Flagler County Sheriff’s Office Press Release:
On July 3, deputies responded to a shoplifting at Lowe’s in Palm Coast after a man attempted to steal nearly $1,500 in merchandise. However, the suspect abandoned the items and ran before deputies arrived.
Shortly after, we received a call from a concerned citizen who saw a man riding on the back of a UPS truck on Palm Coast Parkway. The UPS driver eventually stopped the truck and told the man to get off, which he did near Lupia Court.
Through investigative means, Problem Area Crime Enforcement Unit detectives and the Real Time Crime Center tracked the suspect’s movements and established that, lo and behold, the man on the truck was our guy!
The PACE Unit quickly located the suspect, Michael Daversa, 31, of Holly Hill, Florida and arrested him for shoplifting – grand theft. He was transported to the Sheriff Perry Hall Inmate Detention Facility, where he is being held on a $15,000 bond.
