Flagler County Sheriff's Office deputies rescued a 14-year-old girl with autism who became stranded on a dark trail, locating her near train tracks around 9:30 p.m. Tuesday following a nearly dead-battery FaceTime call to her mother.
Human remains found in the Intracoastal Waterway last year are those of a Flagler County woman who disappeared more than two decades ago, the sheriff’s office announced Thursday. Mary Lou Combs of Palm Coast was reported missing in August 2003.
The Flagler County Sheriff’s Office will announce the results of a new undercover cyber operation this afternoon. Sheriff Rick Staly is expected to talk about the results of Operation Innocence Shield.
The sheriff’s Office is asking for the public’s help tracking down a stolen camouflage-colored ATV taken from a volunteer group dedicated to protecting sea turtles and their nesting sites along the county’s coastline.
A recent viral trend has been causing issues as of late in Central Florida, but the Flagler County sheriff cautioned on Wednesday that the "door kick challenge" could have deadly consequences.
The sheriff said that the man was arrested this week after his wife suspiciously died over four years ago. Now, he awaits extradition back to Virginia.
A man running for Florida governor was arrested earlier this month, and newly released footage shows more of what happened.
A Central Florida mother is now facing a murder charge after her newborn was found buried in a shallow grave behind her home last month, according to the Flagler County Sheriff’s Office.
After a sex offender was caught with a missing 11-year-old boy at a traffic stop back in December, a teenager is now being pinned as his accomplice, according to the Flagler County Sheriff’s Office.
The Flagler County Sheriff’s Office says a deputy crisis negotiator helped talk an armed, suicidal man into surrender Monday afternoon after a tense, hours-long standoff in a Palm Coast neighborhood.
A “career criminal” was put behind bars yet again after serving only two years in prison, according to Flagler County Sheriff Rick Staly.
The friend of a Flagler County woman arrested Friday after an infant was found buried in a backyard says the woman said she had been secretly pregnant, and she seemed "very mentally disassociated."
Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier will be joined by several Central Florida sheriffs at a news conference in Titusville.
The Flagler County Sheriff’s Office announced Monday that human remains recovered from a submerged vehicle in the Intracoastal Waterway are believed to be those of a Palm Coast woman who disappeared more than 22 years ago.
Flagler County Sheriff Rick Staly presented an award to Cody Clark, who called deputies about suspicious activity along U.S. Highway 1 that led to arrest of a registered sex offender accused of kidnapping an 11-year-old boy.
The acquisition was made possible through a combination of seized drug money, year-end budget savings, and a generous donation from Dan Newlin, according to a news release.
A former home health aide in Flagler County was rearrested after a second senior victim came forward with allegations of theft, according to a news release from the Flagler County Sheriff’s Office.
School threat hoaxes can cost upwards of $10,000 to respond to and investigate, on Central Florida sheriff said after a trio of school threat hoaxes in a five-day-span. But the ripple effects extend beyond wasted taxpayer dollars.
A 15-year-old will be charged as an adult after his arrest in connection with the reported kidnapping of a missing boy by a sex offender in Flagler County, according to the sheriff’s office.
After promising to leave her husband for a 13-year-old she raped, a Palm Coast woman now faces prison time for her crimes, according to the Flagler County Sheriff's Office.
Matanzas High School was placed on a hold status as the Flagler County Sheriff’s Office looks into “the potential presence of modified fireworks” in a student’s vehicle near campus.
Flagler County deputies arrested a registered sex offender last week after finding him driving with a missing child he allegedly kidnapped and tortured. Alongside the sex offender, a 15-year-old juvenile was also in the vehicle and taken into custody. Authorities are now investigating whether the teen will face additional charges.
A deputy was conducting traffic enforcement on Old Dixie Highway when he stopped a grey Volkswagen. The driver, later identified as Byrone Lord, accelerated into oncoming traffic and fled onto U.S. 1, a news release states.
A Florida man found guilty of stealing from a Palm Coast home while on a state prison inmate work crew has been given an eight-year sentence, records show.
Law enforcement officers in Flagler County broke car windows to rescue an unconscious driver who was later arrested on drug charges after fentanyl was found in his vehicle.
According to a news release, the decision came after reviewing evidence presented by the Ormond Beach Police Department.
Flagler County deputies arrested a man wanted out of North Carolina in connection to what the sheriff’s office says are more than a dozen sex offenses involving a minor, according to a news release.
Authorities say a Florida woman posed as a licensed nurse and provided medical care to thousands of patients.
A six-month undercover operation dubbed “Summer Slammer” resulted in 18 arrests and 5 kilos of drugs recovered, according to Flagler County Sheriff Rick Staly.
Palm Coast and the Flagler County Sheriff’s Office are stepping up enforcement on e-bikes after a surge in crashes and illegal activity. This crackdown follows the recent arrest of two teens who fled deputies on electric off-road bikes.
A Palm Coast man was taken into custody on Tuesday after deputies said he was spotted engaging in “lewd” behavior at a local boardwalk.
A man arrested in Flagler County is accused of drug trafficking after the sheriff's office said it found marijuana, cocaine, methamphetamine and more in his home.
A Deltona man was taken into custody after speeding away from a traffic stop over the weekend, according to the Flagler County Sheriff’s Office.
A 14-year-old is facing charges after he brought a gun to a high school basketball game and posted on social media about it, the Flagler County Sheriff’s Office said in a release.
The pilot’s body was located on Saturday after an aircraft went down overnight in a rural area in Flagler County, according to the National Transportation Safety Board.
James Shepard, 50, of Palm Coast was found driving a truck with a stolen license plate and a refrigerator in his truck bed during a traffic stop, according to St. Johns deputies.
A 14-year-old Palm Coast girl faces serious charges after deputies said she posted a “disturbing“ video on Snapchat that threatened students at her former school, according to a news release.
