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May 7
Special Delivery
7:22 p.m. — 500 Block of Sterthaus Drive Vandalism. The victim said she returned to her residence at 5:45 p.m. and found a plastic bag in the wicker basket mailbox next to her door. Upon inspection, she discovered that the plastic bag contained dog feces. Attached to the plastic bag was a note, stating that the feces was found in the grass of the apartment complex, and she should pick up after her dog in the future.
There are no suspects. The victim said the wicker basket is worth $10.
May 6
Not his backpack?
11:36 p.m. — 1300 Block of Northside Drive. Narcotics. The officer noticed a car parked illegally. The officer walked up to the car and noticed that the driver, the female suspect, was someone he had taken into custody for narcotics a month ago. He noticed that the passenger, the male suspect, was also arrested at that time.
The officer asked the male suspect to open the window, and the suspect exited the vehicle. After smelling cannabis, the officer read the male suspect his Miranda rights.
The officer then instructed the female suspect to exit the vehicle, and read her Miranda rights. She said there was no cannabis in the vehicle, and the smell may be from her smoking cannabis earlier that day when she got off work.
The officer found cannabis and smoking material in a backpack on the floor, in front of the front seat. The officer told the male suspect that he was under arrest, and the suspect said the backpack was not his. He said it was there before he entered the vehicle, and he did not know who owned the backpack.
Another officer pulled a small electronic device from the backpack while he was beside the suspects’ vehicle, and the male suspect was in front of the patrol car. The officer asked what it was, and the suspect immediately said it was an MP3 player. The officer asked him how he knew it was an MP3 player from looking at that distance, since the backpack was not his. The suspect did not have an answer.
The officers also found cannabis in the belongings of the female suspect and both were arrested.
May 6
Run but can’t hide
7:04 p.m. — 1300 Block of West Granada Boulevard. Shoplifting. The suspect left the home improvement store without paying for batteries that were in his left-front pants pocket. The incident was observed by an employee.
In the parking lot, the suspect handed the batteries back to the employee and began to run. The employee flagged down a police officer who started to chase the suspect. The officer identified himself as police several times, and was wearing a uniform, but the suspect continued to run.
At one point the suspect fell, but got up and kept running. After running across State Road 40, two officers cornered the suspect at Taser point. He finally complied with commands and was arrested and transported to Volusia County Branch Jail.