- February 9, 2026
2:41 p.m. — 1500 block of West Granada Boulevard, Ormond Beach
Petit theft. While investigating an incident where an 18-year-old Daytona Beach man was caught trying to shoplift at a big box store, police noted he had a large "bulge" under his camo jacket, near his back. Officers suspected it could be a backpack, but the teen told them it was his "deformed back."
Officers confronted the teen inside the store, where they told him that store employees had seen him concealing items underneath his clothes. Because the teen was still inside, the officers were asked by the store to trespass him, according to the police report. He was given a chance to turn over any items under his clothing and told that once they exited the store, he would be arrested if he had any on his person.
Ultimately, he did not in fact have a deformed back. It was a new backpack he tried to steal from the store. Police also found a pack of undergarments hidden in his pants as well as drug paraphernalia. He was arrested, and because he had been out on bond on a previous burglary charge, he was given no bond for the new misdemeanors.
4:25 p.m. — First block of John Anderson Drive, Ormond Beach
Battery touch or strike. A 43-year-old Ormond Beach man was arrested after witnesses say he tackled a woman to the ground over a protest demonstration.
Police report that the victim, a Holly Hill woman, was protesting with a group on the bridge when the man began arguing with them. After he tackled the victim, the man tried to get away on his bike but was restrained by witnesses after the altercation. When police arrived, he was still trying to get away and resisted officers' attempt to restrain him.
The victim suffered minor injuries to her neck and fingers. The man suffered an eye injury after he was restrained by citizens prior to the police's arrival. Both were cleared on site by paramedics. The man was taken to jail.
6:29 p.m. — 1600 block of North U.S. 1, Ormond Beach
Aggravated battery. Police arrested a 69-year-old New York man who is suspected of stabbing a person outside a local pub after a verbal altercation over politics.
According to an arrest report, a witness told police that a fight had broken out between three people, during which the man stabbed one of the people involved in the back. The fight was broken up by a bystander, who disarmed the man and tossed the knife into the bushes.
The victim was stabbed in his shoulder blade and was transported to the hospital. The man sustained a black eye during the fight. He was taken to jail.
