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Arrest of Alleged Campaign Worker for Theft in Palm Coast Complicates Uphill Congressional Race for Josh Weil

March 10, 2025 | FlaglerLive | 25 Comments

Arlecia Darnae Brown.

Arlecia Darnae Brown, a 25-year-old resident of Orlando who claimed to be a campaign worker in a special election locally, was arrested on six felonies, including a life felony charge of traveling to commit a burglary, after allegedly stealing a bike in an L-Section neighborhood in Palm Coast last week.

Motorcyclist Killed On Belle Terre Boulevard When Pick-Up Cuts In Front of Him; 4th Bike Week Fatality

March 9, 2025 | FlaglerLive | 9 Comments

The intersection of Belle Terre Boulevard and Finn Way. (Google)

A 70-year-old Palm Coast man on a motorcycle lost his life late Saturday night, a day before the end of Bike Week, when a pick-up truck collided with his motorcycle on Belle Terre Boulevard at Finn Way, just south of State Road 100. It was the fourth fatality of Bike Week 2025 between Volusia and Flagler counties, and the second in Flagler.

Flagler Beach Officers Under Investigation as Wrongful Charge of Man Outside Funky Pelican Is Quickly Dropped and City Bristles

March 7, 2025 | FlaglerLive | 78 Comments

Flagler Beach Police Sgt. Steve Yelvington, left, at the beginning of his interaction with Jeff Gray, before arresting him. (© FlaglerLive via bodycam)

Flagler Beach Police Chief Matt Doughney has requested an internal affairs investigation of the two officers who arrested a man on a trespassing charge simply for holding a sign outside the Funky Pelican restaurant at the pier, and City Manager Dale Martin has ordered that all city employees receive training in respecting citizen’s rights. The arrest caught public attention and provoked outrage. The State Attorney’s office on Thursday dropped the felony charge of armed trespassing against Gray. The city expects a lawsuit.

Isaiah Warren, 26, Sentenced to 4.5 Years in Prison for DUI Crash That Severely Injured Flagler Beach Man

March 6, 2025 | FlaglerLive | Leave a Comment

Isaiah Warren at the scene of the severe crash in Flagler Beach last April, after Warren had been drinking. He failed his field-sobriety exercises and was arrested. On Wednesday, he was sentenced to four and a half years in prison. (© FlaglerLive)

Circuit Judge Dawn Nichols on Wednesday sentenced Isaiah Macario Warren, 26, to four and a half years in prison for the drunk driving crash in Flagler Beach last April that severely injured Brian Tiller, a 45-year-old resident of the city. Warren faced two third-degree felonies–for drunk driving causing serious bodily injury and for tampering with evidence, resulting from his attempt to hide the fact that he’d been drinking in the car, and he faced a maximum of 11 years in prison.

Commission Sends 7 Names to Gov. DeSantis for Appointment to 2 Judgeships in 7th Judicial Circuit; Case Is Chief Judge Again

March 5, 2025 | FlaglerLive | Leave a Comment

Jackie Roys Clifton

The Seventh Judicial Circuit’s Nominating Commission today sent seven names to Gov. Ron DeSantis in a pair of short lists of candidates for a Volusia County Court appointment and a Circuit Court appointment. The Seventh Judicial Circuit includes Flagler, Volusia, St. Johns and Putnam counties. Circuit Court judges theoretically may be assigned to a bench in any of the four counties at any point during their service. Also today, the court announced that the 43 judges in the circuit have re-elected their colleague, Circuit Judge Leah R. Case, to another term as chief judge.

Jose Valerio-Rodriguez, 70-Year-Old Homeless Man, Arrested for Human Trafficking and Statutory Rape of a Minor

March 4, 2025 | FlaglerLive | 11 Comments

Authorities say Jose Valerio-Rodriguez had a tent in the woods behind Frontier Drive, where he engaged in illegal sexual activity with a minor. (Google)

Jose Valerio-Rodriguez, a 70-year-old homeless man who lived in a tent in the woods behind the Circle K on Palm Harbor Parkway near Frontier Drive, faces a life felony for human trafficking and a second degree felony on allegations of unlawful sexual activity with a minor, or statutory rape.

Man Holding ‘God Bless Homeless Vets’ Sign on Public Sidewalk Outside Funky Pelican Arrested on Armed Trespassing Charge

March 3, 2025 | FlaglerLive | 89 Comments

The Funky Pelican, in business since 2010, features large, public blackboards on its walls fronting State Road A1A, where members of the public are invited to express themselves, albeit courteously and congenially.

