- April 19, 2024
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5:20 p.m. — 600 block of S. Nova Road
Battery, vandalism, retail theft. A 39-year-old man was arrested after an altercation inside a 7-Eleven led him to punch another man in the face and walk out of the store without paying for his sprite, cigarettes and potato chips.
Police report the incident began when the defendant was at the check-out counter in the process of paying for the items. He was speaking very loudly to the cashier, who believed he was doing so because he had headphones on with music playing. Thinking that the defendant was yelling at the cashier, a 58-year-old man laced his hand on the defendant's shoulder to calm him down.
The defendant then turned and punched the man on his left cheek. The victim's son came to break-up the altercation, receiving punches by the defendant on his mouth and forehead. Both men then began wrestling at the counter where the defendant began to throw items at the victim's son.
After throwing a pot of boiled peanuts at him, the victim's son backed down and the defendant walked out of the store with his unpaid items. When caught by police, the defendant said he was "so flustered" from the physical altercation that he forgot to pay for the items.
2:40 a.m. — 700 block of W. Granada Blvd.
Counterfeit bank note. After attempting to pay for his cab fare using a counterfeit $100 bill, a 25-year-old man was arrested at the local CVS Pharmacy.
The cab driver picked up the young man at his residence and drove him to the CVS earlier that morning. Police report the cab fare came out to $8, and the man told the cab driver he wanted to "tip him well," giving him what appeared to be a $100 bill. He then told the cab driver to keep $20 for a tip, which made the cab driver suspicious.
After inspecting the bill, the cab driver determined it was fake. Police report the bill had Benjamin Franklin on it and was designed to look real, however it read "For Motion Picture Use Only" on the face and the back of the bill read "In What We Trust" instead of "In God We Trust."
The man was placed into police custody and later told officers he withdraws $2,000 on a regular basis and that he must have received the counterfeit bill from a bank teller the previous day. Police determined this was improbable since bank tellers are trained to spot counterfeit money.
11:06 p.m. — First block of S. St. Andrews Drive
False name given to law enforcement. An Ormond Beach man was arrested after telling police he was "Marvin Jackquish of New Jersey" during a traffic stop for a burned out headlight.
When asked for his driver's license, the man told police he didn't have it on him and provided them with the false name. However, he gave police his real date of birth, which led them to his real identity. Police ran the correct information and found he had a suspended license and he was on probation.
A police officer hollered the man's real first name, to which he replied: "What?"
He told officers he gave them a fake name in order to buy time for his children, who were in the car, to be picked up before he was arrested.
