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47 Million Americans Think Biden Is ‘Illegitimate.’ 21 Support Violence to ‘Restore’ Trump

September 23, 2021 | FlaglerLive | 28 Comments

A screen shot from an FBI video of the insurrection.

The survey found that many of these 21 million people with insurrectionist sentiments have the capacity for violent mobilization. At least 7 million of them already own a gun, and at least 3 million have served in the U.S. military and so have lethal skills. Of those 21 million, 6 million said they supported right-wing militias and extremist groups, and 1 million said they are themselves or personally know a member of such a group, including the Oath Keepers and Proud Boys.

Another Juvenile Is Arrested at Indian Trails Complex For Illegally possessing 2 Guns, One of Them Stolen

September 20, 2021 | FlaglerLive | 9 Comments

The weapon found during the vehicle search. (FCSO)

Amarilis Merino, a 17-year-old resident of a group home on Burgundy Place in Palm Coast, and Justin Brown, 19, of Lake Gray Blvd. in Jacksonville, were arrested at the Indian Trails Sports Complex after a deputy’s search uncovered two guns and drugs.

Gov. DeSantis Reshaped Florida’s Appeals Courts. It Seems to Be Working Out for Him

September 20, 2021 | FlaglerLive | 2 Comments

The Florida Supreme Court building in Tallahassee. (Michael Moline)

The question is whether the conservative monoculture DeSantis and his predecessors have built within the judicial branch is willing to check excesses committed by the executive and legislative branches, which the Republican Party has dominated for decades. The question is being answered in the negative.

County Approves $16 Million for Next Phase on Sheriff’s HQ Construction, and October 2022 Move-In

September 20, 2021 | FlaglerLive | 4 Comments

The 8.4-acre job site of the future Sheriff's Operations Center this afternoon. (© FlaglerLive)

The project’s “substantial completion date” of the 51,615 square-foot, two-story, $23 million building is now slated for Oct. 10, 2022, almost a year later than projected last December. But there have been no further delays since June.

“I Was Threatened With Death”: School Board’s Janet McDonald Re-Writes History With Fabrication

September 17, 2021 | FlaglerLive | 38 Comments

Flagler County School Board member Janet McDonald at the day-long training session on Sept. 9. (© FlaglerLive)

Flagler County School Board member Janet McDonald at a public workshop of the board last week falsely accused Randy Bertrand, the parent of a student in the district who often addressed the school board, of charging the dais and threatening her life, and accused the board of doing nothing–all proven false by video of the June 2020 meeting.

Flagler Sheriff’s Office Thanks Community for Support for Fallen Hero Detention Deputy Paul Luciano’s Family

September 17, 2021 | FlaglerLive | 1 Comment

Sheriff Rick Staly hugging Brian Luciano, one of Paul Luciano's children, at the detention deputy's funeral service on Sept. 3. (FCSO)

The Flagler Sheriff’s Employee Assistance Trust (F.S.E.A.T.) established a GoFundMe account to support DFC Luciano’s family in his line-of-duty death from complications of COVID-19 and the community graciously donated $7,655.

Illegal Images Lead to Allegations that 29-Year-Old Palm Coast Man Was Sexually Victimizing a Child

September 16, 2021 | FlaglerLive | 3 Comments

Steven J. Card Jr. (FCSO)

The case started only as one of possession of illegal images, but took an unexpected turn when some of the illegal images turned out to have been produced by him, involving a child victim. The child and objects in the background were traced to Steven J. Card’s whereabouts at one of two locations.

The Gardens Development Wins Key Battle as Court Finds County Commission Acted Properly in Clearing Project

September 16, 2021 | FlaglerLive | 2 Comments

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Preserve Flagler Beach, the grass-roots group opposing The Gardens development on John Anderson highway, had sued the county commission and the developer, charging that the commission’s Nov. 16 decision clearing the way for the development was illegal. Circuit Judge Terence Perkins disagreed.

A 4-Year-Old Child Is Catapulted Out of a U-Turning Car. His Mother Was Oblivious. The Car Kept Going.

September 15, 2021 | FlaglerLive | 26 Comments

Desiree Rodriguez and Santos

A Flagler Beach resident going to work this morning saw a 4-year-old child catapulted out of the back seat of a car that was making a U-turn on State Road 100 and Old Kings Road. The car kept going. The child suffered minor scratches. The child’s mother and his uncle face felony child neglect charges and drug charges.

