- December 13, 2025
9:24 a.m. — First block of South Orchard Street, Ormond Beach
Vandalism. An Ormond Beach woman called police after five of her inflatable Halloween decorations were punctured by a sharp object.
According to an incident report, the woman had two other inflatables previously punctured on Oct. 20, which she also reported to police. As a new resident to the neighborhood, she told police she didn't know why anyone would want to destroy her inflatables.
The damage was estimated at almost $700 for all five inflatables.
3:05 p.m. — 1600 block of North U.S. 1, Ormond Beach
Theft. A 34-year-old semi truck driver from Michigan was tricked out of $600 when an unknown man knocked on the cab of his truck while he was sleeping.
The suspect told the man that there were people at the local truck stop who were trying to show appreciation for drivers, alleging there was a $300,000 jackpot, and that whatever amount of money the driver showed them would be matched and gifted to him, according to an incident report.
The driver went inside the gas station and withdrew $600 from an ATM. When he came back out, he showed the cash to one of the men and they began throwing playing cards on the ground. Within a few seconds, another man grabbed the money from the driver's hand and told him he'd lost.
The driver was confused and said he hadn't been aware they were gambling. He told police he became agitated and started yelling, at which point one of the men pulled him aside and told him to speak to some man's wife, parked on the other side of the lot. When he turned to locate her, everyone was gone, the report states.
Upon seeing one of the men again, the driver got into a verbal altercation, during which one of the other men emerged from the gas station and slapped the driver's phone out of his hand. The men departed in a white Chevy Impala with an Ohio plate.
