A viral social media panic prompted a response from the Flagler County Sheriff s Office on April 23.
The social media posts have stated falsely that a group of men had declared April 24 a National Rape Day in a TikTok video and that penalties for sexual crimes would be suspended on that date.
There is no holiday that legalizes sexual assault, and independent fact checkers at multiplenewsoutlets have found no evidence that the supposed original video existed in the first place. The rumor-checking website Snopes found that rumors about such a day have circulated online for years.
The FCSO issued a news release April 23 noting that TikTok itself had denied finding any evidence of such a video, and stating that the FCSO s Domestic Homeland Security Unit is aware of the social media posts.
Man arrested in Flagler County for allegedly threatening to kill ex-girlfriend, deputies say
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The Flagler County Sheriff’s Office on Saturday arrested a man after he allegedly made threats to kill his ex-girlfriend.
Deputies took into custody 39-year-old Aaron Thayer, who allegedly drove from a work assignment in Connecticut to Florida overnight Friday into Saturday and broke into his ex-girlfriend’s home in Flagler County, according to deputies.
Thayer drove down after the woman disconnected security cameras installed at the house by Thayer, deputies said.
After breaking in the back door of the house, Thayer allegedly stole $400 from the home, grabbed a firearm and chased the woman, deputies said.
Xandar Garrett was found safe in Pinellas County.
Last Updated: Monday, 1:38 p.m.
Xandar Garrett, the 13-year-old boy who disappeared from his home on Oct. 22 after telling his step-mother he was going to walk the dog, was found safe in Pinellas County, where he’d run away.
Xandar had been hiding at a friend’s house in Pinellas County for many days, until his friend’s parents found out, a Flagler County Sheriff’s spokesperson said Monday afternoon. The friend’s parents then called Xandar’s father, who had recently moved to Palm Coast. Xandar had not left his parents completely in the dark: he had contacted them at one point to let them know he was OK, but did not reveal his whereabouts.