Assailant of Armed Robbery at GameStop Had Left FPC Campus, and Was Returning There After Heist

September 15, 2021 | FlaglerLive | 24 Comments

The assailant in a surveillance video capture at the store. (FCSO)

GameStop, the store along the Target shopping center adjacent to Kay Jewelers, was the target of a robbery by a student in an alternative program on the campus of Flagler Palm Coast High School. He’d left campus–and was returning there immediately after stealing over $300. A School Resource Officer apprehended him.

L’Darius Smith Is Sentenced to a Year in Jail Over Baseball Bat Incident, Ending Latest But Not Last Court Odyssey

September 13, 2021 | FlaglerLive | 11 Comments

In the words of Mario Balotelli: "Why always me?" L'Darius Smith with his attorney, Assistant Public Defender Regina Nunnally. (© FlaglerLive)

The long, convoluted, at times controversial case of L’Darius Smith ended Friday with his sentencing to a year in jail for aggravated assault, burglary, theft, battery and the improper exhibition of a weapon in a pair of incidents that go back to early 2020 in Palm Coast, that touched on claims of racial prejudice and involved a stand your ground hearing that Smith lost.

17-Year-Old Boy Arrested After Report of a Firearm Pointed Out of a Car at Indian Trails Sports Complex

September 13, 2021 | FlaglerLive | 9 Comments

The Indian Trails Sports Complex is the location of the second criminal incident in less than a week. (© FlaglerLive)

The report was called in by a juvenile who was at the complex, according to the Sheriff’s Office. The juvenile claimed the incident took place around 3 p.m. and that the Nissan in question was being driven by a juvenile.

A Survivor Tree Grows in Palm Coast: 9/11 Ceremony at Heroes Park Dedicates Sapling From Ground Zero

September 12, 2021 | FlaglerLive | 6 Comments

A sapling from the Survivor Tree at Ground Zero, now in Palm Coast's Heroes Park. It was dedicated during a 9/11 ceremony Saturday. (© FlaglerLive)

Saturday evening in Palm Coast, in a 9/11 memorial ceremony organized by Patrick Juliano and the Palm Coast Fire Department, a sapling from the Survivor Tree was dedicated at Heroes Park.

Florida Is Among World Leaders in Mass Incarceration

September 11, 2021 | FlaglerLive | 7 Comments

Florida prisons are, of course, hiring. A notice on the Department of Corrections' Facebook page.

Florida and a dozen other states imprison people at the highest rates in the world, without demonstrating that incarceration reduces crime, says the Prison Policy Initiative, a non-partisan research and policy advocacy organization.

Number of Potential Victims Up to 57 in Bob Newsholme Tax Fraud Case as Slew of Schemes Involving Big Sums Emerge

September 10, 2021 | FlaglerLive | 15 Comments

Flagler Tax Services' storefront office at the Bunnell Business Center near the Chicken Pantry. Robert Newsholme owns the whole center. (© FlaglerLive)

Innumerable reports by his clients pointing to hundreds of thousands of dollars in fraud paint a picture of Bob Newsholme, the long-time owner of Flagler Tax Services, as a versatile but clumsy schemer. Newsholme seemed to have boxed himself in in a Ponzi scheme of his own making, hoping to stay ahead of the inevitable reckoning by enlarging his circle of fraud. But as it began to unravel, it unraveled very quickly. But his clients are now left to pick up the pieces–and pay what they owe to the IRS.

Challenge to DeSantis’s Ban on Mask Mandates In Doubt Again as Appeals Court Reinstates Stay on Judge’s Decision

September 10, 2021 | FlaglerLive | 3 Comments

The First District Court of Appeal in Tallahassee. (Wikimedia Commons)

Pointing to “serious doubts” about the lawsuit, an appeals court Friday put on hold a circuit judge’s ruling that said Gov. Ron DeSantis overstepped his constitutional authority in a July 30 executive order aimed at preventing school mask mandates.

Federal Judge Issues Injunction Against Florida’s Protest Law, Calling It ‘Vague and Overbroad’

September 9, 2021 | FlaglerLive | 10 Comments

It became the largest civil rights movement in the country. (© FlaglerLive)

Chief U.S. District Judge Mark Walker on Thursday blocked a controversial state law that enhances penalties and creates new crimes in protests that turn violent. Walker, who has frequently clashed with the DeSantis administration and the GOP-controlled Legislature, granted the plaintiffs’ request for a preliminary injunction blocking DeSantis and three sheriffs from enforcing the law.

