The body-camera video and 911 calls related to the arrest of a 46-year-old Palm Coast man, who is running for governor and previously ran for mayor, have been released.>> Watch the body-worn footage in the video player above.According to the Flagler County Sheriff’s Office, Kevin Cichowski was arrested after a disturbance with a weapon. Deputies responded Friday morning to a home on Cleveland Court after a report that a man had “battered two elderly victims in the home — hitting one with a cane and throwing a cellphone at the other — and allegedly had a gun.””The 911 caller, who was one of the victims, further reported the suspect, Kevin Cichowski, had threatened to kill them multiple times and stated he would kill law enforcement if they were called,” FCSO said.In the 911 call, the victim can be heard saying, “Our son came in here, hit my husband with a cane. We’re both disabled right now.”The caller goes on to say Cichowski threw her phone at her head, causing her to bleed.Deputies located the two victims, who were hiding in a bedroom, and said they could not leave the home because one of them was bedridden.After the victims were evacuated, deputies made contact with Cichowski and ordered him to surrender.He did and was taken into custody without incident.Cichowski is facing two counts of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon, two counts of battery on a person over 65, aggravated battery with a deadly weapon, tampering with a witness and two counts of robbery by sudden snatching.While being transported to the Sheriff Perry Hall Inmate Detention Facility, Cichowski made suicidal statements and was placed into protective custody under the Baker Act, FCSO said.Cichowski was previously arrested in 2024 for domestic battery, domestic battery by strangulation, and false imprisonment.Cichowski is running for governor of Florida and previously ran for Palm Coast mayor in 2021.He filed in the Division of Elections as a Democratic candidate.
FLAGLER COUNTY, Fla. —
The body-camera video and 911 calls related to the arrest of a 46-year-old Palm Coast man, who is running for governor and previously ran for mayor, have been released.
>> Watch the body-worn footage in the video player above.
According to the Flagler County Sheriff’s Office, Kevin Cichowski was arrested after a disturbance with a weapon.
Deputies responded Friday morning to a home on Cleveland Court after a report that a man had “battered two elderly victims in the home — hitting one with a cane and throwing a cellphone at the other — and allegedly had a gun.”
“The 911 caller, who was one of the victims, further reported the suspect, Kevin Cichowski, had threatened to kill them multiple times and stated he would kill law enforcement if they were called,” FCSO said.
In the 911 call, the victim can be heard saying, “Our son came in here, hit my husband with a cane. We’re both disabled right now.”
The caller goes on to say Cichowski threw her phone at her head, causing her to bleed.
Deputies located the two victims, who were hiding in a bedroom, and said they could not leave the home because one of them was bedridden.
After the victims were evacuated, deputies made contact with Cichowski and ordered him to surrender.
He did and was taken into custody without incident.
Cichowski is facing two counts of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon, two counts of battery on a person over 65, aggravated battery with a deadly weapon, tampering with a witness and two counts of robbery by sudden snatching.
While being transported to the Sheriff Perry Hall Inmate Detention Facility, Cichowski made suicidal statements and was placed into protective custody under the Baker Act, FCSO said.
Cichowski was previously arrested in 2024 for domestic battery, domestic battery by strangulation, and false imprisonment.
Cichowski is running for governor of Florida and previously ran for Palm Coast mayor in 2021.
He filed in the Division of Elections as a Democratic candidate.