Jeffrey Marcus Gray, a 55-year-old resident of Forest Court in St. Augustine, was arrested on a felony charge of armed trespassing Sunday morning after he refused to leave the immediate vicinity of the Funky Pelican, the restaurant at the Flagler Beach pier. The pier is public property, as is the sidewalk in front of the restaurant. The restaurant itself leases its space from city government in Flagler Beach. But individuals may be trespassed from public sidewalks or parks or other public property, if not without raising potential legal issues.

Orange County Judge Martha Adams May Face Reprimand

March 2, 2025 | FlaglerLive | 2 Comments

Orange County Judge Martha Adams. (Ninth Judicial Circuit)

The state Judicial Qualifications Commission recommended a reprimand for Judge Martha Adams after an investigation into comments she made about the State Attorney’s Office in the 9th Judicial Circuit, which is made up of Orange and Osceola counties.

Motorcyclist Killed in Crash on A1A in Flagler Beach, Two Teens Killed in Car Crash on CR304 Within Hours

March 2, 2025 | FlaglerLive | 34 Comments

The concrete median that divides State Road A1A starts at South 9th Street, where the motorcyclist attempted to pass an SUV on the left, striking the median and overturning. (© FlaglerLive)

After going more than three months without a road fatality, Flagler County roads were the site of two crashes causing the death of three people within hours early Sunday morning–a motorcycle crash in Flagler Beach and a car crash on County Road 304.

Florida Lawmakers Look to End Ban on Compensating Wrongfully Imprisoned If They Have Prior Felonies

February 26, 2025 | FlaglerLive | 5 Comments

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Florida is the only state with a wrongful incarceration compensation program that excludes people with prior felonies, a restriction that makes the vast majority of exonerees in the state ineligible for payments. According to the National Registry of Exonerations, 91 people in Florida have been exonerated since 1989. Five of those exonerees have received compensation.

John R. Jenkins, Home Health Care Nurse, Arrested After Footage Shows Him Brutalizing Disabled, Voiceless Man

February 26, 2025 | FlaglerLive | 9 Comments

John Roy Jenkins.

John Roy Jenkins, 68, had been caring for a profoundly disabled man in his 20s in palm Coast since last March. When the alleged victim’s mother looked at indoor surveillance video, she uncovered repeated cases of Jenkins’s physical and verbal abuse against and torment against her son. He faces four felony counts of abusing a disabled person.

Christopher Caschera, 26, Sentenced to 5 Years in Prison and 10 on Probation for CSAM Possession

February 25, 2025 | FlaglerLive | 1 Comment

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Christopher Carlo Caschera, a 26-year-old resident of Pittman Drive who’d interned in Palm Coast government and was employed as an environmental specialist for DeLand government, was sentenced to five years in prison followed by 10 years of sex-offender probation and a lifetime designation as a sex offender. The sentence results from a plea and conviction on 15 counts of possessing child sexual abuse material.

Flagler Jail Would Make 100 Beds Available to ICE as Staly Joins Florida Sheriffs Ramping Up Immigration Enforcement

February 24, 2025 | FlaglerLive | 32 Comments

Sheriff Rick Staly is working on an agreement wiith US Immigration and Customs Enforcement. (© FlaglerLive)

All of the state’s 67 counties have entered agreements with federal immigration authorities to detain undocumented immigrant criminals in jails, the Florida Sheriffs Association announced on Monday as the state rushes to assist President Donald Trump’s mass deportation efforts. Flagler County Sheriff Rick Staly is working on an agreement with ICE to make 100 beds at the Flagler County jail available for ICE detentions of up to 72 hours per inmate, in exchange for $125 a day per inmate.

No, You May Not Discipline a Teacher for Personal Facebook Posts, Court Rules

February 23, 2025 | FlaglerLive | Leave a Comment

Bernie Sanders socialism by DonkeyHotey.

A Florida appeals court Friday sided with a now-retired Duval County math teacher who argued his speech rights were violated when he was disciplined for personal Facebook posts. A three-judge panel of the 5th District Court of Appeal overturned a decision by the Duval County School Board to suspend Thomas Caggiano without pay for three days and to issue a reprimand.

