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Yahoo
01-05-2025
- Yahoo
Flagler County Sheriff's Office offering nationwide background checks
The Flagler County Sheriff's Office is now offering comprehensive, nationwide background check services to residents. This is done through ACCESS Background Check Services, which is available to anyone who needs a nationwide background check in Florida for employment, volunteering or licensing and permitting. The service covers national criminal background checks, national sex offender background checks and terrorist watch list checks, among other checks. Background checks and fingerprinting services are available at both the Flagler Sheriff's Operations Center, located at 61 Sheriff E.W. Johnston Dr. in Bunnell, and the District 2-Palm Coast Office, located at 14 Palm Harbor Village Way in Palm Coast. The sheriff's office says background checks and fingerprinting services will generally be available Monday-Friday from 9 a.m.-4 p.m. Residents seeking a background check are encouraged to make an appointment and pay online, but appointments and payment may be made on-site. A valid email address, government-issued photo ID, and credit or debit card are required to register for a check. The cost ranges between $60 and $105, depending on the type of check required. More information, registration and payment options are available online. 'We are excited to have the ability to offer easy and convenient nationwide background checks at both our Operations Center in Bunnell and our District 2 Office in Palm Coast,' said Sheriff Rick Staly. 'Previously, we could only provide a Flagler County-only record check, and we know that many employers wanted more than that. This is another example of the Flagler County Sheriff's Office working to serve our residents however we can.' Click here to download our free news, weather and smart TV apps. And click here to stream Channel 9 Eyewitness News live.
Miami Herald
30-04-2025
- Miami Herald
Naked man greets deputy on dark road, tells him not to be scared, FL cops say
A suspect dubbed the 'Birthday Suit Bandit' surrendered while naked, and body cam video shows he was polite enough to raise his hands, kneel and tell the deputy not to be 'scared.' The unusual encounter happened just after midnight Saturday, April 26, on a residential street in Palm Coast, where a woman reported a 'completely naked' man was trying to break into her home. Video shows the responding deputy was on foot when he heard a voice in the dark say: 'I know you're going to be a little scared now. Don't worry about it. Everything's cool.' Seconds later, the suspect appeared in the road, unclothed and unarmed. He then turned his back and put his hands behind his back in anticipation of being handcuffed. The unflappable deputy did not appear scared and apparently not even surprised, other than to ask: 'What's going on, bro? ... You're walking around the street naked.' The suspect was identified as a 63-year-old man who lives with his wife in the neighborhood. She was asleep at the time of the arrest, an affidavit reports. 'According to the victim, she called 911 after she heard what sounded like a knife trying to cut through the lock on her front door,' the sheriff's office said in a news release posted to Facebook. 'Upon arrival, a FCSO deputy located (the suspect) walking away from the victim's residence in his birthday suit as described and gouges on the victim's front door frame and molding.' The man was charged with attempted burglary, exposure of sex organs and criminal mischief, and later released on a $12,000 bond, officials said. 'Attempting to break into a home without your britches is not an encounter you want to have with law enforcement,' Flagler County Sheriff Rick Staly said in the news release.
Yahoo
29-04-2025
- Yahoo
‘Birthday Suit Bandit': Flagler County man accused of trying to break into women's home while naked
A Flagler County man, and so-called 'Birthday Suit Bandit,' is accused of trying to break into a Palm Coast home while naked, according to law enforcement. Deputies say 63-year-old Matthew Hunter was found walking away from the home. He was charged with attempted burglary, indecent exposure, and criminal mischief. 'Attempting to break into a home without your britches is not an encounter you want to have with law enforcement,' said Florida County Sheriff Rick Staly. 'Doing so is bound to land you in the Green Roof Inn or dead by a homeowner protecting themselves from a lunatic.' Hunter was later released on a $12,000 bond. Click here to download our free news, weather and smart TV apps. And click here to stream Channel 9 Eyewitness News live.