Palm Coast Policing Budget Will Jump 42% with 10 New Deputies, Tax Rate Will Dip a Smidge, but at Reserves’ Expense

September 9, 2021 | FlaglerLive | 26 Comments

The Flagler County Sheriff's Office's Mark Strobridge had reasons to smile--10 reasons--as he walked away from the podium after answering questions from Palm Coast City Council members this evening. The council, with some disagreement, had granted the 10 additional deputies Sheriff Rick Staly requested. The council had a harder time settling on a property tax rate. (© FlaglerLive)

The Palm Coast City Council Thursday evening ended weeks of wrangling over its budget and tax rate and voted 3-2 to approve awarding the sheriff all 10 requested additional deputies and reduce the tax rate enough to save the average homesteaded homeowner about $11, while using $530,000 from city reserves to make the numbers work.

27-Year-Old Man Arrested for Child Kidnapping and Grand Theft

September 9, 2021 | FlaglerLive | 4 Comments

Andrew T. Allen is a 27-year-old transient. Wednesday night, he was arrested and charged with kidnapping of a minor, a first-degree felony, grand theft and battery as a result of an incident that began at the Circle K at 890 Palm Coast Parkway.

Stay on Mask Ruling Is Lifted, Enabling Local School Boards to Impose Mandate–Until the Next Ruling

September 8, 2021 | FlaglerLive | 4 Comments

schools mask mandates

Leon County Circuit Judge John C. Cooper today lifted the stay on his own ruling that declared illegal Gov. Ron DeSantis’s executive order banning mask mandates in schools. That opens the way for school districts to impose mandates if they wish–at least until the next step in the case’s legal journey.

Flagler Tiger Bay Club’s Free 9/11 Program Features Ex-Chief of Border Patrol Michael Fisher

September 7, 2021 | FlaglerLive | Leave a Comment

Michael J. Fischer was last at Flagler Tiger Bay in SEptember 2019.

The Flagler Tiger Bay Club welcomes Chief Michael Fisher for a 9/11 Commemorative 20th Anniversary public program at 4 p.,. at the Flagler Auditorium. 

Bob Newsholme, In Apparent Attempted Suicide 2 Weeks Ago, Investigated for Fraud in Tax Business

September 7, 2021 | FlaglerLive | 12 Comments

Bob Newsholme as the Mad Hatter in an image he posted on his Facebook page a few years ago.

Flagler Sheriff’s and IRS agents served a search warrant on Robert “Bob” Newsholme’s Flagler Tax Services business in Bunnell two weeks after Newsholme shot himself at his home in an apparent but failed suicide attempt. He faces at least a dozen investigations for fraud.

An Arsonist’s Redemption: How Daniel Da Costa Avoided 35 Years in Prison on the Strength of His Own Recovery

September 3, 2021 | FlaglerLive | 14 Comments

Daniel Da Costa on the stand this morning. (© FlaglerLive via court zoom)

Daniel Soares Da Costa, now 27, was facing 35 years in prison for setting fires outside a Publix off Belle Terre Parkway in Palm Coast 16 months ago. The story behind Da Costa’s act–his addiction, the loss of his father, and his recovery since his arrest all played into the prosecution’s and the judge’s leniency in a case illustrative of the judicial system’s rehabilitative side.

Prank 911 Call Claiming School Shooting at Rymfire Elementary Nets 2 Felony Charges for 11-Year-Old Girl

September 3, 2021 | FlaglerLive | 12 Comments

The 11-year-old student arrested Thursday at Rymfire Elementary fabricated the report of a school shooting. (© FlaglerLive)

An 11-year-old girl was booked at the Flagler County jail on two felony and a misdemeanor charge after allegedly placing a 911 call on Thursday claiming there was an ongoing shooting at Rymfire Elementary, the school she attends.

‘Our Darkest Hour’: Flagler County Sheriff Eulogizes Deputy Paul ‘Looch’ Luciano, ‘Invisible Hero’ Felled by Pandemic

September 3, 2021 | FlaglerLive | 10 Comments

Deputy Paul Luciano's coffin as pallbearers approached First Baptist Church in Bunnell for this morning's service. (© FlaglerLive via FCSO video)

“This is a tough day for all of us. And, we begin this service doing the same thing we have been doing for the last 7 days, wondering why Paul lost his life serving and protecting our community.  We may never know that answer,” Sheriff Rick Staly said today in his eulogy of Corrections Deputy Paul Luciano, the jail’s first line-of-duty death in the department’s history.

