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Flagler County Sheriff

Sheriff’s Precinct on Utility Drive? Palm Coast Explores Bailing Out County’s Search for Space

May 17, 2019 | FlaglerLive | 15 Comments

Palm Coast's Utility Department building off Old Kings Road, near Palm Coast Parkway, is an 11,000 square foot facility. (© FlaglerLive)

City, county and sheriff’s officials spent Thursday exploring various buildings, among them Palm Coast’s Utility Department building off Old Kings Road, as potential sites for the sheriff’s Palm Coast precinct.

County’s Intention To Seek Damages Over Sears Building Fiasco Belies Cozy Relations With Broker in Run-Up to Sale

May 16, 2019 | FlaglerLive | 23 Comments

An example of water intrusion county officials discovered this week at the Sears building. (Flagler County)

Flagler County today sent letters of intent to sue for damages to the parties involved in the purchase of the mold-infested Sears building, including the real estate broker the county had a very close relationship with for years.

An Inside Look at Sheriff’s Confidential Weekly ‘Crimemaps’ Strategy Planning With Command Staff

May 16, 2019 | FlaglerLive | Leave a Comment

Where the commercial burglaries are: the sheriff's weekly Crimemaps meetings analyze raw intelligence and map out hot spots to more effectively target crime-fighting. (© FlaglerLive)

Every Wednesday, the sheriff and his command and other top staffers meet to map out the coming week’s crime-fighting focuses, analyzing trends, hot spots and raw intelligence. This week, reporters were invited to witness the session.

You Can’t Make This Stuff Up: County’s Just-Acquired Sears Building for Sheriff Has Water Intrusion and ‘Substantial Mold’

May 15, 2019 | FlaglerLive | 56 Comments

The Sears building on Palm Coast Parkway. The county was planning to turn it over to the sheriff. (© FlaglerLive)

Flagler County officials discovered today the $1.1 million Sears building they just agreed to buy is plagued by water intrusion and “substantial mold,” just like the sheriff’s Operations Center in Bunnell.

A Memorial for Fallen Deputies Lifts Blue Lights In Shadow of Flagler Sheriff’s Catacomb

May 14, 2019 | FlaglerLive | 12 Comments

Monday evening's blue lights outside the Sheriff's Operations Center in Bunnell. (c FlaglerLive)

The doors to the Sherif’s Operations Center in Bunnell were kept locked Monday evening, and at times, as the crowd held its bluish candles aloft, it looked as if the building too was being memorialized.

Photographic Tour of Courthouse Illustrates Crunch and Tensions Between Sheriff and Clerk Staffs

May 10, 2019 | FlaglerLive | 14 Comments

Here’s the first detailed, photographic illustration of the space issues the sheriff, the clerk and county officials have been wrestling with over the past months at the county courthouse as the three sides try to reach an understanding on future space use.

Joe Mullins Wants Cities and the County to Draft Homeless ‘Legislation,’ But He’s ‘Out on a Limb’

May 8, 2019 | FlaglerLive | 10 Comments

Focus on Mullins: Bunnell City Commissioner John Rogers, left, with County Commissioner Joe Mullins, center, and County Administrator Jerry Camweron this morning before the beginning of the Public Safety Coordinating Council meeting. (© FlaglerLive)

Flagler County Commissioner Joe Mullins is pressing the county administrator to develop an ordinance regulating homeless panhandling and tent-pitching with city managers, but none of the local governments other than Bunnell have discussed such policies.

Faced With ‘Disgraceful’ Rent Increase at City Marketplace, Sheriff Will Move Palm Coast District Office to Old Sears Building

May 7, 2019 | FlaglerLive | 23 Comments

Coming soon to a former Sears near you: the Flagler County Sheriff's District Office. (© FlaglerLive)

It’s only the latest example of the county’s largely self-inflicted and costly turmoil over land and building projects gone awry, going back to the Eden-gone-Hades of the old Memorial hospital and conversion into a sheriff’s operations center in 2013.

County Considers Nuclear Option: Forcing Clerk To Cede Space to Sheriff at Courthouse

May 6, 2019 | FlaglerLive | 17 Comments

Night falls on relations between the county,m the sheriff and the clerk of court over space use at the county courthouse in Bunnell. (© FlaglerLive)

With Clerk of Court Tom Bexley and Sheriff Rick Staly at an impasse over space needs at the courthouse, commissioners are raising the possibility that they will force Bexley to give ground.

