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Same cop, same criminal, 2 arrests 16 days apart totaling 13 counts

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Perhaps Michael Windom, a convicted felon who got out of jail just weeks ago, is a man of routine — a routine that involved parking downtown apartments. It landed him in Flagler County Jail twice in the past 16 days for similar offenses that total up to 13 counts, including a first-degree count of trafficking fentanyl.

He posted $56,500 bail the first time. He might not get bail this time: The state filed a motion to revoke his bail even on the first set of charges. He had served a three-year prison sentence last December.

On the evening of Jan. 12, Flagler County Sheriff’s Deputy Daniel Weaver was patrolling the area of ​​the apartment complex next to the Epic Theater in downtown. He was looking for a particular vehicle, a Nissan Altima that he had tried to park the day before. He had accelerated “and was extremely reckless in 195,” Weaver wrote in his report. There was no prosecution, as the alleged offense committed by the occupant of the car does not rise to the level of an authorized prosecution.

The car was a rental. Weaver found who had rented it – a 24-year-old woman living in the apartment complex. Weaver, who was driving an unmarked car, spotted the rental. He had been backed up, but in a corner of the field, not in a parking space. He also spotted Windom. He was behind the car, apparently trying to unscrew the license plate. A black and green backpack was next to him.

Windom, 22, recognized the car, as it was the same one that had been involved in the traffic stop attempt the day before. Windom fled, Weaver reports, as Weaver shouted, “Police, get to the ground.” He disappeared into one of the apartments, but eventually obeyed and got out, along with the woman who had rented the car. A search of the backpack would have yielded various drugs in varying amounts – 10.5 grams of fentanyl, 2 grams of crack, 10.6 grams of methamphetamines, 1.3 grams of pot. Windom had $764. It was seized – confiscation of property.

Windom, who is a Daytona Beach resident at 720 Westmoreland Drive (not a resident of downtown apartments) was incarcerated in the county jail and released the next afternoon on temporary release.

Saturday night, Weaver was back at the apartment complex, on foot patrol. It was nearly midnight. He spotted a Buick in the parking lot, engine and headlights on. As he observed the vehicle, the headlights went out. No one got out of the car. Weaver approached. The woman who had rented the car in the previous incident was driving. Windom was in the passenger seat. They rolled down the window. Weaver reports that he allegedly saw “a green leafy substance strewn across the front” of Windom’s hoodie and the front of his pants, ostensibly giving him the power to continue the search without a search warrant. Windom, Weaver reports, was trying to conceal a bag. The deputy called for reinforcements.

Once there, deputies ordered the two occupants of the vehicle out of the Buick and searched the bag he was trying to hide. Deputies allegedly found 3.7 grams of methamphetamine, 6.7 grams of pot, 1.2 grams of fentanyl, plus oxycodone, hydrocodone, an MDMA pill and a pill that could not be identified. “The way each bag was individually wrapped separating different types of narcotics is consistent with my training and experience in involving the sale of narcotics,” Weaver reported.

Deputies also found $954 on Windom. The woman said it was her rent money. Windom said he had worked at Popeye since his arrest earlier this month, received a $500 paycheck and his grandmother gave him $500 in bail. (He would not have been released from jail earlier in the month without handing over $565 to bail.) The money was seized as an asset forfeiture. Windom was sentenced to jail on an additional $51,000 bond. In total, he faces the first-degree felony charge for allegedly trafficking fentanyl, three second-degree felony charges, four third-degree felony charges and a few misdemeanors. The two January arrests were his first at Flagler. He was arrested in Volusia County for drug trafficking and assault in 2018, and on an out-of-county warrant for burglary and drug possession.

Windom’s arrest on Saturday was part of what the sheriff’s office described as a “busy community policing weekend” that totaled 721 calls for service to the 911 dispatch center, according to a sheriff’s statement released this week. afternoon. The activity included the arrest of a suspect who fled a traffic stop, an arrest which required assistance from FireFlight, the county emergency helicopter, and another who allegedly stole a vehicle.

The agency also carried out 218 roadside checks and responded to 35 accidents. “This is a great example of all the hard work our deputies face on a daily basis,” Sheriff Rick Staly said in the statement. “The deputies who worked this weekend had to act quickly to track down stolen vehicles, deal with subjects resisting arrest and deal with a habitual poison peddler. These were not easy cases and I am proud from the whole team who managed everything to keep our community safe.