Flagler Sheriff’s Ex-Counsel Says She Was ‘Forced to Resign’ Over Tactless Opinions; Rick Staly Responds

September 2, 2021 | FlaglerLive | 18 Comments

Flagler County Sheriff Rick Staly. (© FlaglerLive)

On Aug. 25, the News-Journal’s Frank Fernandez reported on the resignation of Theresa Pontieri, the Flagler County Sheriff’s Office’s recently hired general counsel, after the News-Journal had inquired about inflammatory videos she had posted on a conservative social media platform.

Limited Public Opposition to New Fire Truck Weighs In as Flagler Beach Commission Reasserts Need and Support

September 1, 2021 | FlaglerLive | 8 Comments

Flagler Beach Fire Captain Stephen Cox briefing the Flagler Beach City Commission and the public on the proposed purchase of a new fire truck at a special workshop Tuesday evening. (© FlaglerLive)

A town hall-like workshop to give the public a chance to weigh in on Flagler Beach’s proposed purchase of a new fire truck did not change dynamics: a commission largely supportive of the purchase, and a small minority strongly opposed.

LPR ‘Hit’ Leads to Felony Traffic Stop in WNZF’s Parking Lot, But Fugitive Is Not on Board

August 31, 2021 | FlaglerLive | 1 Comment

A video screen capture of the felony stop a little after 1 p.m. in the parking lot of Flagler Broadcasting's WNZF radio station. (WNZF video)

A minor bit of news unfolded in WNZF Newsradio’s parking lot Tuesday afternoon as Flagler County Sheriff’s deputies, guns drawn, pulled over the occupants of a vehicle registered to a person with a felony warrant. The incident was resolved with one arrest, but not of the person sought.

Lawmaker and Non-Profit Sue Department of Health Over Its Refusal to Release Previously Available Covid Data

August 31, 2021 | FlaglerLive | 10 Comments

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The Florida Center for Government Accountability and House Rep. Carlos Guillermo Smith, an Orlando Democrat, late Monday sued the Florida Department of Health and Surgeon General Scott Rivkees over the department’s refusal to provide Covid-related statistical records it used to make public daily.

Flagler County FireFlight and Paramedics Practice Marine Rescue Techniques in Intracoastal

August 31, 2021 | FlaglerLive | Leave a Comment

FireFlight in a previous exercise. (© FlaglerLive)

Flagler County Fire Rescue Marine Rescue Team and FireFlight last week (August 25) practiced marine rescue techniques on the Intracoastal Waterway to hone their skills should they be called out to save a swimmer or boater. Would-be rescuers also used the county’s jet ski as part of the training exercise.

Is It a Crime to Forge a Vaccine Card?

August 30, 2021 | FlaglerLive | 8 Comments

vaccine card passport

When people are caught knowingly buying, selling or using false cards, the proof of guilt will often be clear. The real question is about the appropriate punishment. The law gives prosecutors and judges huge discretion on how to charge and sentence offenders.

Federal Judge Tangles with DeSantis Administration Lawyer Over ‘Rabbit Hole’ Protest Law

August 30, 2021 | FlaglerLive | 10 Comments

Who is Florida's protest law aimed at?

The Dream Defenders, the Florida State Conference of the NAACP and other organizations allege in a lawsuit that the measure, approved by Republican legislators and signed by DeSantis this spring, is unconstitutionally vague, has a “chilling” effect on First Amendment rights and gives local police too much power.

Family Dollar Arsonist Pleads to Probation, New Sentencing Trial for Death-Row Inmate Cornelius Baker in Spring

August 30, 2021 | FlaglerLive | Leave a Comment

Tonya Bennett had faced up to 30 years in prison fora first-degree felony arson charge. She will serve 10 years' probation if the judge agrees to the plea terms to be submitted Thursday. (© FlaglerLive via Flagler court TV)

Tonya Bennett had faced up to 30 years in prison fora first-degree felony arson charge. She will serve 10 years’ probation if the judge agrees to the plea terms. Cornelius Baker, sentenced to die for the murder of Elizabeth Uptagrafft in 2007, will get a new sentencing-phase trial sometime in spring.

