Man Arrested After Fleeing Traffic Stop and Throwing Evidence Out Car Window

On Sunday morning, just after midnight, deputies attempted a traffic stop on Belle Terre Boulevard in Palm Coast on a gold Cadillac sedan with an obstructed license plate. Despite deputies activating their lights and sirens, the vehicle failed to stop, making multiple turns until reaching the cul-de-sac on Kaydot Court. As the vehicle attempted to turn around in the cul-de-sac, deputies observed the driver, later identified as James Timmons, 28, of Palm Coast, throwing an object out the window toward a drainage ditch. Deputies then blocked the vehicle and initiated a high-risk traffic stop. After the vehicle stopped, Timmons immediately exited with a cellphone in his hand. Deputies ordered Timmons to stop and raise his hands in the air. Timmons put his hands in the air but began to walk toward the front of the vehicle. As deputies repeatedly issued commands, Timmons eventually laid on the ground but intermittently refused to comply with deputies, often dropping his hands, turning away, and failing to let go of his cellphone. Ultimately, deputies secured Timmons without incident and placed him in a patrol car. After Timmons was secured, deputies recovered a vaping device in the grass near the drainage ditch. Timmons would later deny the device was his. Deputies also searched Timmons’ vehicle, where they located marijuana in a pair of jeans on the floorboard, a jar with marijuana residue in the driver’s door, and a THC pen in the trunk. Deputies also determined that Timmons had a suspended license for failing to pay traffic fines. “This guy should not have been driving in the first place, and he definitely should not have tried to run from deputies,” said Sheriff Rick Staly. “Unfortunately for him, his attempt to flee was short lived because he turned onto a dead-end road and had nowhere else to go. Now he earned himself a trip to the Green Roof Inn on multiple felony charges.” Deputies arrested Timmons for fleeing or attempting to elude a law enforcement officer with lights and sirens activated, possession of hashish, tampering with evidence, possession of marijuana (20 grams or less), possession of drug paraphernalia, and driving while license suspended. He was transported to the Sheriff Perry Hall Inmate Detention Facility, where he was later released on a $9,000 bond. ABOUT FCSO The Flagler County Sheriff's Office is under the direction of Sheriff Rick Staly. Serving the citizens of Flagler County, FL since 1917. Follow us on social media! • Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/flaglersheriff/ • Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/flaglersher... • Twitter: https://twitter.com/FlaglerSheriff