- April 20, 2024
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4 p.m. — 100 block of Seton Trail
Grand Theft. A 50-year-old woman was charged with grand theft after she stole her boyfriend's safe.
The couple had been dating on and off for six years, and police reported that on Sept. 5, the woman left the boyfriend's home after an argument. He then received a phone call from the woman, telling him to check his personal safe, which contained about $10,000 in cash along with jewelry valued at $5,000. The man saw the safe was missing, and his daughter said she saw his girlfriend take it.
He contacted the woman, demanding to have his safe back, but the woman would only respond with "Marry me."
While police where on scene, the woman called him on his cell phone and he placed it on speaker so the officers could hear. She continued to ask her boyfriend if he would marry her, to which he replied yes hoping she would return his safe. Police report there was a brief pause, and then the woman said "I don't believe a word you're telling me."
Police officers then immediately called her back and informed her they had heard her conversation and that her boyfriend would not press charges if she returned his property. She then became angry and told police she didn't know what they were talking about. Shorrtly after, her boyfriend began receiving texts reading "I hate you," "Cop caller," "The last time I promise" and finally, "Blocked."
Police believe the woman headed to North Carolina.
5 a.m. — 100 block Ridgewood Avenue
Grand Theft. A woman was arrested after stealing a car from a man who let her stay at his apartment after Hurricane Irma.
The victim told police he and his friend Byler went to stay at the shelter Ormond Beach Middle School during the hurricane. He saw the 34-year-old woman there, who'd he had interacted with previously through his job. He told police the three of them left the shelter to go stay at his apartment, where they began to drink.
Around midnight, the woman told them it was her birthday and she wanted to go to Daytona Beach. The victim told her they couldn't because there was a hurricane. She then fell asleep in a chair and the victim went to sleep in his bedroom.
The next morning, he noticed his phone was missing along with his car. After police were notified, the woman called and told the victim she took his car because she needed to buy tampons and she took his phone in case he needed to contact her because she didn't have one that worked. Police arrested her later that day, and returned the vehicle and cell phone to the victim
10:16 a.m. — Granada Bridge
Resisting an officer without violence. A man was charged with resisting an officer without violence after he disobeyed law enforcement orders to cross the Granada Bridge during Hurricane Irma.
The 48-year-old man approached police and asked to be allowed to cross the bridge so he could protect his home. Police reported that at the time, the worst of the hurricane had already passed. Officers told him he could not cross the bridge
The man then got into his Porsche and drove on the opposite side of the bridge, crossing over to the right side once he was on the beachside. Police tried to pull him over, but the man would not yield, though he did follow all the traffic laws and did not try to evade police.
Officers followed him to his residence, where the man continued to say he needed to protect his home. Because of the hurricane circumstances, the man was not charged with fleeing and eluding.