Flagler County Fire Rescue’s Jake Gonzalez, Jon Moscowitz, and Dylan Pontorno Promoted to Lieutenant

August 30, 2021 | FlaglerLive | 1 Comment

From left, Dylan Pontorno, Jon Moscowitz and his daughter, and Dylan Pontorno and his brother. (Flagler County)

Three of Flagler County’s firefighters have been promoted to the rank of lieutenant after distinguishing themselves within their former roles, extensive education and training, and comprehensive testing. Jake Gonzalez, Jon Moscowitz, and Dylan Pontorno were promoted out of the 13 applicants who tested.

Palm Coast Council Has Votes to Increase Deputies By More than 6 and Lower Tax Rate Symbolically

August 30, 2021 | FlaglerLive | 2 Comments

Mayor David Alfin, left, and Council member Eddie Branquinho see funding policing and and the tax rate differently this year. (© FlaglerLive)

The Palm Coast City Council is in a 3-2 split that would approve lowering the property tax rate symbolically and increase the number of deputies the sheriff is requesting to police the city by more than the six the administration had been prepared to award.

Fallen Deputy’s Daughter’s Anguish: ‘This Virus Has Come Home, It’s Everywhere and It’s Killing the People We Love’

August 28, 2021 | FlaglerLive | 20 Comments

Flagler County Sheriff's Corrections Deputy Paul Luciano, who died Thursday, with his daughter Tina Luciano last June. (Facebook)

Tina Luciano, the 30-year-old daughter of Paul Luciano, the Flagler County Sheriff’s Corrections Deputy who died on Thursday of covid complications, had written of witnessing her father’s struggle three weeks ago, and wrote again after losing him on Thursday, both times voicing her grief–and both times urging people to get vaccinated.

Covid’s Casualties: Sheriff’s Deputy Paul Luciano Dies in Flagler, Circuit Judge Steven Henderson Dies in Volusia

August 27, 2021 | FlaglerLive | 21 Comments

The Flagler County Sheriff's Paul Luciano, left, and Circuit Judge Steve Henderson.

Flagler County Sheriff’s Correction Deputy Paul Luciano was 60. Volusia County Circuit Judge Steven Henderson was 49. Both were still in their prime, at work as professionals and at home as family men. Neither fit the profile of Covid casualties, at least not of previous covid waves. Henderson died of the disease on Thursday at a hospital in Volusia County. Luciano died the same day at AdventHealth Palm Coast.

Judge Rules DeSantis Had No Authority to Ban School Mask Mandates or Punish School Boards That Adopt Masking

August 27, 2021 | FlaglerLive | 36 Comments

The judge issued his ruling in a zoom hearing today. (© FlaglerLive via Florida Channel)

Judge John Cooper of the 2nd Judicial Circuit Court of Florida ruled today that Gov. Ron DeSantis had no legal authority under the recently-enacted Parental Bill of Rights to prohibit local school boards from adopting mask mandates that did not include opt-out provisions. The judge found DeSantis’s order “capricious” and not based in evidence, but rather based on an incomplete reading of the Bill of Rights.

Half of Florida’s Students Now in Districts Defying DeSantis Ban on Mask Mandates as Judge Readies to Rule

August 26, 2021 | FlaglerLive | 4 Comments

It was not a jury trial, but most of the state will jury Circuit Judge John Cooper's decision when he hands it down Friday morning. (© FlaglerLive)

Circuit Judge John Cooper said he was “still wrestling” with the “sophisticated legal issues” presented in the case and promised to issue a verbal decision at 10 a.m. Friday. DeSantis on Thursday promised to appeal if Cooper does not side with the state.

Bob Newsholme of Flagler Tax Service Shoots Himself in the Chest, and Tells His Son 10 Hours Later

August 25, 2021 | FlaglerLive | 25 Comments

Bob Newsholme (WNZF)

Robert “Bob” Newsholme, a Palm Coast resident and the long-time owner of Flagler Tax Service in Bunnell was trauma-evacuated to a hospital in Daytona Beach Tuesday 10 hours after he revealed to his family that he’d shot himself.

As 8 School Districts Approve Mask Mandates, DeSantis Administration Argues in Court Against Them

August 25, 2021 | FlaglerLive | 5 Comments

The Duval County School Board on Monday became the eighth district to approve a mask mandate with only medical reasons allowed as exceptions. It joined Alachua, Broward, Palm Beach, Sarasota, Hillsborough, Miami-Dade and Leon counties. (Duval Schools)

As the legal battle plays out, eight school districts as of Tuesday afternoon had voted to require masks for students, with exceptions only for students whose parents submit doctors’ notes. The mask mandates in the eight counties cover an estimated 1.23 million students, based on state enrollment data from the 2020-2021 school year.

