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Bunnell driver arrested after using red and blue flashing lights to pass a slow vehicle

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Oct. 17

Profane encounter

1:28 p.m. — 800 block of Belle Terre Parkway, Palm Coast

Breach of peace. A road rage incident led to the arrest of a 46-year-old Palm Coast man.

According to a report by the Sherrif's Office, a woman called 911 alleging that the man, who was in a truck, was following her car and tailgating. When she parked at a local grocery store, the man continued to scream from his truck as he drove back and forth in the parking lot.

He was confronted by a deputy who tried to calm him down as the man continued to yell profanities. The man refused to comply with orders to step toward a nearby sidewalk, yelling at the deputies face that he could go wherever he wanted — with an expletive. 

Deputies placed him under arrest and he was taken to jail.

Oct. 25

Flashing lights

10:49 p.m. — Intersection of County Road 302 and County Road 75, Bunnell

Using red and blue lights. Deputies arrested a 22-year-old Bunnell man after responding to a report of a reckless driver equipped with red and blue lights.

The caller had been driving on State Road 100 when a truck began to follow them closely, later activating flashing red and blue lights. The caller pulled over, thinking the truck was a law enforcement vehicle. 

But once he pulled over, the truck went around them and sped off. The Sheriff's Office reports the driver, identified as the 22-year-old man, was pulled over on Lemon Street. He told police that he had been on his way to deliver groceries to his mom when a vehicle was traveling slowly in front of him. 

The man said he passed the slow car as soon as they were in a passing zone, and didn't mention any flashing lights. During the course of the investigation, he did admit to the truck having "police-style lights," according to the Sheriff's Office. Ones, he explained, that could be activated by a switch, which he demonstrated. 

The man was arrested and taken to jail, where he was later released on a $2,500 bond.

 

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