- December 14, 2025
A 19-year-old Palm Coast woman has been arrested for allegedly stealing and then using a credit card from a nail salon client.
On Aug. 9, a woman called the Flagler County Sheriff's Office to report that her credit card had been stolen and had 10 fraudulent charges totaling over $500 in purchases from stores and restaurants in Palm Coast. The victim told deputies that she had left her credit card at Palm Nails, a nail salon in Palm Coast, on Aug. 6, according to a FCSO press release.
FCSO detectives obtained surveillance footage from the stores where the credit card had been used, showing a white female with long dark hair using the stolen card to make purchases, the press release said.
Unable to obtain any further identifying information on the suspect, the FCSO posted on social media on Sept. 23 asking for the public's assistance in identifying the suspect. Later the same day, the suspect, Brynn Gifford, 19, called the Flagler County Emergency Communications Center and said she was the woman in the photo and asked to speak to the case detectives.
Gifford told detectives she had not done anything wrong, but admitted she was the woman in the surveillance footage shown purchasing items with the stolen card. Gifford was a receptionist at Palm Nails when the card was stolen, the press release said.
On Oct. 15, detectives obtained an arrest warrant for Gifford on the following charges: fraudulent use of personal identification information of a person 60 years of age or older, fraudulent use of a credit card more than two times in six months, and petit theft.