As Bunnell and Flagler Fight Over Sheriff’s HQ, Nassau County’s Example May Point The Way

May 2, 2019 | FlaglerLive | 8 Comments

sheriff's office location

As Bunnell serves notice to Flagler County that it intends to go ahead with its challenge of the county’s decision to build a sheriff’s district office in Palm Coast, the county is opening its own possibility of extending the county seat to Palm Coast to get around any constitutional issues.

At Memorial For Curtis Gray, A March Against Violence, Appeals For Conflict Resolution, and ‘Dedication’

April 28, 2019 | FlaglerLive | 7 Comments

A fraction of the hundreds of people who took part in a walk against violence in memory of Curtis Gray this afternoon at Central Park in Palm Coast's Town Center. Click on the image for larger view. (© FlaglerLive)

Palm Coast’s mayor, school administrators and coaches spoke to hundreds of students and others gathered Sunday in Central Park in memory of Curtis Gray, the Flagler Palm Coast High students shot dead on April 13.

Joe Mullins Walks Back $2 Million Deal to Keep Sheriff’s Ops in Bunnell, But Calls for End to Bunnell Police Department

April 25, 2019 | FlaglerLive | 18 Comments

County Commissioner Joe Mullins, center, speaking with reporters outside the Sheriff's Operations Center in Bunnell in January. (© FlaglerLive)

County Commissioner Joe Mullins says he still supports a sheriff’s district office for Bunnell–but also wants the Bunnell Police Department merged with the sheriff’s office, because the city has only a “ceremonial” department.

Agreeing to New Contract for Deputies in Schools, Board and Sheriff Discuss 128 Baker Acts in 2 Years

April 24, 2019 | FlaglerLive | 1 Comment

Sheriff's deputies at Flagler Palm Coast High School last week, on a day when security was stepped up. (© FlaglerLive)

The school board’s share includes almost $100,000 for nine school crossing guards. It does not include about $110,000 that Palm Coast contributes for the school resource deputy program.

Bunnell Condemns County’s Decision to Move Sheriff’s Building to Palm Coast, Threatening Lawsuit and Kindling Feud

April 23, 2019 | FlaglerLive | 31 Comments

Bunnell city commissioners are unhappy with the county. From left, John Ropgers, Mayor Catherine Robinson, and Bill Baxley. Not pictured were Donnie Nobles and Jan Reeger, who also voted for a resolution condemning the county's decision to locate a sheriff's building in Palm Coast. (© FlaglerLive)

The Bunnell City Commission approved an angry resolution against the county, instigating a feud that county officials say is misconstruing the county’s and sheriff’s intentions and missing the bigger picture.

Flagler Commission Will Build New, $12-15 Million Sheriff’s Operations Center by Palm Coast Library, Condemning ‘Mold Ops’

April 15, 2019 | FlaglerLive | 44 Comments

Say goodbye to the old Operations Center. (© FlaglerLive)

The Flagler County Commission this evening voted unanimously to build a new Flagler County Sheriff’s Operations Center–in Palm Coast, next to the county library on Palm Coast Parkway.

Between Batterers’ Classes and Ankle Monitors, A Few Strides Against Domestic Violence in Flagler

April 10, 2019 | FlaglerLive | Leave a Comment

Sheriff Rick Staly with Detective Fiona Ebrill, who is assigned exclusively to domestic violence cases, with a new arrival at the Sheriff's Office--Khaleesi, a therapy dog that helps victims of domestic violence. (© FlaglerLive)

The latest update of the sheriff’s domestic violence task force pointed to a few gains but mostly through a more robust investigative and monitoring system, and the addition of anger management classes in Flagler.

In a First, FPC’s Bulldog Patrol Presents Safety Plan to Marjorie Stoneman Commission, Drawing Raves and Calls to Scale Statewide

April 10, 2019 | FlaglerLive | 9 Comments

Five of the six students who form the Bulldog Patrol as they spoke to the Marjorie Stoneman Douglas commission Tuesday. From left, Gabrielle Jackson, Katia Martynuk, Abby Carver, Nicholas Blumengarten, and William Patin. Not pictured (but see below), Abbigail Carver. (© FlaglerLive via Florida Channel)

A six-student team of problem solvers presented their student-centered safety plan to the state commission established after the Parkland school massacre, and were asked by several commission members to spread their plan statewide, including at the Broward school.

