Victor Barbosa, the volatile Palm Coast City Council member whose brief tenure since November 2020 was dogged by boorish behavior on and off the council, by a sheriff’s investigation and a state inquiry into crimes he allegedly committed in Costa Rica, and by an accusation of shoplifting at Walmart over the weekend, has resigned.
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In Unusual Break with Meeting Customs, a Flagler Beach Commissioner Blasts Another Over Campaign Claims
Flagler Beach City Commissioner Ken Bryan described fellow-Commissioner Rick Belhumeur’s claims on the campaign trail of extravagant spending by the commission as “offensive” and “wrong” in statement unusually critical of a fellow commissioner–at a commission meeting. Bryan isn’t running in the March 8 election. Belhumeur is, and Bryan is backing a challenger.
Rick Scott and Ron DeSantis Are in a Race Back to the 1950s
Sen. Rick Scott proposes to take us back to the 1950s, that glorious era when Black people were beaten and arrested for trying to vote, when women of all colors were expected to stay home and raise the children, when Christianity dominated the culture, when gay people had to stay in the closet, and we lived in mortal terror of socialism.
Palm Coast Councilman Victor Barbosa Trespassed from Walmart on Allegation of Shoplifting
Victor Barbosa, the Palm Coast City Council member and a candidate for re-election this year, was trespassed from the city’s Walmart on Sunday after a store officer accused him of shoplifting by skip scanning some of his items at self-checkout.
A Disgusted Sheriff Explains Why a ‘Drug Dealer Victim’ Won’t Be Charged in Home-Invasion Killing
Sheriff Rick Staly was clearly and explicitly appalled with having to call Danial G. Marashi a “victim” of the home-invasion and shooting on Dec. 29 at 8 Regent Lane in Palm Coast as he briefed reporters on the arrest of two other suspects. “This is the disgusting part of our job and the criminal justice system,” Staly said.
Signal Shift: Flagler Health Department Ends Covid Testing As Cases Fade; Deaths Increase by 15 in 2 Weeks
The end of operations at the airport–or at the department itself–signal the Health Department’s shift back to what it is calling “normal,” pre-pandemic operations, exactly two years after mobilizing for the first covid surge.
Resident Involved in Drug Deal Gone Bad Killed Zaire Roberts After Getting Shot, Reports Show
Details have emerged revealing the drug-deal negotiations that preceded the home invasion on Regent Lane on Dec. 8, when the alleged dealer shot Zaire Roberts. He is not charged in the killing. Two alleged accomplices of Roberts’s are.
Think Twice Before Scanning That QR Code
Scanning a Quick Response, or QR code, is convenient and easy. And it is contactless, which can make people feel safer. But cybersecurity experts say QR codes also created new opportunities for fraudsters, who can tamper with them and direct victims to malicious websites to steal their personal and financial information.
Palm Coast Man and Woman Are Arrested on 2nd Degree Murder Charges in Killing of Zaire Roberts
Kwentel Moultrie, 21, had bonded out on a 2020 charge of raping a 16-year-old girl. He and Taylor Renee Manjarres, 20, were jailed Friday on second degree murder and armed burglary charges in connection with the Dec. 29 killing of Zaire Roberts, 23, in Palm Coast’s R-Section. Prosecutors had asked that Moultrie’s bond be revoked last year. The court refused.
4th Person Killed in 7 Hours on Flagler Roads as Woman Crashes Off US1 in Bunnell
A fourth person was killed in seven hours on Flagler roads as a woman died in a single-vehicle crash on U.S. 1 in Bunnell, in the noon hour today.