- January 7, 2026
10:52 p.m. — Southbound Interstate 95, Mile Marker 295, Flagler County
DUI. A North Carolina man was arrested for DUI with a blood-alcohol content three times the legal limit.
Sheriff's Office deputies received several calls about a reckless driver swerving in the southbound lanes of Interstate 95. When law enforcement found the car, it was parked on the shoulder near Mile Marker 295 and the driver had removed his pants, wearing only boxers and a shirt, according to an arrest report.
Deputies on the scene immediately observed the driver was inebriated and had peed in his pants before deputies arrived. As the driver had no other clean pants, he had to put the soaked pants back on when deputies arrived to talk to him.
Deputies found open alcohol cans near the man's car, though the man denied having had anything to drink in the last eight hours, the report said.
When deputies tested the man's BAC at the scene, four times he blew a breath samples at or above a .240, but the machine came back with an error each time.
The man was arrested and tested again at the county jail which still returned with a BAC of .226, the report said — two hours after deputies arrived on scene.
9:05 p.m. — 100 block of North Ocean Shore Boulevard, Flagler Beach
Battery. A Georgia man arrested on battery and domestic battery charges after he punched his girlfriend and a random stranger at a bar before fleeing the scene.
A woman saw the suspect sitting on the sidewalk outside the bar his girlfriend laying across his lap, according to an arrest report. Suddenly, the suspect began hitting the girlfriend and when the witness yelled for him to stop, the suspect got up and chased the witness into the bar.
The second victim was inside the bar helping a band set up when he heard a commotion at the door, the report said. As he turned to see what was going on, the suspect ran inside, went up to the man and punched him in the face.
The suspect then ran from the bar and drove off in a pickup truck. Police officers and Sheriff's Office deputies later found the truck minutes later and arrested the suspect.
