David Reis, 18, of Palm Coast’s R-Section, faces felony charges on accusations that he drove his BMW against a 17-year-old at the park. The arrest is the latest development in the park incident, disturbing for the breadth of the number of people involved and the seeming indifference of many of them to the violence unfolding in front of them, or their involvement in it.
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Cyclist Killed on U.S. 1 Near Seminole Woods; Biker Who Crashed on I-95 on April 1 Dies from Injuries
Christopher Baxley, 27, was struck and killed while riding his bike on U.S. 1 near Seminole Woods Boulevard Sunday night. Earlier that day, the Florida Highway Patrol issued an update to an April 1 crash, reporting the death from his injuries of motorcyclist Tom Feretti, 61, who had crashed on April 1 on I-95 in Palm Coast.
14-Year-Old Girl Arrested in ‘Malicious’ Serial Brushfires at 5 Vacant Lots in Palm Coast’s B-Section
A 14-year-old resident of Palm Coast’s B Section and a student at Buddy Taylor Middle School was arrested Friday morning and charged with five felony counts over allegedly, maliciously starting fires at five locations that day, all of them in the B Section. The girl lives at a group home on Burgundy Place.
17-Year-Old Girl Arrested and Accused of Repeatedly Tasing Boy in Violent, Mob-Like Brawl at Ralph Carter Park
A 17-year-old student at Matanzas High School was arrested on felony charges after allegedly repeatedly attacking another 17 year old with a taser during a brawl at Ralph Carter Park Wednesday afternoon that drew upward of 30 people, many of them participants who plied the victim with violence.
‘He Just Wacked Me With the Whip’: Mondex Man, 36, Faces Felony Child Abuse Charge
Brian Leonard Rock Jr., a 36-year-old resident of Spruce Street in Bunnell’s Mondex, is accused of using a whip to discipline his 14-year-old daughter, who also reported chronic abuse and a firearm brandished against her mother.
Sexual Predator Andrew Wilson Was Sentenced to 10 Years for Child Rape. He Was Just Released After Serving 6.
Andrew S. Wilson was sentenced to 10 years for repeatedly raping his step-daughter when she was between 9 and 12. He was released after just five last week, returning to Bunnell, and on Monday was reclassified a sexual predator after the court erred in 2016 when it classified him a sexual offender.
Palm Coast Tenant Jailed Over Death Threats Against Landlord. But Should He and His Family Have Been Evicted?
Anthony Douglas Debolt and his partner had lost their jobs during covid and fallen behind to the point of facing eviction from their R-Section house, and matters got worse as Debolt allegedly texted death threats to his landlord. But a federal order is in effect that protects some tenants from evictions,
Aaron Thayer, Son of Man Vanished 6 Years Ago, Arrested on Attempted Murder Charge Involving Girlfriend
Aaron Thayer, 39, of Apricot Avenue in Daytona North–the son of George Contos, his father, whom he reported missing six years ago in suspicious circumstances–was arrested as he was allegedly chasing after his girlfriend with a gun in his waistband, after sending her written death threats.
Manslaughter Charge for Daughter Accused of Leaving Mom to Die Like a ‘Prisoner in a Concentration Camp’
Kim King Zaheer, 64, of Palm Coast, was booked at the Flagler jail on a first-degree felony manslaughter charge at the conclusion of a more-than two-year investigation in the death of her mother, Frances Hildegard King, who was found to have died of abuse, malnutrition and neglect in December 2018.
Car Burglary at Washington Oaks Targeting Tourists Leads to Felon Wanted in 2 Other States
Caisy Frank, 40, arrested on March 31 in connection with thefts of a gun and credit cards at a state park in Flagler County, has a long criminal history in at least four states, including a history in Flagler dating back to 2013.
Aggravated Stalking of Ex-Girlfriend Leads to Felony Charges Against Flagler Beach’s Robert Isenhour Jr.
Robert C. Isenhour Jr., 18, allegedly ridiculed his 18-year-old ex-girlfriend when she was in the process of filing an injunction against him, saying no judge or police would believe her. He was arrested after a incident of alleged stalking near the Golden Lion, the culmination of a month-long series of intimidating and threatening acts, according to police.
Dog Found Agonizing in a Ditch, Possibly Victimized as Bait Dog, Has Died; Answers Sought and Reward Offered
Grace, a 7 or 8-year-old pit bull, was discovered Sunday in a ditch in Espanola in agony and bearing signs of being a bait dog. By Monday morning she had died, but galvanized efforts to find her abusers. A fundraiser before she died raised $8,000 for her care.
