VOLUSIA COUNTY, Fla. — According to the Volusia Sheriff’s Office, Joshua Mauri is in custody after turning himself in Saturday afternoon on felony charges stemming from a domestic violence incident in the DeLand area.
Deputies said the incident began around 7:30 p.m. Thursday when they responded to a 911 call from a woman who had locked herself and her children in a bedroom while Mauri allegedly broke into the home. According to the sheriff’s office, Mauri took the woman’s phone, smashed it and threatened her before leaving in a black Porsche SUV.
The sheriff’s office said Mauri nearly struck the first deputy arriving at the scene. Deputies said he returned to the area around 1:30 a.m. and, when approached, reversed his SUV into the front of a patrol vehicle before fleeing through a yard and fence, onto State Road 44 and into Lake County.
Mauri faces charges including domestic assault, robbery by sudden snatching, deprivation of 911, fleeing, aggravated fleeing, aggravated battery on a law enforcement officer and criminal mischief.
He is being held at the Volusia County Branch Jail without bond, according to the sheriff’s office.
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