Flagler Commission Approves Pair of Buildings For Sheriff’s Temporary Use It Opposed 6 Weeks Ago

April 1, 2019 | FlaglerLive | Leave a Comment

County Commissioner Dave Sullivan, right, changed his mind and threw his support behind a $240,000 plan to build storage space for the sheriff. He was joined by Commission Chairman Don O'Brien and two other commissioners. (© FlaglerLive)

The Flagler County Commission approved a pair of metal buildings for $240,000 totaling 4,000 square feet to accommodate evidence storage and crime analysis now that the sheriff is without an operations center.

Bunnell Panics as Emerging Options for Sheriff’s New Operations Building Include Palm Coast Library Site and Town Center

March 28, 2019 | FlaglerLive | 22 Comments

Bunnell is worried about becoming even less of a crossroads than it's been. (© FlaglerLive)

Without evidence, Bunnell officials fear talk of moving the sheriff’s operations center out of the city is a first step toward moving the county seat to Palm Coast, and see the move as illegal.

Nearly $300,000 in Grants Help Continue Sheriff’s Domestic Violence Initiative and Victim Advocacy

March 26, 2019 | FlaglerLive | 1 Comment

Victim Advocates Mary Dinardi and Kathy Vazquez. (FCSO)

The grant renewals, just secured, underwrite the cost of an investigator, an analyst dedicated to domestic violence investigations and almost three victim advocates, and additional grants will pay for SWAT members’ helmets.

Judge Delays Sheriff’s Employees’ Compensation Hearings Over Sick Building, But Further Compromise Is Eluding Them

March 25, 2019 | FlaglerLive | 1 Comment

Visible black mold analysts observed during a round of testing at the Sheriff's Operations Center in January, in the same place where it had been observed, and ostensibly mitigated, more than a year earlier. (Terracon)

For the second time in four months, a judge agreed to postpone what was scheduled to be a set of final hearings in workers’ compensation claims of 35 Flagler County Sheriff’s employees who say their health was damaged while working at the Sheriff’s Operations Center in Bunnell.

Flagler Jail Inmates Among Work Crews That Cleaned Up Homeless Camp Near Public Library

March 21, 2019 | FlaglerLive | 24 Comments

Flagler County jail inmates at work cleaning up the homeless camp near the public library in Palm Coast. (FCSO)

The Flagler jail’s “Inmate Work Crew” launched last summer and has been used at about a dozen county-owned facilities, its work valued at the equivalent of $75,000 that would otherwise have had to be paid with tax dollars.

Deadline Comes and Goes And Still No Breakthrough on Alternative to Sheriff’s Operations Center

March 18, 2019 | FlaglerLive | 9 Comments

County commissioners last met with the sheriff and the clerk of court almost a month ago to discuss interim space for the sheriff's operations, agreeing to a 15-day deadline. The deadline passed, with no solutions or new proposals, and no meeting scheduled to discuss it the issue. (© FlaglerLive)

A month ago the Flagler County Commission agreed to a 15-day deadline to come up with a compromise on interim space for the Sheriff’s Operations Center, when the sheriff and the clerk of court were not agreeing on using courthouse space to that end. The deadline has long lapsed, with no new proposal on the table.

Push For Swift Homeless ‘Solutions’ Clashes With Individual, On-the-Ground Realities

March 13, 2019 | FlaglerLive | 14 Comments

James Bellino, the pastor at Bunnell’s Church on the Rock, speaking to the Public Safety Coordinating Council this morning, with the council's chairman, Joe Mullins, to the right. (© FlaglerLive)

Flagler County Commissioner Joe Mullins and Palm Coast City Council member Jack Howell want solutions to what they call a homeless crisis, but others are reminding them that efforts are in place. The resources and focus to pull them off in concert may not be.