Sheriff’s Detectives Had Friday Shooting Suspect Brenan Hill, a Fugitive, in Custody Within Hours
Brenan Robert Hill, 32, wanted on felony charges from Pennsylvania, was the man who drove the woman who was shot Friday near the Microtel in Palm Coast, and is a suspect in the shooting, though the Sheriff’s Office is not yet saying so.
Deputies Respond to Rash of False Claims of Shootings in Latest Round of Resource-Wasting ‘Swatting’
Deputies responded to three crank, or “swatting,” calls alleging murder, one of them involving a C-Section address previously and repeatedly targeted by such calls. In every case, deputies responded as they would to any emergency, scrambling resources.
Shooting In Area of Palm Coast’s Microtel Leaves Woman in Critical Condition, No Assailant in Custody
A shooting in the area of Palm Coast’s Microtel on Kingswood Drive, off Old Kings Road, left a woman in critical condition and mobilized a large number of Flagler County Sheriff’s deputies, detectives and crime scene investigators, who are hunting for clues about the incident. No assailant is in custody.
Ex Palm Coast Gang Leader Brandon Washington Gets Another Chance to Contest 4 Life Sentences
The Fifth District Court of Appeal today ruled in favor of Brandon Washington’s appeal on three grounds, among them that his attorney did not present evidence or a witness who could have provided an alibi, undermining the state’s claim that Washington was at the scene of the 2007 home invasion and murder that led to his trial and conviction.
No, Self-Driving Tesla Was Not on Autopilot When It Took Wrong Turn or Backed Into Flagler Sheriff’s Patrol Car
Contrary to a sheriff’s release disseminated to media today, a Tesla could not have been on autopilot when it mildly crashed into a patrol deputy’s car during a traffic stop, nor could the Tesla have taken a wrong turn out of Wawa, since the self-driving vehicles’ capabilities are limited in city driving. But misconceptions about increasingly popular self-driving cars are common.
Stabbings and Shooting Land Man and Woman in Jail in Bizarre Toaster of Conflict in Mondex
Dwayne Troy Dameron, a 51-year-old resident of County Road 75 in Bunnell, and Nichole M. Beard, a 40-year-old resident of Nutwood Avenue in the Mondex, or Daytona North, were both jailed Wednesday in connection with the stabbing and shooting of Jesse William Kumpf, Beard’s 39-year-old boyfriend and neighbor.
Aggravated Assault and Child Abuse or a Dad Protecting His Sons? Confrontation With Teen Lands Parent in Jail.
Jason Ian Binns, a 48-year-old resident of Bayside Drive in Palm Coast, was jailed Monday on charges of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon and felony child abuse, both third-degree felonies, following a confrontation on and near his property with a teen he says was threatening to beat up his son.
‘Career Criminal’ Who Spent 17 Years in State Prison Is Arrested Over St. Mary’s Thrift Shop Burglaries
Michelle M. Wilburn, a 51-year-old resident of west Flagler, twice sentenced to state prison for burglary and violent crimes, is the second suspect arrested in a rash of burglaries at a Catholic Church’s thrift store used to raise money for the needy and for church functions.
Palm Coast’s Lamar Johnson, 40, Dies After Driving Car Into Canal Off Club House Drive
The body of Lamar M. Johnson, 40, was recovered from the canal between Carol and Cardwell Court, near Club House Drive, late Thursday night after Johnson had driven his car into the water. The cause of the crash is not known.
Another Routine Traffic Stop Turns Violent, Leading to Arrest of Armed Fugitive Wanted for Murder
A traffic stop for speeding at Wawa in Palm Coast Wednesday night was the fourth seemingly routine traffic stop or street encounter in the last eight days that turned violent on local roads, this time leading to the arrest of a 21-year-old man wanted for murder in Georgia. He was carrying a loaded gun.
Raymond Glass, 26, Arrested in Violent, Slur-Laced Confrontation With Deputy Who Saved His Life 6 Years Ago
Facing arrest for a probation and injunction violation, Raymond Glass spent the better part of 20 minute yelling racial, homophobic and anti-police insults and claims of police brutality at Flagler County Sheriff’s deputies, including the deputy who saved him after a stabbing in Palm Coast several years ago.
Woman Facing Attempted Child-Kidnapping Charge Is Judged Incompetent to Stand Trial for Now
Zarut Jean-Pierre Theolin, the troubled 26-year-old Palm Coast woman arrested on a burglary and attempted kidnapping of a child in a case that rattled three W-Section families on March 3–hers included–was judged incompetent to stand trial today and will be sent to a state mental hospital in Chattahoochee for treatment.
