- December 4, 2025
‘A God send’
9:09 p.m. – 1400 block of County Road 305, Bunnell
Underage alcohol possession. An 18-year-old Palm Coast man and a 19-year-old Bunnell man were arrested for cannabis and underage alcohol possession after Sheriff Office deputies pulled them over for driving 7 mph over the speed limit.
The deputy noted in his arrest report that not only was the suspect pickup truck going 42 mph in a 35 mph zone, the windows had “extra screening material” on the driver side window, the report said.
The deputy pulled over the truck and immediately smelled “raw cannabis,” the report said. The two men inside said they did not have medical marijuana cards, but one suspect — the 19-year-old Bunnell man – admitted to smoking marijuana in the truck a few hours before.
A search of the truck turned up 0.6 grams of raw cannabis, eight electronic vape devices and numerous cans of beer and canned mixed drinks in a cooler.
The Bunnell man said the drinks were to celebrate his 19th birthday after midnight, but told the deputy it was “a God send” that they were caught. If they hadn't been caught, he said, they would have drank the alcohol.
‘Steer’ed wrong
3:09 a.m. – Intersection of Belle Terre Parkway and Eastwood Drive, Palm Coast
DUI. A Jacksonville woman was arrested after she crashed her car while allegedly driving with a blood alcohol level almost twice the legal limit.
Sheriff’s Office deputies arrived at the intersection where the woman had hit a tree in the grass median while going southbound, spinning across into the northbound lanes, according to her arrest report. She told the deputy that she was going the speed limit but lost control when her power steering went out.
The deputy noticed she was slurring her words and smelled of alcohol so he asked her to do a field sobriety test. The woman failed the field sobriety test and was taken to the county jail where a breathalyzer test was administered.
Almost 40 minutes after the crash, the suspect blew a .144 BAC.
