Clay County deputy arrested on domestic battery charges, sheriff’s office says
By Katherine Langford
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A Palm Coast man was arrested Sunday after fleeing from a traffic stop and weaving a motorcycle through traffic with a passenger aboard, the Flagler County Sheriff’s Office said.Jacob Lunsford, 23, was riding west on State Road 100 about 12:20 p.m. Nov. 1 when Sheriff Rick Staly clocked the motorcycle at 66 mph in a 50-mph zone, officials said. Staly activated his lights and siren after the motorcycle, which had an obscured license plate, did not initially stop.The motorcycle stopped near Belle Terre Parkway, but Lunsford looked at Staly and accelerated north, passing cars by splitting lanes, FCSO. Staly did not pursue because Lunsford was endangering the passenger and others on the road, and to comply with state law and agency policy.Deputies used investigative technology to identify Lunsford and later stopped him after he left his Palm Coast residence as a passenger in a car. Staly responded and identified him as the motorcycle driver, officials said.“This guy turned a minor traffic