PALM COAST, Fla. – A man is back behind bars after leading deputies on a chase after they responded to an assault call Tuesday afternoon.
The Flagler County Sheriff’s Office (FCSO) responded to a call about an assault near the I-95 ramp and Palm Coast Parkway.
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When the deputies arrived at the scene, the victim said Corey Kittle was last seen riding his bicycle west on Palm Coast Parkway.
Later Tuesday evening, deputies located a suspect matching Kittle’s description in a Winn Dixie parking lot in Palm Coast. When Kittle was approached by deputies, he was hesitant and nervous and wouldn’t provide accurate identification information, FCSO said.
Deputies said they tried to catch him but he ran away.
The report states that the 29-year-old ran through the hedges near South-Gate Bank, continued over Cypress Point Parkway, and jumped over the railing on the sidewalk, continuing through a retention pond into the Walmart parking lot. Deputies briefly lost sight of him and then saw Kittle exit a back door of the Walmart automotive department near the rear loading bay.
Bodycam video shows the final moments leading up to FCSO deputies and K-9 unit capturing the man.
The FCSO established a perimeter around Walmart and FireFlight and called for the FCSO K-9 Unit for assistance.
K9 Baro found Kittle hiding under a Walmart semi-trailer parked on the loading dock.
Deputies said they conducted a search of Kittle’s backpack and found 4.4g of a crystal-like substance, which tested positive for methamphetamine, along with a broken glass pipe.
Kittle was arrested and accused of providing a fictitious name to law enforcement, resisting officer without violence, burglary, petit theft, aggravated assault with a deadly weapon, criminal mischief, possession of methamphetamine and possession of drug paraphernalia.
Kittle has an extensive criminal history in Pennsylvania dating back to 2012, FCSO said.