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Palm Coast man hiding in attic crashes through ceiling in K-9 closes in
A wanted man literally dropped in on a group of Flagler County Sheriff's Office deputies Monday, May 26: He crashed through the ceiling of a home.
Deputies were searching a house when they discovered the man hiding in the attic.
As a K-9 climbed into the attic, the man took a wrong step and crashed through the ceiling, leaving a ragged hole.
"Hey, you should've just come out, man — that would have been easier," a deputy told the man as he was led away in handcuffs.
And it would have saved the cost of repairing the ceiling.
Tarod Lovell Weaver, 37, was charged with obstruction without violence and false name/ID given to a law enforcement officer, according to a charging affidavit. He was released on $2,000 bond.
On Monday, deputies went to the duplex on Pine Haven Drive with an out-of-county warrant for Weaver. A woman at the door asked why they wanted to talk to her son, according to a charging affidavit. She closed the front door, saying she would get him.
Shortly after, deputies found a man with the woman at the rear of the residence. The man gave them a name, but deputies later discovered it was a false identity.
Deputies surrounded the house to prevent Weaver from fleeing.
Subsequently, the woman and a couple of others walked out the front door. They all claimed not to know where Weaver was, the affidavit stated. The woman consented to deputies searching the house.
During the search, deputies found Weaver hiding in the attic, the affidavit stated, and sent a K-9 up to into the attic.
"Let me see your hands (and) you won't get bit," a deputy said.
Another warns Weaver that the dog is about to drag him out of the attic.
But before the dog reached Weaver, he stepped in the wrong spot, according to a body camera video.
Weaver then crashed through the ceiling to the floor of the porch, the affidavit stated.
A jagged hole was left in the ceiling.
A woman, apparently a resident, asked "Who's going to fix that?"
Said a deputy: "Not us."
This article originally appeared on The Daytona Beach News-Journal: Palm Coast man falls through ceiling as sheriff's K-9 nears
