The Walgreens pharmacy at 1109 Palm Coast Parkway was the target of an armed robbery early Sunday morning. Hours later an intentional car fire in the Woodlands was connected to the robbery.
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Aaron Dalton, 29, Is Killed, Noah Chavez, 18, Critical In I-95 Crash Near Flagler-St. Johns County Line
Aaron Dalton, 29, and Noah Chavez, 18, both of DeLand, were both ejected in a crash at Mile Marker 297 on I-95 near the Flagler-St. Johns County line around 7 this morning.
Sheriff’s Deputies Going Under Cover This Weekend, as Laborers, To Catch Drunk Drivers
The National Safety Council estimates between 376 and 471 killed on American roads over Labor Day weekend, and between 43,200 and 54,200 injuries in traffic-related crashes.
Flagler Sheriff’s Sgt. Jennifer Taylor Graduates at Florida Leadership Academy
Sergeant Jennifer Taylor of the Flagler County Sheriff’s Office recently graduated from the Florida Criminal Justice Executive Institute’s 39th Florida Leadership Academy.
Sheriff Seeks Public Help In Catching “Paint Bandits,” But Discounts Race or Gang Motive
For the third time this month the same seemingly random acts of vandalism by spray paint, using vague symbolism and vaguer racial undertones, have targeted homes, this time in Palm Coast’s E Section.
Two Palm Coast Firefighters Responding to Attempted “Chemical Suicide” Sent to Hospital
A man believed to have attempted “chemical suicide” or “detergent suicide” at a house on Black Bear Lane in the Woodlands was hospitalized as were two firefighters exposed to the fumes.
Michael Thomas, 2nd in Command at FHP, Resigns Over Ticket-Quota Inquiry
It is the latest fallout from an ongoing investigation into whether troopers were told to meet a traffic-ticket quota, Lt. Col. Michael Thomas was a 30-year veteran and deputy director for the FHP.
For David Snelgrove, Sentenced in Palm Coast Double-Murder in 2000, Execution Again In Question
The Supreme Court threw out David Snelgrove’s death sentence as unconstitutional because twice juries were not unanimous. A re-sentencing’s complicated road began today before Judge Dennis Craig.
Palm Coast Man Faces Child Abuse Charge in Strangling Grandson Over Power Bill
Kelvin Martinez, 55, on probation for his second DUI guilty verdict in five years, allegedly choked and beat his grandson after being angry that he left his computer on all day.
After Years of Resistance, County May Finally Absorb Bunnell Fire Department In Expansion
Bunnell government appears ready to cede its fire department’s property to the county, which is expanding its ambulance service from seven to eight 24-hour rigs, and would so so in Bunnell.