Target of an Injunction and Embroiled in Domestic Violence Allegation, Flagler Sheriff’s Deputy Lentino Resigns

August 24, 2021 | FlaglerLive | 19 Comments

Robert Lentino, the 26-year-old Palm Coast resident suspended from his job as a Flagler County Sheriff’s deputy in early July over allegations of domestic violence, resigned today. His ex-girlfriend alleges he physically abused her and misused his patrol car to intimidate her.

Gunnar Galambos, 27, Faces Felony Charges After Violent Weekend Incident Involving 3 Victims at Johnny D’s

August 24, 2021 | FlaglerLive | 37 Comments

Gunnar Joseph Galambos.

Gunnar Joseph Galambos, 27, is accused of violently assaulting Johnny D’s manager and pulling a gun on two patrons, and was seen striking his girlfriend, who did not want to pursue charges as the other alleged victims are. The Saturday incident drew a large police response including a helicopter and a K-9 unit as cops searched for Galambos, eventually finding him in Palm Coast.

In a Victory for Public Beach Access, Federal Court Rules in Favor of ‘Customary Use’ of Sands on Private Portions

August 20, 2021 | FlaglerLive | 12 Comments

Flagler County's customarily public beaches. (© FlaglerLive)

Flagler County in 2018 passed an ordinance similar to the town ordinance the 11th Circuit Court of Appeals upheld today. The court’s decision backed the county over property owners who argued a 2018 Florida law gave them the right to exclude beach-goers from the dry portions of privately owned beach.

A 13-Year-Old Mondex Girl Faces Felony Charge Over Threatening Video and Texts

August 16, 2021 | FlaglerLive | 10 Comments

The girl somehow took her father's .32-caliber gun out of a locked safe and posed with it in threatening video clip.

On the fourth day of the new schoolyear, a 13-year-old Bunnell girl became the first student to be arrested on a felony charge that has sent dozens of students through the judicial system since 2018: making written threats to kill.

County’s Budget Agreement Nets Sheriff 10 of 15 Requested Deputies and $400,000 Mobile Command Vehicle

August 16, 2021 | FlaglerLive | 12 Comments

The Flagler County Commission today approved pulling $400,000 from its reserves to enable the purchase of a new mobile command center for the Sheriff's Office. (© FlaglerLive)

The Flagler County Commission this afternoon agreed to lower the county’s property tax by a symbolic decimal point next year, though county revenue will still grow by nearly $6 million and the sheriff will get an additional $2.2 million, ensuring the addition of 10 new deputies and a $400,000 mobile command center.

Two Palm Coast Men and Girl, 17, Accused of Smashing Spree and Burglary at Old Dixie Motel Eyesore

August 14, 2021 | FlaglerLive | 9 Comments

The disused motel on Old Dixie Highway has been a continuing problem for county and sheriff's officials, but it's finally under renovation. (Flagler County)

The trio claimed friends told them the old Country Hearth Inn on Old Dixie Highway was a fun place to go to smash things. The long-disused motel was acquired by a company in May and was ostensibly undergoing renovations.

Flagler’s Prescribed Fire Program Supervisor Assigned to Northern California’s “Monument Fire”

August 13, 2021 | FlaglerLive | 1 Comment

Michael Orlando. (Flagler County)

Flagler County Prescribed Fire Program Supervisor Michael Orlando has been assigned to the Monument Fire in Northern California’s Shasta-Trinity National Forest, well north of Sacramento.

Nysean D. Giddens, 23, Charged With Manslaughter in Overdose Death of Shaun Callahan

August 13, 2021 | FlaglerLive | 3 Comments

Nysean D. Giddens

Nysean Giddens is the fifth Flagler County resident criminally charged in the death of another person after an overdose. The four previous indictments were on first-degree felony charges. Two of the four have have been convicted. 

Palm Coast and Flagler at Risk of Overfunding Police

August 12, 2021 | FlaglerLive | 36 Comments

Policing in Flagler has never been at risk of "defunding," nor have relations between police and the community lacked for cohesion and respect. (© FlaglerLive)

Policing in Flagler has never been at risk of “defunding,” nor have relations between police and the community lacked for cohesion and respect. But Sheriff Staly’s request for 25 additional deputies from Palm Coast and the county overplay a hand, while both governments are teetering on going along with what would be overfunding police, at the expense of other needs.

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