Flagler School Board Quietly Settled with Ex-Attorney Kristy Gavin for $160,000, and with Paul Peacock for $100,000

February 21, 2025 | FlaglerLive | 15 Comments

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The Flagler County School Board, operating almost entirely out of the public eye, settled disputes and lawsuits with former Board Attorney Kristy Gavin last July for $160,000, with former principal Paul Peacock in October for $100,000, and with former Exceptional Student Education director Martha von Mering in October for $19,500. The School Board at no point openly discussed any of the three cases.

Sheriff’s Deputies Capture 3 in Stolen-Vehicle Incident in Palm Coast’s L-Section

February 20, 2025 | FlaglerLive | 5 Comments

Sheriff Rick Staly, gun drawn, at the scene of an apprehension in the L-Section today. (FCSO)

Flagler County Sheriff’s deputies captured two individuals and are looking for a third following a stolen-vehicle incident that unraveled in Palm Coast’s L-Section. The vehicle was stolen in Seminole County and appears to have triggered a license-plate reader in Flagler County, leading to a chase and apprehension. The sheriff is urging residents not to take chances.

DeSantis Signs 9th Death Warrant: Edward James, for 1993 Murders in Seminole County

February 19, 2025 | FlaglerLive | 6 Comments

Edward T. James.

Gov. Ron DeSantis on Tuesday signed a death warrant for inmate Edward James, who was sentenced to death in the 1993 murders of a woman and her 8-year-old granddaughter in Seminole County. The death warrant came five days after the state put to death James Ford in the 1997 murders of a couple in Charlotte County.

Iris Scanners Will Now Identify Inmates at Flagler County Jail

February 19, 2025 | FlaglerLive | Leave a Comment

Detention Commander Louis Miceli demonstrates the Inmate Recognition and Identification System. (FCSOP)

The Flagler County Sheriff’s Office announces the implementation of the Inmate Recognition and Identification System, known as I.R.I.S., at the Sheriff Perry Hall Inmate Detention Facility. This cutting-edge technology (similar to point-of-entry technology now used at Universal Orlando Resort) is designed to enhance public safety and ensure the identification of individuals booked into the jail.

Judge Denies Bond ‘Across the Board’ to Kristopher Henriqson, Who Faces Capital Felony Over Girl’s ‘Reprehensible’ Abuse

February 18, 2025 | FlaglerLive | 1 Comment

Kristopher Henriqson, left, in court today, next to Assistant Public Defender Courtney Davison. (© FlaglerLive via zoom)

Kristopher Henriqson, 47, of Palm Coast, will remain in jail, a judge ruled today, pending the disposition of the charges against him, including a capital rape charge stemming from three years of alleged sexual abuse of his step-daughter when she was between 9 and 12. He had sought to lower his bond. Instead, it was entirely revoked.

Jordan Pittmon, 26, Faces Statutory Rape Charge After Sex with 14-Year-Old Runaway

February 18, 2025 | FlaglerLive | 10 Comments

Jordan Scott Pittmon of Palm Coast.

After Jordan Scott Pittmon had assured the girl’s aunt that he would never have any interest in a minor, he was arrested and charged with statutory rape of the aunt’s 14-year-old niece, who had run away from her Palm Coast home last May.

Plane Crash Victim Identified as Skydiving Pilot and Ex-USAF Crew Chief Thomas Russell Harvey

February 17, 2025 | FlaglerLive | 1 Comment

A skydiving Thomas Harvey, right, is a profile picture on his Facebook page.

The Flagler County Sheriff’s Office this afternoon identified the victim of Friday evening’s plane crash in the isolated woods of southwest Flagler County as Thomas Russell Harvey, a 75-year-old pilot celebrated by Skydive Palatka as “our favorite pilot and friend.”

Pilot Is Killed in Crash of Eagle Air Transport Plane in Isolated Part of Flagler County, Near Lake Disston

February 15, 2025 | FlaglerLive | 4 Comments

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A man piloting an Eagle Air Transport Cessna crashed in an isolated, wooded area of southwest Flagler County near Lake Disston Friday evening for unknown reasons. The pilot died. There were no passengers.

Jury Finds Stephen Monroe, 26, Guilty of Murder in Killing of Noah Smith, 16, and Is Sentenced to Life in Prison

February 14, 2025 | FlaglerLive | 10 Comments

Stephen Monroe, right, with his attorney, Terence Lenamon, late this morning as the jury was filing out to deliberate. (© FlaglerLive)

It took less than 20 minutes for a 12-member jury to find Stephen Monroe guilty as charged, just before noon today: first degree murder for the killing of 16-year-old Noah Smith on a Bunnell street in January 2022. It was not a surprise. 

