- April 26, 2024
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11:44 p.m. — 500 block of Collins Street
Loitering or prowling. Police arrested a 34-year-old Ormond Beach man who entered a vacant trailer home, telling police that he had permission to be inside; he didn't, according to police.
Witnesses called police after they saw the man come out from the woods behind the home, and when officers arrived, they discovered that the front door was unlocked. They then spotted the man and asked him to step outside. The man complied and said he had consent to be inside since he had done work for the owner, but revealed that he had not spoken with the owner for about four months.
He said he needed a place to stay and saw that the front door was unlocked. He began to work on things inside, according to the police report, though he only left the owner a voicemail.
He was taken to jail.
8:55 p.m. — 700 block of West River Oak Drive
DUI. A 33-year-old Port Orange man was arrested for drunk driving after he crashed into a law enforcement officer's mailbox and parked vehicle in a neighborhood.
According to his arrest report, the man struck the officer's mailbox and then her truck, which caused the truck to hit her patrol vehicle. The officer told police that when she approached the man, he told her that he should havw let someone else drive, as he had previously had a few drinks.
The reporting officer conducted a series of field sobriety exercises, which the man failed, blaming his flip flops for one of them. After he was medically cleared at the hospital, the man was taken to jail.
10:21 a.m. — 1600 block of North U.S. 1
Fleeing/attempting to elude law enforcement. A 42-year-old man from Virginia fled from police on a motorcycle after officers attempted to execute a traffic stop, a move that eventually landed him in jail.
The reporting officer was scoping the area for the motorcycle driver and saw him pulling into a restaurant parking lot. When the man, who had a female passenger, saw the officer's emergency lights and heard the sirens, he sped off across the parking lot. The officer, now with his siren off, followed the man who was instructed to stop several times.
The officer lost visuals on the motorcycle, but eventually received a call that it had been found wrecked on the side of the highway. The man and his passengers were not present; they were later located at a nearby gas station.
He and his passenger were both arrested.
