9:25 p.m. — 100 block of Briargate Look, Ormond Beach
Disturbance. Police arrived at a local neighborhood after an 80-year-old Ormond man entered his neighbors' garage and wielded a brush in a "threatening manner."
The verbal altercation began after the man accused the neighbors of not mowing his lawn, as they had agreed upon, although the grass was indeed cut, an incident report states. One of the neighbors grabbed the man's arm and hit the brush out of his hand, which resulted in the man falling backward on the floor. The neighbor yelled at him to leave his property, and threw the brush into the driveway. The man then left.
The neighbors wished to press charges.
Police then spoke with the man, who was seen holding the same brush while walking down the road. After he was instructed to drop it, and refused, police eventually grabbed it out of his hand.
Officers placed him in handcuffs, but the report noted that as they spoke with him, "he was very excited and appeared to be not fully coherent of his surroundings." He believed it was 205 and spoke constantly about his now deceased wife.
Paramedics suspected he was experiencing "excited delirium." Police spoke with the neighbors, who then decided against pressing charges.
The man was taken to the hospital.
10:28 p.m. — Intersection of Hand Avenue and South Orchard Street, Ormond Beach
Loitering or prowling. Police arrested a 45-year-old Holly Hill man who threw a knife sheath at an unmarked patrol car before fleeing.
According to an arrest report, the man threw the sheath unprovoked and began cutting through homes to flee. He was eventually detained, and told police that he had fled because he thought he had heard "some sort of activated sound" coming from the unmarked patrol car, which the report noted the car lacks the ability to emit.
One of the officers questioned his attire — the man was wearing a long black shirt, long dark pants and a dark mask. Because it was 79 degrees outside with 83% humidity, the reporting officer noted the man's outfit was abnormal.
On his clothing, the man said he "does not like people knowing his identity."
Police discovered he was currently on probation for a felony charge of written threats to kill. He was taken to jail.