Palm Coast’s Isaac J. Becker, 21, Navy Seaman, Is Arrested on Two Counts of Forcible Rape of a Minor
Isaac Julio Becker, a 21-year-old resident of Palm Coast serving as a seaman on the U.S.S. Gerald Ford, was booked at the Flagler County jail Friday on four counts of rape of a minor, including two first-degree felony counts of forcible rape.
Palm Coast’s Chauncey McCray, 24, Arrested on Drug, Gun and Other Charges After Fleeing and Crashing
Chauncey McCray, 24, was at the wheel of a rented blue Toyota Camry Thursday, due to pick up his sister’s child from school, when he took eluded deputies through a series of reckless maneuvers on Palm Coast streets and I-95 before crashing into a semi.
4th Teen Arrested After Alleged Victim, a Mentally Disabled Woman, Says She Was Bullied to Recant
Following on the March 4 arrest of three teens, ages 16 and 17, accused of terrorizing an autistic 19-year-old woman, a fourth teen, 15, was arrested on accusations of bullying the alleged victim into recanting–which the victim tried to do with a prosecutor and a detective.
I-95 Traffic Stop Suddenly Turns Violent as Deputy, Taser Drawn, Struggles With Suspect, Who Speeds Off
A traffic stop involving two deputies and four individuals on I-95 turned briefly violent and ended with the escape of a suspect early this morning after a Flagler County Sheriff’s deputy drew his taser and another blew out the tire on the suspect’s vehicle.
‘Inattentive’ Palm Coast City Council Member Victor Barbosa Cited in T-Bone Crash in F Section
Palm Coast City Council member Victor Barbosa was cited for inattention in a t-bone crash he provoked last week at the intersection of Old Kings Road and Forest Grove Drive in Palm Coast.
Three Palm Coast Teens, 16 and 17, Accused of Terrorizing and Beating an Autistic Woman
Three teens, ages 16 and 17, face a list of felony and misdemeanor charges after allegedly briefly imprisoning and terrorizing a 19-year-old autistic and developmentally disabled woman in a car in a W-Section cul de sac in Palm Coast.
Woman Said to Have Mental Issues Attempts to Abduct a 3-Year-Old Child in Palm Coast’s W Section
Zarut Jean Pierre-Theolin, a 26-year-old resident of nearby 60 Wellwood Lane, entered the house on Wellham uninvited Wednesday, grabbed a 3-year-old child by the arm in front of his mother and tried to walk off with him, saying, “this is my baby.”
Two Palm Coast Teens Arrested in ‘Prank’ Bomb Threat at KFC and BB-Gun Shooting Spree
Christian Boyd, 18, and Kyle Sanderson, 16, thought they were just pranking as they called in a bomb threat at a KFC and went on a BB shooting spree the next day that injured a teen and damaged two cars in Palm Coast.
In 3rd Arrest in 6 Months, Owner of Dessert Bar in Flagler Beach Charged With Threats to Kill Ex-Employee in Racist Rants
Daniel Fernando Catalan, 41, owner of the Dessert Bar in Flagler Beach, allegedly texted numerous racist threats to kill a former employee months after he’d been arrested on an aggravated battery charge in one incident and a domestic battery charge in another, triggering an “Officer Safety Bulletin” about his behavior.
Body of Ritchy Volmar, 18, Recovered by Divers in Intracoastal Near Bings Landing After Nearly 24-Hour Search
Local and state authorities have been searching for an 18-year-old man, a Flagler County resident, since mid-afternoon Wednesday after he fell off his jet ski in the Intracoastal near Bings Landing.
“It’s No Longer Suicidal It’s Now Homicidal’: Palm Coast Ex Faces Felony Counts Over Threats and Stalking
Darrell Dee Bowens, a 28-year-old former resident of Palm Coast’s C-Section, allegedly sent numerous texts threatening to kill his ex and the mother of his two daughters, and stalking her at night outside her home.
At Belle Terre Park, a Confederate Flag, a Swastika and Other Obscenities Elicit Distress But Little Action
Twin 5 year olds and their mother found a swastika and other obscenities spray-painted on play equipment and concrete at Belle Terre Park Sunday, where teens later brandished and paraded a Confederate flag , daring a reporter to photograph it.
Seminole Woods Man Said to Threaten Murder-Suicide and Shoot Cops in 8-Hour Stand-Off
Charles Kenneth Zinzow, 48, of Sedley Place in Palm Coast, allegedly threatened to shoot his parents and himself after an argument, and later threatened to shoot cops if they came to get him.
