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CASE UPDATE: Palm Coast Man Pleads Guilty to Child Sex Crimes, Sentenced to 10 Years’ Probation

Giovanni Curtis, 22, of Palm Coast, who was arrested in Texas by the El Paso Police Department in November 2025 on a Flagler County fugitive warrant following a Flagler County Sheriff’s Office investigation into child sex crimes, has been sentenced after pleading guilty to two counts of child abuse. Giovanni Curtis (Sheriff Perry Hall Inmate […]

Cold Case Closed: Remains Confirmed by FDLE as Palm Coast Woman Who Went Missing in 2003

The human remains found by the Flagler County Sheriff’s Office, the FBI, and others in February have been positively identified as Mary Lou Combs, a Palm Coast woman who went missing in 2003. Combs’ identity was determined following DNA testing. During lab testing by the Florida Department of Law Enforcement and the University of North […]

Operation Innocence Shield Saves 3 Human Trafficking Victims, Results in 10 Arrests, Seizes Drugs, Gun, and Car

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 […]

Weekend Roundup: June 20-21

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 […]

Sexual Predator Arrested on His First Night Out of Prison Near Home Where He Had Victimized Children

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 […]

Weekend Roundup: Saturday, June 13 – Sunday, June 14

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 […]

Homeowner Shoots Intruder; Palm Coast Man Arrested for Burglary with Assault

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 […]

A New Leash on Life: FCSO’s SMART Program Welcomes 11 Puppies to Jail

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 […]

Daytona Beach Man Exposes Self, Tries to Enter Teen’s Shower in Palm Coast Gym

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 […]

Weekend Roundup: June 6-7

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 […]

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