- December 4, 2025
9:41 p.m. — 100 block of Rockefeller Drive, Ormond Beach
Animal complaint. A police officer was driving down a residential street when he observed a"white wolf dog" wandering free, with no leash and no owner in sight.
He recognized the dog — and knew that there was history of it getting loose, so he attempted to find the owner while another officer kept eyes on the dog. When the officer spoke with the owners, they hadn't realized he had gotten out and "seemed at a loss as to what to do about it," according to a police incident report. The officer told them they needed to bring their dog back home.
The couple told police that the dog, named Romeo, didn't listen to them so they were unsure as to how to catch it. The officer noted that they slowly got their belongings together and got in his patrol car to retrieve the dog, which by then, had traveled to a nearby park. Once there, the officer reported the "couple nonchalantly attempted to catch the dog, but failed when it walked into the woods behind someone's home."
Upon losing sight of the dog, the couple gave up and decided to go back home, the report states. The wife told police she called a private trapper to retrieve the dog the next morning. They explained that they couldn't control the dog and that they were trying to give it to a sanctuary, but were waiting on a spot. The officer told them that they needed to find a way to control Romeo or find a faster way to rehome him to resolve the issue, as they were violating a city ordinance by letting their dog run free.
9:02 p.m. — 200 block of Railroad Street, Ormond Beach
Animal complaint. Two black trash bags containing the remains of a dead animal triggered a police respond, as initial reports claimed the remains belonged to a decapitated dog. It was actually a deer, according to a police incident report.
When police arrived to the scene, they noticed one of the bags was still tied and the other was split open, with a partial carcass of a large animal visible. Inside the other bag were two of the animal's legs, "appearing to be removed from an intense impact."
A community service officer supervisor advised police to leave the carcass in place because there was no way to store it, and due to its "overwhelming stench." The supervisor then identified the carcass as that belonging to a deer.