Judge Rules School Boards Must Provide Security Officers to Charter Schools Just As They Do Their Own

March 12, 2019 | FlaglerLive | 11 Comments

The Flagler County Sheriff’s Sgt. Mike Lutz during safety training for district faculty at the Flagler Auditorium at the beginning of the school year. (© FlaglerLive)

In a decision that could have statewide implications, an administrative law judge Tuesday ruled that the Palm Beach County School Board is required to assign safety officers to charter schools under a law passed last year. Judge John Van Laningham sided with Renaissance Charter School Inc., which operates six schools in Palm Beach County and […]

Sheriff’s Employees Were Not Imagining It: New Report Finds Mold From Water Intrusion at Sheriff’s Operations Center

March 1, 2019 | FlaglerLive | 30 Comments

Carpet tile removed at a location away from the outside wall in the interiors of the Sheriff's Operations Center showed water intrusion when examined in early January. (Terracon)

The result of wall cuts and analysis below floor tiles pointed to extensive water intrusion and the discovery of black mold in two locations, among other problems, and no indication that the building may be re-occupied any time soon.

Sheriff Fires Armor, Jail Health Provider at Center of Anthony Fennick’s Death, and Institutes Immediate Changes

February 22, 2019 | FlaglerLive | 24 Comments

Anthony Fennick's friends and family members lighting up candles at his memorial on the beach last week. (© Shannon Trivino for FlaglerLive)

Sheriff Rick Staly is firing Armor Correctional Health and instituting a series of measures at the jail making family-inmate contact easier in critical times, and information more readily accessible.

Employees Will Sue Sheriff Over Sick Operations Center, and the Sheriff Is All For It

February 22, 2019 | FlaglerLive | 8 Comments

The sun sets on the Sheriff's Operations Center in Bunnell. (c FlaglerLive)

The law firm representing 27 Flagler sheriff’s employees served the sheriff notice of a lawsuit for negligence over the Operations Center, a move Sheriff Rick Staly is supporting.

An Angry Tom Bexley Freezes County’s Attempt To Cede 1st Floor of Courthouse to Sheriff

February 21, 2019 | FlaglerLive | 33 Comments

The clenched jaw was not an illusion: Clerk of Court Tom Bexley, left, was angry, and he let the county commission know it Thursday afternoon as he sat alongside Interim Manager Jerry Cameron and Sheriff Rick Staly. (c FlaglerLive)

Clerk of Court Tom Bexley was angered by a sheriff’s proposal, which the county would have had to approve, to use the first floor of the courthouse for the foreseeable future as the sheriff’s exile from the Operations Center continues.

County Rebuffs Sheriff’s Request for ‘Critical’ Evidence Storage Space in Latest Operations Center Snag

February 19, 2019 | FlaglerLive | 5 Comments

County Commissioner Dave Sullivan wants to keep the pressure on to find a more comprehensive solution to the fiasco surrounding the Sehriff's Operations Center. (c FlaglerLive)

County commissioners don’t want to spend money piecemeal on short-term solutions for the sheriff’s exile from the Operations Center, but the sheriff says space needs are critical.

Sheriff’s Deputy of the Year and Flagler Fire Truck Involved in 2 Separate Crashes in 4 Days

February 19, 2019 | FlaglerLive | 17 Comments

Deputy Austin Chewning's agency-issued Dodge Challenger sustained $15,000 in damages in the Hammock crash Saturday. (FCSO)

Austin Chewning, the Flagler County Sheriff’s Deputy of the Year, was involved in a crash in the Hammock Saturday. Firefighters on a tender truck were involved in a crash this morning on Education Way and U.S. 1 in Palm Coast. Two civilians were involved.

Anthony Fennick’s Death and The Sheriff’s Green Roof Inn Smear

February 17, 2019 | FlaglerLive | 64 Comments

flagler jail green roof inn sign

Much is unknown in the death of inmate Anthony Fennick, but much is known, including the sheriff’s responsibility for hiring trouble-ridden Armor Health–and for showing inmates contempt from the outset with his “Green Roof Inn” sign.

From Drug Court To Vigil For Anthony Fennick, an Unexplained Death Continues To Rattle

February 14, 2019 | FlaglerLive | 13 Comments

Anthony Fennick's brother Dan, right, spoke during a vigil in remembrance of Anthony, who died Saturday at age 23. His mother Erika Williams, with her husband Dan, center, pledged to start an advocacy organization called 'Inmates Are Human Too.' (© FlaglerLive)

A dusk vigil for Anthony Fennick, 23, who died Saturday after his health degraded at the Flagler jail, mixed celebration of his life with anger at his death, while Circuit Judge Terence Perkins this morning tried to address it in Drug Court.