Palm Coast’s Elijah Hudson, 24, Is Arrested on 17 Felony Charges of Possession and Transmission of Child Sexual Abuse Videos
Elijah De’Shawn Hudson, a 24-year-old resident of 21 Rymen Lane in Palm Coast, faces 17 felony charges of possession of images or videos of sexual abuse of children, including second-degree felony charges of transmission of images of sexual abuse of minors. He’s being held at the Flagler County jail on $255,000 bond.
Steven Barneski Had ‘Bad Feeling’ Moments Before 3 Flagler Deputies Shot Him, But FDLE Investigation Points to His Trigger
Steven Barneski, the 30-year-old man shot several times by three Flagler County Sheriff’s deputies last July, was aware that he was surrounded by police and claims he was worried they’d find out he illegally had a gun, yet pulled it out anyway, supposedly to show it to deputies, a Florida Department of Law Enforcement investigation reveals.
Mother Arrested for Child Neglect After Toddler Wanders Streets of B-Section Alone for an Hour
Tessie L. Clark, the 28-year-old mother of a 3-year-old boy, was charged with felony child neglect Tuesday (Feb. 16) after the boy was found wandering around Palm Coast’s B-Section unsupervised for an hour around midday.
Joshua LeMaster’s Long History of Crime and Prison Avoidance Ends With 7-Year Sentence
Joshua LeMaster’s nearly eight years of criminal charges, convictions and avoidance of prison ended today when he was sentenced to seven years in state prison for a series of probation violations, drug sales and weapon possession.
Nehemiah Gilyard, 18, a Student-Athlete at FPC, Is Killed in Single-Vehicle Crash on County Road 302
Nehemiah Gilyard, an 18-year-old Bunnell resident and student-athlete at Flagler Palm Coast High School, was killed Sunday night in a single-vehicle crash on County Road 302. The cause of the crash is not known.
At RaceTrac on Palm Coast Parkway, Woman in Car Reported Stolen Shoots Herself as Sheriff’s Deputies Approach
A woman in a car that had been reported stolen was critically injured after she shot herself, attempting to take her own life as Flagler County Sheriff’s deputies were approaching the vehicle early this morning at the RaceTrac gas station on Palm Coast Parkway.
Sheriff’s Detective Mark Moy Is Arrested on a Domestic Battery Charge and Relieved of Duty
Mark A. Moy, a 14-year veteran of the Flagler County Sheriff’s Office and a well-regarded detective with roles in high-profile arrests and convictions of murderers and molesters, was arrested today on a domestic battery charge today, suspended without pay and relieved of duty pending further investigations.
Porch Piracy in Palm Coast: 2 Arrested on Felony Charges After Package Thefts in K-Section
With 1.7 million packages lost or stolen every day in the country, Palm Coast is no stranger to porch piracy, and on Tuesday two out-of-towners were arrested and charged with felony burglary for allegedly stealing packages from front porches in the K-Section.
‘We Don’t Like Making These Arrests,’ Sheriff Says as 4th Student in 13 Days Faces Felony Charge Over Threats
In the latest case, the student was singing a rap song as he was walking into the school’s computer lab, and subsequently looked up guns and ammunition sites and pointed his iPad at a teacher and told her he was going to shoot her.
Hurling Racist Invectives, Hammock Man Pulls Knife on a Deputy Whose Help He Was Seeking
Clayton Callahan, 30, became enraged and violent when the deputy he was asking to chase after an SUV that had allegedly driven off with his belongings was asking questions instead of immediately setting chase.
Flagler Student Is Arrested on Felony Charge of Threatening School Shooting For 3rd Time in 8 Days
A 12-year-old student at Bunnell Elementary School on Wednesday told classmates not to show up for school today as he’d be shooting up campus. He was arrested and charged the way an 11-year-old and an 18-year-old were charged last week for similar, joking threats.
Palm Coast Man Arrested in Bogus Scheme to Frame Girlfriend’s Ex in Shootings
Ariel Diaz, a 35-year-old resident of Eastern Place in Palm Coast, was arrested Friday on charges of fabricating evidence, making up a story of being shot at, and making bogus calls to 911 in an alleged attempt to frame another man for supposedly shooting at him and his car. The other man previously dated the woman Diaz is now dating.
Edgar Alloway Jr., 77, Arrested at His Palm Coast Home Over a Dozen Images of Child Abuse
The Flagler County Sheriff’s Office arrested Edgar Leon Alloway Jr., a 77-year-old resident of 18 Banton Lane in Palm Coast, faces 12 third-degree felony counts of possession of images of sexual abuse.