- July 12, 2025
11:50 p.m. — 2000 block of North Ocean Shore Boulevard, Flagler Beach
Use of firearm under influence of alcohol. Police arrested a 63-year-old Flagler Beach woman who fired a gun into a wall of her mobile home.
Police responded to the community after the woman's lot neighbors reported a loud bang and the presence of a bullet hole and debris in their home, according to the arrest report. The reporting officer noted that the home in the lot next door had a broken glass window.
When contacted by police, the woman admitted she'd had an "incident" with a firearm, stating that she had been in her living room and picked up her firearm, at which point it was discharged by accident. A second person inside her home was unharmed.
As police spoke with the woman, they noted her breath smelled like alcohol. She couldn't explain why she had picked up the gun and when asked, said she had drunk a few glasses of wine.
The gun was found in a box on the living room floor next to a recliner chair. The woman was taken to jail.
11:29 p.m. — Intersection of South Chapel Street and Dr. Martin Luther King Avenue, Bunnell
Obstruction without violence. A 35-year-old Bunnell man was tased three times by a deputy after he didn't comply with a deputy's order to approach his patrol car for a traffic stop.
According to the arrest report, the deputy initiated the traffic stop because the man was walking in the roadway, not facing traffic, despite the presence of a sidewalk. The deputy activated his emergency lights but the man continued walking away, leading the deputy to then activate his siren. When the man didn't stop, the deputy exited the patrol car and ordered him to come to him 12 times, during which the man asked "for what?" and refused to move from the driveway of a residence.
Citing his safety, the deputy ordered the man to place his hands behind his back, and put his hand on his right bicep to gain control. The man began pulling away from him and was able to walk away. The deputy said he saw him pul his hand toward the area of his lower abdomen, and because he was uncooperative and unsure if he had weapons, the deputy conducted a takedown maneuver.
While on the ground, the man was tased three separate times as he resisted the deputy. After he was arrested, the deputy asked if he needed medical attention, and the man said he did but refused to tell the deputy why, the report notes. He was transported to the hospital and then to jail after he was medically cleared. In addition to the obstruction charge, the deputy issued two written warnings for his pedestrian violations.
