The Flagler County Sheriff’s Office (FCSO) had a busy weekend of community policing and responding to 846 calls into the Sheriff’s 9-1-1 Dispatch Center. Deputies took part in successfully seizing illegal drugs off the streets, putting multiple violent offenders behind bars while tending to various encounters with intoxicated and dangerous subjects.
In the early morning hours Friday, a teen felon was arrested after a traffic stop led to the recovery of illegal narcotics. The driver of the vehicle, identified as 19-year-old Josiah Feimster, is facing multiple charges for Possession of Cocaine, Possession of Methamphetamine, Possession of a Controlled Substance without a Prescription, Possession of Marijuana Over 20g and Driving with a Suspended License with Knowledge. A frequent visitor to the Green Roof Inn, Feimster is back residing behind bars and is being held on no bond.
Next, deputies were called to a residence on Bird of Paradise Drive around 1 AM when a teenager called 9-1-1 to report an adult in the home had a firearm and discharged it. The juvenile escaped and upon deputies’ arrival, the armed subject, identified as 46-year-old Patrick Conti, was heavily intoxicated and uncooperative. Conti resisted and was ultimately apprehended with a less-than-lethal deployment and arrested for Aggravated Assault with a Deadly Weapon, Battery on Law Enforcement Officer and Resisting Officer without Violence. He was released from the Green Roof Inn Saturday on an $11,000 bond.
Saturday afternoon continued with keeping deputies busy proactively patrolling the roadways, resulting in 12 traffic stops including a criminal citation and one arrest. Around 2 PM, a traffic stop was conducted on Palm Coast Parkway and the driver informed deputies that there were narcotics in the vehicle. Inside the vehicle, deputies locate Methamphetamine, Marijuana and Drug Paraphernalia, resulting in 27-year-old Nicholas Myers being arrested for several drug charges. He was released from the Green Roof Inn Saturday on a $3,500 bond.
A few hours later, deputies responded to a call about a male threatening a female with a firearm at a Sunset Boulevard residence. A verbal argument turned violent when Smith pointed a gun at the victim, making multiple threats to “blow her brains out” and taking off from the residence. The armed subject, identified as 58-year-old Dana Smith, was ultimately apprehended by deputies and arrested for Aggravated Assault with a Deadly Weapon. He’s now residing at the Green Roof Inn on a $16,000 bond.
Going into the evening hours, deputies responded to an intoxicated driver heading southbound on I-95. An occupant demanded the driver pull over which led to a verbal argument that turned physical, resulting in the intoxicated subject, 29-year-old Troy Roberts, attacking another occupant and choking him. Roberts was arrested for Domestic Violence by Strangulation and transported to the Sheriff Perry Hall Inmate Detention Facility where he was released on a $2,500 bond.
The calls continued with a busy start to Sunday as deputies tended to five vehicle burglaries. All vehicles burglarized were left unlocked overnight and subjects who broke in rummaged through each vehicle stealing various items. At this time, deputies are still working this investigation and ask the community to remember to lock their vehicles at all times, removing valuables and key fobs from being left inside.
While deputies were actively investigating the multiple vehicle burglaries, a traffic stop was conducted on Palm Coast Parkway at Pine Cone Drive for a traffic offense, leading deputies to discover a loaded and concealed firearm in the car. The firearm was confirmed to be stolen from Holly Hill and the 43-year-old driver, Abednego Wilson, was arrested without incident. Wilson is facing charges for Grand Theft of a Firearm and Possession of a Concealed Firearm and was released from the county jail on a $5,000 bond.
Sunday evening, the Sheriff’s 9-1-1 Dispatch Center received a weapons complaint after a resident heard gunshots near State Road 11. Deputies responded and observed a Ford F250 leaving the area and stopped the truck to seek information from the occupants. When deputies made contact with the occupants, they observed a shot gun next to the passenger’s left side and the truck cab was filled with gun smoke, along with spent shell casings scattered throughout the truck. The two occupants, identified as 19-year-old Timothy Bennett and 18-year-old Charles Nelson both admitted to discharging a firearm at the county jail sign and were arrested. They were released from the Green Roof Inn on $5,500 bonds each and are facing charges for Discharging a Firearm from a Vehicle within 1,000ft of a Person. Bennett is additionally facing a charge of Use of a Firearm Under the Influence.
“This is a great example of all the hard work our deputies and communication specialists face daily,” Sheriff Rick Staly said. “The deputies dealt with many violent offenders, some who resisted arrest and dealt with multiple investigations. Resisting a Deputy Sheriff or shooting at the County Jail sign will get you in the Green Roof Inn. Like my deputies who work so hard arresting offenders, I’m disappointed that bonds are so low and they get out before the ink is dry on the report. The bonds are set by the Judge’s and it’s time for a new bond schedule in Flagler County so we don’t become like other counties and cities across the nation with ‘catch and release’ policies.”
Melissa Morreale, Public Affairs Officer
Flagler County Sheriff’s Office
