COPS CORNER

Sheriff’s Office deputies responded to the home in Palm Coast’s B-section when a property controller reported the damage.

The building was filled with about an inch of water, according to a press release from the Sheriff’s Office.

Deputies identified the boy, who lives on a street near the vandalized home, through an anonymous tip, the press release said.

When they interviewed him, the boy admitted that he had flooded the toilets because he was bored.

He is charged with felony criminal mischief, burglary of an unoccupied dwelling and trespassing on a construction site.

ON THE DEFENSE around aggressively,” and the store clerk thought he was trying to strike her, so she sprayed him with pepper spray, she told police.

Police found the man lying on the ground in a nearby parking lot.

He was detained and treated for pepper spray exposure before being taken to the hospital, then to jail.

The store clerk retrieved the wine bottle and told police she wanted to pursue charges for the theft and assault, according to the police report.

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BOLTED reported as stolen later on June 7, after it was impounded.

The deputies allowed the tow truck driver to leave with the car.

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IDLE HANDS

8:30 a.m. — 100 block of Bud Hollow Drive, Palm Coast Criminal mischief. A 13-yearold boy was arrested for felony criminal mischief after he clogged the toilets of an under-construction home and flooded it, causing $25,000 in damage, according to the Sheriff’s Office.

6:07 p.m. — 1400 block of West Granada Blvd., Ormond Beach Petit theft. Police arrested a 52-year-old DeBary man who, while attempting to steal a bottle of wine, was peppersprayed by the liquor store clerk.

The clerk told police that the man had come into the store earlier that day and tried to steal a bottle of vodka, according to a police report.

During the later incident, after the man walked out of the store with the wine, she followed him to try to get the wine back.

But the man “turned

12:05 p.m. — First block of North Yonge Street, Ormond Beach Vandalism. A trailer park property manager called police after she noticed that a deadbolt on one of the trailers had been damaged.

The property manager told police that one of the trailer’s windows had also been broken by a piece of coral rock, according to a police report. None of the nearby residents saw anything or anyone suspicious near the trailer.

The property manager said the park had had a dispute with a former renter, but that she didn’t have proof that he’d caused the damage. She said she wanted to pursue charges if a suspect is identified.