In Murder Trial, Stephen Monroe Takes Stand in His Own Defense Only to Face an Inquisition Into His Rap of Lies

February 13, 2025 | FlaglerLive | 1 Comment

Stephen Monroe tried to go toe to toe with Assistant State Attorney Jason Lewis, the circuit's fiercest crosss-examiner, in an hour-long inquisition this afternoon in Monroe's murder trial. It did not go well for Monroe. (© FlaglerLive)

Stephen Monroe gambled today and testified in his own defense in his jury trial on a charge of murdering 16-year-old Noah Smith in Bunnell three years ago. He did so by going up against Assistant State Attorney Jason Lewis, a merciless cross-examiner who had Monroe grimacing, snorting, eye-rolling, huffing, gesturing, interrupting and talking over Lewis and so many times that he drew several rebukes from the judge, apologizing every time. It did not go well for Monroe, who at no point in the hour-long inquisition figured out that dueling with Lewis might not be a good idea.

Florida Court Clears Way for Trump Lawsuit Against Pulitzer Board Over Russian Interference Articles

February 13, 2025 | FlaglerLive | 11 Comments

A Florida appeals court Wednesday cleared the way for President Donald Trump to pursue a defamation lawsuit against Pulitzer Prize board members in a dispute rooted in the organization awarding a prize to The New York Times and The Washington Post for reporting about alleged Russian interference in the 2016 election.

Palm Coast’s Kristopher Henriqson, 47, a Federal Felon, Charged with Raping Child in His Custody; Could Face Death Penalty

February 12, 2025 | FlaglerLive | 8 Comments

Kristopher Henriqson

Kristopher Henriqson, a 47-year-old resident of Lindsay Drive in Palm Coast and a federal felon, was arrested late Monday night and booked at the Flagler County jail on two capital felony counts of raping a child younger than 12, a child he was caring for. The charges, relatively a new law the Florida Legislature passed in 2023, makes him eligible for the death penalty if the State Attorney decides to seek capital punishment, and if Henriqson is convicted at trial.

In Sequence Devastating to Defense, Prosecution Shows Jury 26 Minutes That Led Up to Noah Smith’s Murder

February 11, 2025 | FlaglerLive | 5 Comments

Flagler County Sheriff's Cmdr. Augustin Rodriguez showing the jury the brief clip of Noah Smith's father driving his Cadillac to the hospital, with Noah aboard, dying. It was the most impactful moment of the trial of Stephen Monroe so far. Monroe faces a first-degree murder charge. (© FlaglerLive)

The next-to-last clip in a sequence of 10 brief surveillance videos the prosecution showed the jury in Stephen Monroe’s trial on a first-degree murder charge today showed a white Cadillac driving on a dark Bunnell street, toward Palm Coast. It was the father of 16-year-old Noah Smith driving his dead or dying son to the hospital on Jan. 12, 2022. Monroe had fired one of the two guns that killed him. It may have been the most impactful two or three seconds of the trial so far as a riveted jury watched.

Flagler Fire Rescue’s Gil Aspinwall Graduates from Emergency Services Leadership Institute

February 10, 2025 | FlaglerLive | Leave a Comment

Flagler County Fire Rescue Division Chief of Training Gil Aspinwall (Flagler County)

Flagler County Fire Rescue Division Chief of Training Gil Aspinwall recently graduated from the Emergency Services Leadership Institute (ESLI), sponsored and hosted by the Florida Fire Chiefs’ Association. The program was designed to address the present-day leadership issues that affect mid-level through chief fire officers.

In Murder Trial’s Openings, Stephen Monroe’s Attorney Argues Self-Defense in Shooting that Killed Noah Smith, 16

February 10, 2025 | FlaglerLive | 3 Comments

Stephen Monroe, right, and his attorney, Terence Lenanmon, as jury selection was set to begin. (© FlaglerLive)

Self-defense: That’s what Terence Lenamon, Stephen Monroe’s attorney, argued to a jury this afternoon in Monroe’s trial on a first-degree murder charge, after the prosecution argued that Monroe and his friends had been looking for a fight for two days and had ample opportunity to drive back to Palm Coast to avoid a deadly shooting. Instead, they exchanged fire with another man on a Bunnell street, killing Noah Smith, 16, a by-stander in January 2022.