Yahoo
19-03-2025
- Yahoo
Flagler County deputies save man attempting to jump off I-95 overpass, FCSO says
The Flagler County Sheriff's Office says deputies saved a man who was threatening to jump off the I-95 overpass above State Road 100 in Palm Coast. According to the sheriff's office, calls came in Wednesday afternoon about a man sitting on the bridge drinking, making obscene gestures, and motioning that he was going to jump. Deputies arrived at the scene along with members of the Florida Highway Patrol, Flagler County Fire Rescue, Palm Coast Fire Department, and Flagler Beach Police Department. Deputies shut down I-95 and State Road 100 in all directions while the FCSO Crisis Negotiations Team talked with the man. Firefighters brought up a ladder truck while crisis negotiators spoke with the man. FCSO says after a lengthy conversation, deputies and firefighters brought the man down from the overpass and placed him into protective custody under the Baker Act. The sheriff's office says the man previously made the same threat at Palm Coast Parkway and I-95. 'I am thankful to see this situation was resolved safely with no one getting hurt,' says Sheriff Rick Staly. 'I hope that this guy is able to get the help he needs. This rescue was truly a team effort. Thanks to our deputies' quick response, our well-trained Crisis Negotiations Team, and coordination with our partner agencies, we saved a life today. It is unfortunate that so many drivers were delayed but the important part is a life was saved.' If you or someone you know needs help, call 988 for the Suicide and Crisis Lifeline.
Yahoo
19-03-2025
- Yahoo
Toddler found wandering streets alone with soiled diaper leads police back to shocking scene at home
A toddler found wandering in the middle of a Florida street with a heavily soiled diaper ended up leading police to a home with extremely hazardous living conditions with the father passed out intoxicated in his bed, police say. The incident occurred on Sunday when the Flagler County Sheriff's Department in Florida responded to multiple emergency reports concerning a 2-year-old child 'walking in the middle of the street in pajamas with a heavily soiled diaper,' according to a statement from the Flagler County Sheriff's Department on Tuesday. MORE: Connecticut man held captive by stepmom for 20 years weighed only 68 pounds: Police Prior to the incident, witnesses say that they observed a child in the front yard of a nearby home and that they took the child to the residence where they found the child's father, 44-year-old Ross Judy of Palm Coast, 'passed out in his bed intoxicated,' police said. The Flagler County Sheriff's Department responded to the home and, during their investigation, they found 'dangerous tools and garbage in the interior and exterior of the home along with animal feces, filth, and an emaciated dog with an ear that was almost rotted off and fur missing from its body,' authorities said. MORE: 4-year-old boy calls 911 after 'bad mom' eats his ice cream MORE: EU launches global sting operation against AI-generated child sexual abuse material 'The residence was in deplorable living conditions with several alcoholic beverage containers, bugs swimming in toilet water, and a sink piled high with several inches of cigarette ash to the point the sink was no longer visible,' according to the Flagler County Sheriff's Department. 'Pill bottles were scattered throughout a spare room and on top of living room shelves along with exposed razors and hypodermic needles, which were all accessible to the child.' 'No child should be living in deplorable conditions with an adult who obviously doesn't care about their wellbeing,' said Flagler County Sheriff Rick Staly in a written statement following the incident. 'The Flagler County Sheriff's Office has no tolerance for anyone endangering children or animals. I am thankful to our residents who 'saw something and said something' so that our deputies could intervene.' MORE: Dead woman's body found in trunk of car driven by her son after police chase Judy was arrested and charged with child neglect without great bodily harm and abandon animal to die, sick, diseased or Infirm. The suspect was taken to the Sheriff Perry Hall Inmate Detention Facility and is currently being held on a $4,000 bond, authorities said. The Florida Department of Children and Families and Palm Coast Animal Control are also investigating this incident, and their investigation is currently ongoing. Toddler found wandering streets alone with soiled diaper leads police back to shocking scene at home originally appeared on