Flagler’s Addiction Crisis Has a Treatment Problem: There’s Barely Any. Council Talks, With Little Action.

February 13, 2019 | FlaglerLive | 5 Comments

The Sheriff's Chief Paul Bovino holds up a dose of Narcan at today's meeting of the Public Safety Coordinating Council, which focused on the opioid crisis. (© FlaglerLive)

In the opioid crisis, first responders are doing their part, only to see the same individuals adrift the moment they’re out of first responders’ hands: The front lines are meeting the challenge. The rear isn’t. 

Dubai, a Police State, Hosts Flagler Sheriff, 8 Deputies and 60 Other Teams in SWAT Competition

February 12, 2019 | FlaglerLive | 27 Comments

Flagler County Sheriff's deputy Brandon Fiveash during competition at the UAE SWAT Challenge this week in Dubai. (FCSO)

Flagler County Sheriff Rick Staly and eight members of the agency’s SWAT team are in Dubai on an all-expenses-paid trip through Feb. 14 for an international SWAT competition paid for by the UAE Interior Ministry.

Flagler Jail’s Private Provider Says Its Nurses Did Nothing Wrong in Fennick’s Death–and Asks for Reimbursements

February 11, 2019 | FlaglerLive | 26 Comments

Inmates at the Flagler County jail. (© FlaglerLive)

Armor Correctional Health relieved two nurses of duty at the Flagler jail at the sheriff’s request, placing them on administrative leave and asking the sheriff to pay their salaries and their replacements’ salaries.

Anthony Fennick Will Die Saturday Morning, Days After Degrading at Flagler Jail. Family Awaits Answers.

February 8, 2019 | FlaglerLive | 36 Comments

Anthony Fennick today in ICU. He will be pulled off the respirator on Saturday. (© FlaglerLive)

The family of Anthony Fennick, 23, will gather around him Saturday morning, when his breathing machine will be disconnected. He was brain dead after suffering days of high fevers at the Flagler jail, where his care was neglected, his family says.

Man Who Threatened to Blow Up Sheriff’s Office and Kill the Sheriff Gets 3 Years in Prison

February 7, 2019 | FlaglerLive | 3 Comments

Raymond Crown in a Flagler jail booking photo, left, and in his just-taken Florida prison photo.

The sentence against Raymond Crown of Palm Coast is a reflection of the vanished tolerance even in the judiciary for threats inspired by bombings or mass shootings.

Ollie North Patrols Flagler With Sheriff Staly, One of 5 Finalists for NRA’s Officer Of the Year

February 5, 2019 | FlaglerLive | 26 Comments

Flagler County Sheriff Rick Staly, an NRA Officer of the Year nominee, patrolled and dined with Oliver North on Monday. (FCSO)

Oliver North, the ex-felon of Iran-Contra fame and current NRA president, was in town to film footage with Sheriff Rick Staly, one of five nominees for the NRA’s Officer of the Year Award.

Ramping Up Surveillance, Sheriff Will Have Access to Live Video and Data From 44 Palm Coast Traffic Intersections

January 30, 2019 | FlaglerLive | 41 Comments

palm coast traffic signals have eyes. (© FlaglerLive)

Palm Coast government and the Flagler Sheriff’s Office are teaming up to use a “traffic-optimization” camera network at intersection as a surveillance mechanism as well.

Sheriff’s Cmdr. David Williams Appointed Palm Coast Liaison, Replacing Mark Carman

January 22, 2019 | FlaglerLive | 16 Comments

The Flagler County Sheriff's Cmdr. David Williams. (FCSO)

Cmdr. David Williams, who’s been with the agency since 2001, was named the liaison to Palm Coast, replacing Mark Carman, who’s to be the police chief in Crescent City.

Austin Chewning Named Flagler Deputy of the Year as Gala Raises $77,000 for Sheriff’s Employee Assistance

January 20, 2019 | FlaglerLive | 5 Comments

Flagler County Sheriff's Deputy Austin Chewning, with Sheriff Rick Staly, at Saturday's gala at the Hammock. (FCSO)

Austin Chewning, Sheria Woods, Kerri Anderson and Angela Camit were among the year’s winners at a gala to raise money for sheriff’s employees facing unexpected hardships.