CJ Nelson Jr. Pleads Out in Manslaughter Shooting Death of 18-Month-Old Child

February 10, 2025 | FlaglerLive | 6 Comments

CJ Nelson in court last Wednesday. (© FlaglerLive)

CJ Nelson Jr., the 23-year-old Palm Coast resident facing a manslaughter charge in the shooting death of 18-month-old Ja’Liyah Allen on Ranwood Lane in September 2023, pleaded to the charge on Wednesday and will be sentenced on April 3. He faces up to 30 years in prison, but is unlikely to get that maximum.

A History of Birthright Citizenship at the Supreme Court

February 9, 2025 | FlaglerLive | 8 Comments

Birthright citizenship, a constitutional guarantee, is flickering. (© FlaglerLive)

Birthright citizenship was explicitly added to the Constitution in 1868 when the 14th Amendment was adopted following the Civil War. The United States is one of roughly 30 countries, including neighboring Canada and Mexico, that offer automatic citizenship to everyone born there. There is a “strong likelihood” that the challengers of a presidential executive order ending birthright citizenship “will succeed on the merits of their claims that the Executive Order violates the Fourteenth Amendment” to the Constitution.

Palm Coast Physician Christine Garrett Arrested on Felony Child Abuse Charge

February 7, 2025 | FlaglerLive | 11 Comments

Christine Elizabeth Garrett.

Christine Elizabeth Garrett, a 55-year-old physician who runs her own practice in Palm Coast with her husband, was arrested on Sunday (Feb. 2) on a felony charge of child abuse when her adopted son called 911. The boy was locked in the  bathroom when Flagler County Sheriff’s deputies arrived. When he heard then saw law enforcement officers, “he exited the bathroom crying and ran, grabbing onto Deputy Bishop, saying he needed help,” according to the sheriff’s report.

$8.2 Million Will Pay for National Guard Used as Florida Prison Guards

February 6, 2025 | FlaglerLive | 3 Comments

One of the prison's guard towers. (© FlaglerLive)

A legislative budget panel Wednesday approved transferring $8.2 million to pay for the continued deployment of Florida National Guard members at state prisons until June. National Guard members have worked at prisons for more than two years as the correctional system has struggled with high job-vacancy rates and an increase in the number of inmates.

Stephen Monroe, Last of 4 Defendants in Murder of Noah Smith, Goes on Trial Monday After Declining Deal

February 6, 2025 | FlaglerLive | Leave a Comment

Stephen Monroe, in the striped shirt, looks at himself--right, in the image on the screen--and others holding weapons in an image he had posted to his Instagram account around the time of the killing of Noah Smith. The prosecution showed the image in court today and convinced the judge to admit it as evidence, over the defense's objection. (© FlaglerLive)

Stephen Monroe again declined a deal of 25 to 50 years in prison today for the murder of 16-year-old Noah Smith three years ago in Bunnell. Monroe faces life in prison if convicted. His trial starts Monday. Monroe is the last of four defendants in the gunfight that resulted in Smith’s death as he stood on the stoop of his house in Bunnell and was struck by a bullet not intended for him. He was on probation for robbery at the time of his arrest.

Eroding Management Plan, Cities Bluntly Tell Flagler County: Not One Extra Dime for Beach Protection

February 6, 2025 | FlaglerLive | 35 Comments

The joint meeting. (© FlaglerLive)

Palm Coast, Beverly Beach and Bunnell officials told Flagler County in blunt, at times almost belligerent terms Wednesday evening that their constituents will not accept any new tax or fee to pay for beach management, whether it’s renourishing beaches or maintaining them. The tone of the discussion during a joint meeting of local governments Wednesday left county officials reeling.

Mom Tearfully Pleads with Son Risking Life in Prison: ‘Take the Plea’ (15 Years, Out in 9). He Refuses.

February 5, 2025 | FlaglerLive | 4 Comments

Derrius Bauer catching a glimpse of his mother in the gallery as he made his way to the podium today. Defendants are ordered always to look in front of them in court, and are barred from looking at the gallery. (© FlaglerLive)

It was an unusual, if not an unheard-of scene in Circuit Court this morning, before Judge Dawn Nichols. Derrius Bauer’s mother stood at the podium in front of the judge, sobbing, begging her son, who was sitting a few feet from her, to take the plea the state was offering him. Bauer is insisting on going to trial on a charge of first-degree murder. He is alleged to have conspired with Marcus Chamblin in the murder of Deon Jenkins at a Palm Coast Circle K in October 2019.

