- April 26, 2024
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1:13 a.m. — First block of Driftwood Avenue
DUI. Police arrested a 56-year-old Ormond Beach man who asked for a different officer to be called, saying that "he's a great family friend and he can probably help me out of this," according to a report. Police had approached the man after receiving a call that he had been parked in someone else's driveway for over 30 minutes with his headlights on.
The man told police he was on his way home from a local bar, adding that he knew had had "a little too much fun." When police asked him where he lived, he told them the name of the bar. The officers conducted a number field sobriety exercises, which the man failed, including an exercise where he pointed to the sky with his left finger instead of his nose.
He was taken to jail.
11:28 a.m. — 700 block of South Beach Street
Unarmed burglary. A 47-year-old man blamed the lack of sidewalks for the reason he was running through people's back yards. He was stopped by police after receiving a call about possible squatters in a house on Beach Street.
Officers did not find anyone in the house initially, but less than an hour later, a witness told police she saw the man exit the house wearing a pair of black shorts and carrying bags of food. She told officers the man told her that he had been hiding in the attic when police were searching the house.
When detained, police report the man said, "What? I was just running! I'm just hungry that's all." The homeowner whose house he had occupied returned later that day, and she told police her refrigerator door was ajar. She reported a large coffee container and a bottle of whiskey to be missing, both which were found in the bushes in the back yard of the house.
The man was arrested and taken to jail.
6:15 p.m. — 700 block of N. Beach Street
Criminal mischief. A woman pressed charges against a former resident of her household after he allegedly damaged numerous things in her house in his attempts to get inside to retrieve his property. According to an eyewitness, the man attempted to rip the garage door opener from the wall, threw a propane tank against the garage door, ripped plants from the ground and hurled two pumpkins against the front of the house.
Police report the witness also saw him stomp of a kids table in the driveway. The homeowner was in the hospital when the man was at her house. Police report the damages totaled $9,856.87.