Veteran Flagler County Sheriff’s Office detective Joe O’Barr has a wake-up call for anyone thinking of starting off the New Year by making a fake threat against a school: You’re not gonna get away with it.
Flagler and St. Johns County deputies are searching for the occupants of a blue Ferrari, which they say led deputies on a chase on I-95 in Flagler County.
The Flagler County Sheriff’s Office is fighting back with firepower – $355,000 against the hate directed at Jewish people here in Central Florida.
Deputies with the Flagler County Sheriff’s Office and the FBI are set to hold a meeting Wednesday to help parents and guardians on how to keep their children safe from the internet.
Flagler County Sheriff Rick Staly announced an 11-year-old was arrested in connection with a series of “swatting” threats made this year against several schools.
The Flagler County Sheriff’s Office has the ability to get quicker results from DNA tests on people arrested for serious crimes, like felonies, according to News 6 partner News4JAX.
A vehicle used in a drive-by shooting in Bunnell has been found, but authorities are still searching for two gunmen involved.
Four Central Florida sheriffs will continue to lead their respective law enforcement agencies after getting no opponents for their reelection races this week.
A Flagler County deputy was attacked Wednesday morning, leading to a standoff that has Forsythe Lane near Palm Coast shut down, according to the sheriff.
Flagler County Sheriff Rick Staly revealed "Prepared Live," a software that 911 dispatchers use to access callers' cell phone cameras, has been utilized by Flagler County dispatchers 149 times since the Sheriff's Office purchased it in February 2023.
Flagler County Schools said beginning Monday, May 20, if parents kept their children out of school in light of the events last week, it will be marked as an administrative excused absence.
Flagler County deputies responded Friday to a middle school targeted by a threatening phone call for a fourth day in a row, according to the sheriff’s office.
Addressing parents directly, the sheriff’s office said it understands their concerns and is working with Flagler Schools to provide updates “as this caller continues to disrupt school operations.”
When convicted felons are released from state prison, they must provide the Florida Department of Corrections with an address where they intend to live and then must register with the sheriff's office in that county. But that's it. In Flagler County however, Sheriff Rick Staly goes beyond that requirement.
The Flagler County Sheriff’s Office on Thursday morning alerted the public to a heavy law enforcement presence outside the Kim C. Hammond Justice Center in Bunnell over a “suspicious package,” clearing the scene after several hours once a bomb squad confirmed it was just a box of newspapers.
The Flagler County administrator this week told the school district that the county wants to pull out of its 50-50 agreement to pay for deputies on campus.
Flagler County Sheriff Rick Staly held a news conference Wednesday to discuss “Operation Heartbreaker.”
Deputies said they responded to Casa Montessori School in Palm Coast after receiving reports of a “suspicious person” who was spotted trying to open several vehicles.
Miller told Staly she was a dancer at a strip club in Daytona Beach and had been at a bachelor party with “some other girls” in Putnam County all night.
Sheriff’s deputies in Flagler County arrested the father of the suspect accused of shooting an 18-month-old last year, accusing him of staging the crime scene and disposing of evidence to cover up the crime for his son.
Two months after an 18-month-old child was shot and killed in Palm Coast, the Flagler County sheriff announced an arrest in the case Thursday afternoon.
The state attorney’s office and detectives in Flagler, Orange and Osceola counties are seeking additional victims of a 25-year-old man accused of sexually assaulting teens.
A News 6 investigation uncovered state and local leaders are very close to finalizing an agreement, which would relocate the Florida State Guard training facility to Flagler County.
Flagler County Sheriff Rick Staly applauded the response by Palm Coast and the county after Thursday’s storm damaged several homes.
A 16-year-old student bit a Matanzas High School staff member who was trying to break up a fight, according to the Flagler County Sheriff's Office.
A 15-year-old boy was arrested after threatening with a fake gun to shoot two fellow students at Flagler Palm Coast High School, according to the sheriff’s office.
Upon discovery of the transfer, the district then began an internal investigation, working alongside the FBI and the sheriff’s office, the release states.
A Florida man wearing only socks and a “small covering wrapped around his waist” was arrested after multiple hit-and-run crashes, according to sheriff’s officials.
As more police departments and sheriff’s offices upgrade their body cameras to include livestreaming capabilities, more officers and deputies are using that feature regularly, even daily.
The Flagler County school board will vote Tuesday on whether it should arm school staff members. The district said the guardian program would supplement school resource officers if an active shooter came to campus.
The Flagler County Sheriff’s Office announced on Monday nine people were indicted for trafficking drugs across Central Florida, Arizona and California.
A 10-year-old boy was arrested after he brought a “realistic looking” airsoft gun to Wadsworth Elementary School and showed it off to his classmates, according to the Flagler County Sheriff’s Office.
A 10-year-old boy is being hailed a hero after alerting his school resource officer of what he thought was an abduction one morning before school.
Law enforcement responded to a home in Palm Coast on Monday after a fugitive held himself up in his home, according to Flagler County Sheriff Rick Staly.
Flagler County deputies swarmed a “drug house” in Bunnell on Friday that was set up at a trailer, arresting the man who lived there, according to the sheriff’s office.
A Homeowners Association president who hid cameras in a Flagler condo last year has pleaded guilty to his charges, according to new court records.
Jevante Hamilton, who was convicted of manslaughter for the fentanyl overdose death of another man, was sentenced to 30 years in prison, according to the Flagler County Sheriff’s Office.
Paul Ibelli was honored by the Flagler County Sheriff’s Office on Thursday, credited with fighting off a shooter last November in a nightclub.
A man accused of shooting his girlfriend nearly two years ago is now facing a murder charge after her recent death, the Flagler County Sheriff’s Office announced Friday.
