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Court Hearing Delayed and Jail Time Extended For Man Expelled From Rehab Over Refusing to Profess Faith in God
1+ hour, 2+ min ago (536+ words) Though he has been in jail for almost a month and will continue to be jailed for at least two more weeks, a resolution is in the works for Joshua King, the 29-year-old drunk-driving probationer incarcerated last month on an…...
Flagler Commissioner Approve $20, 000 Settlement with Former HR Manager in Lawsuit Termed 'Bogus' and 'Frivolous"
1+ day, 1+ hour ago (506+ words) June 1, 2026 | Flagler Live | 4 Comments Clamping its nose from what it considers to be an unsavory decision, the Flagler County Commission voted 3-1 this morning to approve a $20, 000 settlement with former employee Samantha Whitfield, the former county human resources manager who sued…...
Palm Coast Man, 21, Accused of Statutory Rape and Recording Encounter With 15-Year-Old Girl
21+ hour, 39+ min ago (389+ words) Micah Mc Guire, a 21-year-old resident of Plumtree Place in Palm Coast, is at the Flagler County jail on $61, 000 bond on a charge of statutory rape and of taking video of the act with the 15-year-old girl's cell phone." When…...
Deputies Arrest Grandmother And 13-Year-Old Girl After Threats And Using Pit Bull to Trap Teens at Ralph Carter Park
2+ day, 20+ hour ago (447+ words) The Flagler County Sheriff's Office arrested a 13-year-old girl and her grandmother following an investigation into an incident at a city park that began as a reported theft and resulted in charges of false imprisonment, assault and written threats to…...
Palm Coast Will Deploy Engine Company to Flagler Beach Fire Department, Bridging Staffing Shortfall For $54, 000
3+ day, 19+ hour ago (675+ words) Flagler Beach and Palm Coast governments are expected to sign a joint agreement next week that will temporarily send a Palm Coast fire engine company to Flagler Beach to help bridge a staffing shortfall provoked by the sudden and simultaneous…...
Chick-fil-A, Ellianos, Now Taco Bell: Palm Coast Appears to Have a Fast-Food Solo Fetish on Its Hands
5+ day, 8+ min ago (673+ words) May 28, 2026 | Flagler Live | 12 Comments "If only it were as easy to banish hunger by rubbing my belly," the 28-year-old man might have said, as Diogenes, antiquity's most famous public masturbator, did." His arrest lengthens a streak of streakers and strokers that…...
Flagler Deputies Arrest Virginia Murder Suspect Accused Of Faking Wife's Suicide in 2021
4+ day, 19+ hour ago (250+ words) Nearing Christmas in 2021, Ashlee Butler, 36, at the time, had decided to leave her husband after a history of domestic violence. She went home to pack. Her husband, Ross Butler, 52 at the time, allegedly abducted her, strangled her and left her…...
'I Lied Under Oath to Protect Government Secrets': The Thin Line Between Mental Illness And Criminal Prosecution
5+ day, 17+ hour ago (639+ words) David J. Pettit is a 41-year-old former resident of Daytona North in Bunnell who three months ago was arrested for the third time for violating an injunction for protection against domestic violence. The injunction has been in effect since 2022 and protects…...
Flagler Sheriff's Deputies Now Equipped with Sensory Support Kits for Individuals in Crisis
6+ day, 18+ hour ago (253+ words) Flagler Live As part of its focus to create positive community outcomes, the Flagler County Sheriff's Office is equipping members of its team with sensory support kits filled with items designed to help neurodivergent individuals or individuals in crisis during…...
Two Years in Prison for Woman, 31, Who Molested 12-Year-Old Stepsister with Vibrator
6+ day, 20+ hour ago (412+ words) Kateland Gent, the 31-year-old woman arrested last June for molesting her stepsister when she was around 12, was sentenced this morning" to two years in prison followed by 10 years on sex-offender probation and a lifetime designation as a sex offender. The…...