- June 21, 2025
7:30 p.m. — 5000 block of Ocean Shore Boulevard, Palm Coast
Disorderly intoxication. Deputies arrested a 47-year-old Palm Coast man who, while heavily intoxicated, began "aggressively" tugging on a restaurant's door after he was denied a cigarette by employees.
Restaurant employees told police that as they were closing, the man was seen hanging outside the building. He asked employees for cigarettes as well as if he could use someone's phone. After he started tugging on the front door, the restaurant manager came out to ward him off, according to an arrest report, but the man became irate again after he was denied a cigarette.
He tried to get access into the inside of a cigarette butt receptacle, and when he couldn't figure out how to open it, he threw it to the ground, where it came apart and dispersed cigarette butts all over the ground.
The man was taken to jail.
4:05 a.m. — 2000 block of Moody Boulevard, Flagler Beach
Fleeing/eluding law enforcement. Just take me to jail.
That's what a 26-year-old Daytona Beach man told a deputy after pulling his truck over for a traffic stop — long after the deputy had initiated it.
According to the man's arrest report, the deputy spotted the man driving westbound over the Moody Bridge at a high rate of speed, which led him to activate his emergency lights and initiate a traffic stop. The man didn't pull over and continued to drive west.
He didn't drive erratically and was obeying all other traffic laws (except for pulling over), the report notes, even stopping at multiple red lights. Then, he drove over deployed stop sticks, deflating all four tires. Still, he kept going westbound until finally pulling over at Landing Boulevard in Palm Coast.
When the deputy asked why he didn't stop, the man shrugged his shoulders. He asked to be taken to jail, and refused to talk or answer questions.
There was no contraband in the truck, only a skateboard and a chair. He also didn't appear to be under the influence of any alcohol or drugs. The deputy noted that "it was unknown" why the man failed to pull over. He was found, however, to be on misdemeanor probation for trespassing.
He was taken to jail.
