The Flagler County Sheriff’s Office, in partnership with the Northeast Florida Inter-Agency Child Exploitation and Persons Trafficking Task Force partner agencies, conducted “Operation Innocence Shield,” culminating in a four-day undercover operation focused on human trafficking. The primary purpose of the operation was to disrupt the online sex-market activity and human trafficking by targeting demand, identifying […]

Flagler County Sheriff’s Office deputies made 10 arrests this past weekend between 6 p.m. on Friday, June 19, 2026, and 6 a.m. on Monday, June 22, 2026. Deputies handled 836 calls for service and made 177 traffic stops. Woman Arrested for Multiple DUI Crashes with Property Damage On Saturday, deputies arrested Perla Chacon, 23, of […]

The Flagler County Sheriff’s Office arrested registered sexual predator Gabriel Pardo, 45, less than 12 hours after his release from state prison, after he failed to report to probation and instead walked more than six miles overnight to the Palm Coast house where he had previously victimized multiple children. Gabriel Pardo (Sheriff Perry Hall Inmate […]

BUNNELL, Fla. — Flagler County Sheriff’s Office deputies made 13 arrests this past weekend between 6 p.m. on Friday, June 12, 2026, and 6 a.m. on Monday, June 15, 2026. Deputies handled 699 calls for service and made 100 traffic stops. Traffic Stop for an Expired Tag Leads to Drugs and Firearm Arrest Deputies arrested […]

BUNNELL, Fla. — On Sunday afternoon, the Flagler County Sheriff’s Office arrested a Palm Coast man after he entered a home of a former acquaintance on Big Bear Lane uninvited and threatened a mother and her two children before she shot him. Around 1:50 p.m. on Sunday, Flagler Emergency Communications received a call from a […]

The Flagler County Sheriff’s Office rolled out the red carpet and several puppy pads yesterday, welcoming an entire litter of puppies from the Flagler Humane Society into its nationally recognized Successful Mental Health and Addiction Recovery Treatment (SMART) program at the Sheriff Perry Hall Inmate Detention Facility. FCSO’s SMART Program Welcomes 11 Puppies to Jail […]

The Flagler County Sheriff’s Office obtained an arrest warrant for Craig Stevens Jr., 34, of Daytona Beach, after an investigation determined he exposed himself to a 15-year-old boy and attempted to enter the teen’s shower at a Palm Coast gym. On Feb. 25, deputies responded to the Planet Fitness on State Road 100 in Palm […]

Flagler County Sheriff’s Office deputies made 22 arrests this past weekend between 6 p.m. on Friday, June 5, 2026, and 6 a.m. on Monday, June 8, 2026. Deputies handled 728 calls for service and made 112 traffic stops.  ‘See Something, Say Something’ Helps Catch Palm Coast Man Wanted for Domestic Violence On Saturday afternoon, deputies […]

BUNNELL, Fla. — Two men arrested last year following separate Flagler County Sheriff’s Office Major Case Unit investigations into sex offenses involving minors have been convicted and sentenced in recent days. Adding to numerous successful sex offense convictions this month. Josiah Morales, 19, of Palm Coast, was arrested in August 2025 after Flagler County Sheriff’s […]

BUNNELL, Fla. — The Flagler County Sheriff’s Office has arrested a Palm Coast man found to have been intentionally seeking out and viewing child sexual abuse material. Detectives made the arrest during a search warrant following a four-month joint investigation by the FCSO Cyber Crimes/Internet Crimes Against Children Unit and the Northeast Florida Inter-Agency Child […]