FCSO arrests man in connection with Dec. 19 gas station armed robbery

The Flagler County Sheriff’s Office has arrested a 21-year-old Volusia County man in connection with the Dec. 19 armed robbery of a Palm Coast gas station.

Collin Calvert of Volusia County was arrested on Dec. 29 in connection with the armed robbery of the Mobil gas station on the 200 block of Pine Lakes Parkway in Palm Coast, according to a press release from FCSO. He was initially arrested by the Port Orange Police Department on unrelated charges, but through their investigation, FCSO was able to connect Calvert to the incident, the release said.

Collin Calvert, 21, of Volusia County has been arrested in connection with the Mobil gas station armed robbery. Photo courtesy of FCSO

He is being held at the Volusia County Branch Jail on a $250,000 bond.

“Thank you to the anonymous tipsters who led our detectives to the Volusia County area to search for this suspect,” Flagler County Sheriff Rick Staly said, “and a special thank you to all of the agencies that assisted and helped us quickly solve this case in less than two weeks.”

The Mobil gas station was robbed at gun-point at 8:40 pm when a man wearing a face shield and ball cap entered the store with an AR-15 style firearm, according to the incident report. The assailant instructed the cashier to hand over the cash in the register, the report said, which she did; he left immediately after on foot.

FCSO’s Major Case Unit has since been investigating the crime, the press release said. The sheriff’s office posted about the incident on social media and received a tip that an AR-15 had been stolen from someone in Volusia County.

In conjunction with the POPD and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms, Calvert was identified as a suspect and arrested by POPD on unrelated charges, the press release said.

FCSO detectives interviewed the suspect and found he had sold the firearm used in the Mobil robbery and other stolen firearms shortly after the robbery, the press release said.

After continued investigation and collaboration by multiple agencies, FCSO’s Major Case Unit secured a warrant and arrested Calvert.

Calvert will be extradited “in the near future” to Flagler County to face charges, the press release said. He has no prior criminal history in Flagler County.