Sheriff’s Newest K-9 Can Sniff Out Hidden Flash Drives and Cell Phones

February 4, 2025 | FlaglerLive | 1 Comment

A different kind of Flash Gordon: K-9 Birdie. (FCSO)

The Flagler County Sheriff’s Office introduced K-9 Birdie, the Agency’s first Electronic Storage Detection K-9. Birdie will serve alongside Detective Corporal Mark Moy in the Digital Forensics Unit. Birdie is trained to seek out electronic devices believed to contain evidence of a crime, including flash drives, hard drives, and cell phones.

Missile-Like Hunk of Ice, Possibly from Commercial Plane, Tears Through Seminole Woods Roof

February 4, 2025 | FlaglerLive | 14 Comments

Ice falling from the sky with the force of a missile tore through the metal roof of a Seminole Woods house on Monday afternoon. No one was home. (Palm Coast Fire Department)

Local and federal officials don’t know what may have caused a missile-like shaft of ice 6 feet long to tear through the metal roof of a Seminole Woods house in Palm Coast Monday afternoon on a warm, cloudless day. But they have ideas.

35-Year-Old Palm Coast Man Loses Stand Your Ground Motion Over Bizarre Confrontation with Cyclist, 67

February 4, 2025 | FlaglerLive | 10 Comments

An image shown in court of the location of the confrontation between Eric Cooks, who was driving, and Peter Poznerowicz, who was on his bicycle. Poznerowicz was biking east, or toward the camera, and was stopped by Cooks's car as Cooks veered into the entrance closest to the camera, then looped back out to the second entrance, stopping in front of Poznerowicz. The incident took place in October 2023. (© FlaglerLive)

Eric Cooks, a 26-year-old resident of Palm Coast’s P Section and a supervisor at SMA Healthcare’s crisis-stabilization unit, where Baker Acts are triaged, lost a Stand Your Ground motion in circuit court Monday, clearing the way for his prosecution on a felony count of battering a man older than 65. The case touches on several elements that blur the line between good samaritanship and road rage, between the meanings of self-defense and provocation, and with an overlay of race and age disparities.

Sheriff’s Gala Raises $80,000 for Agency’s Employee Assistance Fund

February 4, 2025 | FlaglerLive | 3 Comments

Christian Harrison accepts the Flagler County Sheriff's Office's Deputy of the Year award from Sheriff Rick Staly at the gala. (FCSO)

More than 180 guests attended the 2025 Sheriff’s Gala, held on February 1 at Hammock Beach Resort, helping to raise over $80,000 to benefit the Flagler Sheriff’s Employee Assistance Trust, also known as FSEAT.

Judge Refuses to Release 14-Year-Old Girl Accused of Hateful Death Threats as Her Lawyer Claims She’s in Danger

February 3, 2025 | FlaglerLive | 8 Comments

Josh Davis, the attorney representing L.H., stands in Judge Melissa Distler's courtroom this afternoon, arguing for the release of his client. The judge, who appeared from Tallahassee by zoom, declined to grant the release and set a pre-trial conference to follow up on claims that the girl may be in danger. (© FlaglerLive)

County Judge Melissa Distler today rejected a request by the attorney representing L.H. to release her to her parents, for lack of proof that she is in danger in a youth detention jail in Daytona Beach. The girl, 14, was arrested last week in palm Coast for making death threats laced in homophobic slurs, and for violating her probation. Her attorney argued that the attention the case has drawn, including the posting of her picture, name and address, has led to death threats against her family in Seminole Woods, and threats against the girl in detention.

An 82-Year-Old Palm Coast Resident Dies After He Is Pulled from the Surf, Disoriented, in Marineland

February 3, 2025 | FlaglerLive | 14 Comments

The incident unfolded midday Friday in shallow surf by the gray rock revetment in Marineland. (© FlaglerLive)

Carmelo Legato, an 82-year-old resident of Palm Coast on an outing in Marineland Friday morning, was pulled out of the surf after he had stumbled in the water, lost consciousness, and died after CPR efforts by a good Samaritan and Flagler County Fire Rescue proved unsuccessful.

