- May 16, 2024
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Beached on a DUI
4:04 a.m. — 1200 block of South Ocean Shore Blvd, Flagler Beach
DUI. A Palm Coast man crashed his car into a dune on State Road A1A, claiming he'd hit a deer.
When a police officer arrived on scene, there was no deer, or even damage from a deer on the driver's car, according to the arrest report. A bystander told the officer she called 911 after seeing the crash. The suspect had immediately begun running around the car and, upon seeing her screamed "I don't like you" in her face as she offered to help him.
When the officer approached the suspect, he asked the officer to turn off his body camera because he'd "been fishing all day." The officer noticed the suspect was behaving erratically, talking very quickly but also smelling of alcohol.
During a field sobriety, eye-tracking test, the suspect claimed he had "stutter" in his left eye when nervous. Throughout the DUI testing, and even to the county jail, the man continued to make bizarre statements, and even refused to take the breathalyzer.
He was charged with DUI, property damage and failure to carry a driver's license.
Crash testing
10:56 p.m. — 100 block of Brownstone Lane, Palm Coast
Property damage. A Palm Coast woman allegedly caused over $9,000 in property damage as she drove home while having a medical issue.
A Sheriff's Office deputy arrived tracked a car that had left the scene of several crashes to a residential home. The car had severe front damage, deployed airbags and a mailbox and a plant under the front bumper, according to an arrest report.
The woman who had driven the car said she was on her way to a drugstore when she blacked out because of her Type 1 Diabetes, the report said, hitting a light pole, causing an estimated $9,000 in damage.
She then drove back home, causing property damage at four addresses along the way, the report said. Both the mailbox and plant from under the bumper were returned to their home address with a case card, since the residents were not home.
