- June 21, 2025
3:32 p.m. — 100 block of Cypress Point Parkway, Palm Coast
Petit theft. A 45-year-old Ormond Beach man was arrested after he stole over $730 worth of merchandise from a local big box store, telling deputies that he "had a bad habit."
According to his arrest report, the man was a known thief and therefor had been monitored by a store employee as he was in the store. The man was seen placing trading cards into a cooler, and later walked outside of the store without paying for them. He also stole three T-shirts, two pairs of shoes, two Mountain Dews and the cooler.
The man has three past felony theft convictions in Volusia County. He was taken to jail.
4:08 p.m. — First block of Winchester Road, Ormond Beach
Burglary. Deputies responded to a home in unincorporated Flagler County after a 41-year-old woman and her son found an unknown man inside.
According to an arrest report, the man left and walked into the woods after he was discovered. Inside the home, deputies found an open jar of jelly with a used spoon in the kitchen, as well as a mountain dew and half-full container of strawberry yogurt on the counter in front of a TV in the screened-in porch. Both items had condensation on them, indicating they had recently been removed from a refrigerator, the report states.
The suspect, a 41-year-old Las Vegas man, was later found in the tree line near North U.S. 1 and Eagle Rock Road. The man told them he had been hitchhiking in Florida for the past two to three weeks, and admitted to using a pipe to break a window and enter the home. He told deputies he was hungry and thirsty, and said he also swam in the pool behind the home, in which he was in for about an hour before the homeowner arrived.
He was arrested and taken to jail.