County Commission Steps Back From Creating Sheriff’s Building ‘Task Force,’ Opting
For More Workshops

January 14, 2019 | FlaglerLive | 16 Comments

Sheriff Rick Staly and County Commissioner Dave Sullivan, whom the commission delegated to be a point person on matters related to the Sheriff's Operations Center. (© FlaglerLive)

The Flagler County Commission today took no more decisive action on the Sheriff’s Operations Center than to hold more workshop sometime in the future, though none was scheduled.

Beyond Coffey: Alternate Locations Emerge for Sheriff’s Operations Center as Calls to Abandon Troubled Building Mount

January 10, 2019 | FlaglerLive | 17 Comments

The shirt seeking County Administrator Craig Coffey's firing that many sheriff's employees wore at a commission meeting Wednesday could just as well apply to getting rid of one of Coffey's chief legacies: the sheriff's Operations Center in Bunnell, where neither the sheriff nor his employees want to return. (© FlaglerLive)

A 20,000 square-foot building built to attract new business and industry is one of the options for the sheriff’s operations center as the sheriff, employees and at least two county commissioners don’t see a path back into the troubled Operations Center anymore.

Changing Position, Key Commissioner Says Sheriff’s Building is Not Repairable and Calls For New HQ Elsewhere

January 7, 2019 | FlaglerLive | 29 Comments

Commissioner Dave Sullivan at today's workshop on Bing's Landing, before he made his statement on the Sheriff's Operations Center. 'At some point,' he said, 'you’ve got to look around and say this is insane, what we’re doing to the Sheriff’s Operations Center.' (© FlaglerLive)

Flagler County Commissioner Dave Sullivan says he won’t spend another nickel on the sick Sheriff’s Operations Center and calls for building a new structure somewhere else.

Cuts Into Sheriff Building’s Structure Point to Alarming Issues, Including Bat Droppings and “Substantial Moisture”

January 4, 2019 | FlaglerLive | 46 Comments

A sample of insulation pulled today at the Sheriff's Operations Center points to old insulation that remained from the building's uses in the 1980s and 90s, and what appears to be bat droppings. (FCSO)

Two days of testing and cuts into walls and floors at the troubled Sheriff’s Operations Center are adding to a tally of concerns, with revelations of old wood and insulation, bat droppings and widespread floor moisture.

Mark Carman, Affable Face of Policing in Palm Coast For 20 Years, Is Leaving To Be Crescent City Chief

January 2, 2019 | FlaglerLive | 29 Comments

Mark Carman is the longest-serving uniformed sheriff's employee. He was hired on July 1, 1987. (© FlaglerLive)

Mark Carman, 57, spent 31 years at the Flagler Sheriff’s Office and 20 heading the Palm Coast precinct and as liaison. He’ll be taking the Crescent City Police Chief’s job come February.

With Judge’s Help, Sheriff’s Insurance Carrier Corners Employees Over Workers’ Comp Claims as Fate of Building Looms

December 13, 2018 | FlaglerLive | 21 Comments

The deserted Sheriff's Operations Center Wednesday, a day ahead of its latest round of testing. (© FlaglerLive)

Some 30 Flagler County Sheriff’s employees have been in a dispiriting battle with their own agency’s insurance carrier and the judge ruling on their workers’ compensation claims, portending little hope that they may prevail.

Jeffrey Foust, 11, Donates Year’s Allowance to Flagler Deputies in His Cop Father’s Memory

December 10, 2018 | FlaglerLive | 5 Comments

Jeffrey Foust, 11, with Flagler County Sheriff's Cmdr. Phil Reynolds at the Christmas with a Deputy event on Friday evening. (FCSO)

Jeffrey Foust, 11, bought 54 gift cards worth $600 to donate to 54 Flagler County Sheriff’s deputies, most of whom paid them forward at the Christmas With a Deputy event Friday.

Christmas With a Deputy Tonight: A Record $16,717 Raised For 124 Children

December 7, 2018 | FlaglerLive | 3 Comments

christmas with a deputy

Christmas With a Deputy at Target this evening will feature 124 children riding in 110 police cars from Town Center to the shopping center for a Christmas spree.

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