Bullied Buddy Taylor Student Arrested for Bringing BB Gun to School for ‘Protection’; 4 Student Arrests in a Week

January 31, 2025 | FlaglerLive | 13 Comments

A 13-year-old Buddy Taylor Middle School Student who said he was being bullied brought a BB gun to school as protection. He was arrested and faces a felony charge. (© FlaglerLive)

A 13-year-old Buddy Taylor Middle School students became the fourth Palm Coast teen in the span of six days to face a felony charge and arrest, in this case for bringing a BB gun in the shape of a Glock. The student said he did so to protect himself against bullies, knowing that school officials would not protect him. 

26-Year-Old Palm Coast Woman Charged with Molesting 13-Year-Old Boy During Family Christmas

January 30, 2025 | FlaglerLive | 7 Comments

Angel Marie Sexton.

Angel Marie Sexton, a 26-year-old resident of Royal Oak Drive in Palm Coast, was charged with molesting a 13-year-old boy whose family was visiting Sexton’s family over Christmas in Palm Coast. The child’s mother uncovered the alleged assault when she found romantic texts between Sexton and the boy on a family phone the boy had taken for himself. The older woman, according to the texts, was telling the boy that he could be emancipated at 16 and that she would leave her husband and marry him when he was 18.

Two FPC Students Arrested for Texting Joking Death Threats Against Each Oher

January 29, 2025 | FlaglerLive | 2 Comments

Phone trouble. (© FlaglerLive)

The Flagler County Sheriff’s Office has arrested two students at Flagler Palm Coast High School for sending threats toward each other in a text group chat. The threats were not meant seriously. The felony charges are.

How Judge Nichols Talked 2 Defendants Off Ledge of Risking Life in Prison at Trial and Accepting Plea Deals Instead

January 29, 2025 | FlaglerLive | 3 Comments

Circuit Judge Dawn Nichols two weeks ago, reading the verdict form from a jury that had just convicted a man on all charges, resulting in his mandatory life in prison sentence. "I don't think any judge enjoys sentencing a 22 year old to life in prison," Nichols told a defendant today, trying to convince him to take a plea and not risk life in prison. (© FlaglerLive)

Stephanie Raimundo, 48, and Jeba Johnson, 22, were both facing life in prison on stacks of charges if convicted at the trials they wanted: Raimundo for trafficking drugs and for manslaughter in the death by overdose of 22-year-old Calvin Stull, Johnson for armed burglary and other acts of violence. In a remarkable 75-minute hearing for both before Circuit Judge Dawn Nichols this afternoon at the Flagler County courthouse, the judge talked both of them out of going to trial and accepting plea deals that will result in less than 13 years for Raimundo, once gain time is counted, and 25 years for Johnson.

Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem Calls Undocumented Immigrants ‘Dirtbags’

January 28, 2025 | FlaglerLive | 15 Comments

U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem does not have a better way with words than with dogs. (U.S. Army Reserves)

U.S. Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem, the former governor of South Dakota, was in New York City, accompanying U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents in arrests across the city. In a video posted to social media, Noem — clad in a vest labeled POLICE/ICE — said she was in the city “to get the dirt bags off our streets.” 

14-Year-Old Palm Coast Girl Arrested After Sending Hate-Filled Video Targeting Trans and Other Students

January 28, 2025 | FlaglerLive | 4 Comments

Logan High School. (Logan school district)

L.H., a 14-year-old resident of Seminole Woods in Palm Coast was arrested last Friday (Jan. 24) on a felony charge of written threats to kill after she allegedly sent a racism-laced rant and threats directed at a transgender student through Snapchat, on a “story” connected to the Ohio high school L.H. attended last year.

Aiden Barnett, 20, Arrested on Aggravated Child Abuse Charge Days After Telling Judge He’s a ‘Changed Man’

January 27, 2025 | FlaglerLive | 12 Comments

Aiden Barnett.

Three weeks ago 20-year-old Aiden Barnett of Palm Coast’s B-Section wrote a judge that he was a “a completely changed person” since he fled from a cop at 115 miles per hour. On probation, he was asking for a waiver on his anger-management class and community service hours. On Friday, he was arrested on a first-degree felony charge of aggravated child abuse after allegedly punching a 17-year-old girl so hard that she had a concussion and was hospitalized.

Sheriff Grady Judd Opposes Trump Pardons of Jan. 6 Insurrectionists and Tells Deputies: I Have Your Back

January 26, 2025 | FlaglerLive | 36 Comments

Grady Judd, one of the most well-known sheriffs in Florida is letting his officers know that he has their backs against people recently pardoned by President Donald Trump. And furthermore, he thinks the President messed up by getting them released from lockdown.

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