Flagler County (Page 2)

PALM COAST, Fla. – A 52-year-old Palm Coast man who was caught driving without a valid license while heading to a court-ordered drug treatment class, with a device designed to cheat a urine test concealed in his pants, has been sentenced to eight years in state prison. James Shepard appearedContinue Reading

PALM COAST, Fla. – An exceptional student education teacher at Old Kings Elementary School was arrested after investigators said surveillance footage captured her taking prescription hydrocodone pills from a coworker’s backpack. Deborah Gibbens, 51, of Ormond Beach, was arrested Oct. 6 on a charge of possession of a controlled substanceContinue Reading

PALM COAST, Fla. – A Palm Coast man was arrested Friday on his second DUI charge in slightly more than a month after deputies found him apparently asleep behind the wheel of a Tesla outside a liquor store, according to the Flagler County Sheriff’s Office. Stephen Barnier, 49, was arrestedContinue Reading

BUNNELL, Fla. – A Port St. Lucie man already being held in the Flagler County jail is facing 10 new felony charges after a multi-agency investigation uncovered videos and images of children being sexually abused on his cellphone, according to the Flagler County Sheriff’s Office. Brandon Irizarry, 29, was arrestedContinue Reading

PALM COAST, Fla. – A 16-year-old Palm Coast girl is accused of repeatedly using Florida’s school safety reporting system to submit false threats involving shootings, her family and other students, triggering law enforcement responses at schools and her own home. The Flagler County Sheriff’s Office said investigators linked a seriesContinue Reading

BUNNELL, Fla. – An Ormond Beach man accused of severely injuring a domestic violence victim and then attempting to interfere with the investigation has been sentenced to 10 years in state prison, according to the Flagler County Sheriff’s Office. William Powers, 35, pleaded no contest Aug. 20 to charges stemmingContinue Reading

BUNNELL, Fla. – A 61-year-old Hastings man arrested after the recovery of a missing 11-year-old boy has been sentenced to 30 years in state prison on kidnapping, child abuse and other charges, according to the Flagler County Sheriff’s Office. Darnell Hairston pleaded no contest Aug. 19 to kidnapping inflicting bodilyContinue Reading

PALM COAST, Fla. – A former Miami Dade College professor has been re-arrested on additional charges after forensic testing linked his DNA to a sexual assault kit collected during an investigation involving a 15-year-old runaway, according to the Flagler County Sheriff’s Office. Richard Tapia, 46, of Palm Coast, faces threeContinue Reading