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Flagler deputies arrest Welaka man after he speeds on I95 to get to haircut appointment

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Sept. 23
Desperate need for a trim

6:30 p.m. – Interstate 95, mile marker 287, Flagler County

Speeding. A Welaka, Florida man was caught by a Sheriff’s Office deputy driving 50 mph over the posted speed limit. 

The deputy’s radar clocked the suspect vehicle as going 107 mph while he was on patrol on I-4. The deputy also noticed the man was “aggressively passing multiple vehicles,” according to the suspect’s arrest report.

The suspect told deputies he was driving so quickly because he had a haircut schedule in New Smyrna beach, the report said. He was arrested and taken to the county jail.

Oct. 2
Man breaks deputy’s clipboard

1:35 p.m. – First block of Redbud Road, Flagler County

Criminal mischief. A Flagler County man was taken to jail after a alleging his roommate had punched him in the face ended with the suspect in handcuffs for breaking a deputy’s clipboard. 

Sheriff’s Office deputies were called out to the home because  the suspect said his roommate had hit him, according to the arrest report. The  roommate, who was sleeping when deputies arrived said it was actually the suspect who had hit the roommate for no reason. 

Because neither party wanted to prosecute, the deputies started to leave. But not before communications received another call from the suspect, stating that once again the roommate had punched him, the report said.

Once again, the man had no injuries to support his story. While talking to deputies, he "became irate” and grabbed one deputy’s clipboard and broke it over his knee,

The suspect was charged with criminal mischief and  petit theft. The suspect was taken to the Flagler County jail and the whole way he kicked the walls of the backseat of the cruiser and spit several times.

 

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