\n\t\t\t\t\t\tFlagler County deputies arrested Kevin Cichowski, who’s running to become governor of Florida, after he reportedly battered and threatened to kill two elderly victims.On April 10, deputies responded to a call about a domestic disturbance with a weapon at a residence along Cleveland Court in Palm Coast.According to the Flagler County Sheriff’s Office, reports stated Kevin Cichowski, 46, hit one victim with a cane and threw a cellphone at the other victim, and alleged that he had a gun.One of the victims, who called 911, also said that Cichowski threatened to kill them multiple times and stated that he would kill law enforcement if they were called.The two victims were located by deputies when they arrived at the residence. According to FCSO, they were hiding in a bedroom, and one of the victims could not leave the home because they were bedridden.Deputies were able to escort the victims out of the home through the lanai. The deputies then made contact with Cichowski.Cichowski was taken into custody and arrested after surrendering to deputies. He is facing the following charges:Two counts of aggravated assault with a deadly weaponTwo counts of battery on a person over 65Aggravated battery with a deadly weaponTampering with a witnessTwo counts of robbery by sudden snatchingAccording to FCSO, Cichowski was placed into protective custody under the Baker Act after making suicidal statements while being transported to the Sheriff Perry Hall Inmate Detention Facility.FCSO said Cichowski was arrested in 2024 for domestic battery, domestic battery by strangulation, and false imprisonment.Cichowski is a candidate in the 2026 race for Florida governor, and he previously ran for Palm Coast mayor in 2021.DOWNLOAD\u202fthe free\u202fGulf Coast News app\u202ffor your latest news and alerts on breaking news, weather, sports, entertainment, and more on your phone or tablet. And check out the Very Local Gulf Coast app to stream news, entertainment and original programming on your TV.\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n
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Flagler County deputies arrested Kevin Cichowski, who’s running to become governor of Florida, after he reportedly battered and threatened to kill two elderly victims.<\/p>\n
On April 10, deputies responded to a call about a domestic disturbance with a weapon at a residence along Cleveland Court in Palm Coast.<\/p>\n
According to the Flagler County Sheriff’s Office, reports stated Kevin Cichowski, 46, hit one victim with a cane and threw a cellphone at the other victim, and alleged that he had a gun.<\/p>\n
One of the victims, who called 911, also said that Cichowski threatened to kill them multiple times and stated that he would kill law enforcement if they were called.<\/p>\n
The two victims were located by deputies when they arrived at the residence. According to FCSO, they were hiding in a bedroom, and one of the victims could not leave the home because they were bedridden.<\/p>\n
Deputies were able to escort the victims out of the home through the lanai. The deputies then made contact with Cichowski.<\/p>\n
Cichowski was taken into custody and arrested after surrendering to deputies. He is facing the following charges:<\/p>\n
Two counts of aggravated assault with a deadly weaponTwo counts of battery on a person over 65Aggravated battery with a deadly weaponTampering with a witnessTwo counts of robbery by sudden snatching<\/p>\n
According to FCSO, Cichowski was placed into protective custody under the Baker Act after making suicidal statements while being transported to the Sheriff Perry Hall Inmate Detention Facility.<\/p>\n
FCSO said Cichowski was arrested in 2024 for domestic battery, domestic battery by strangulation, and false imprisonment.<\/p>\n
Cichowski is a candidate in the 2026 race for Florida governor, and he previously ran for Palm Coast mayor in 2021.<\/p>\n
DOWNLOAD\u202fthe free\u202fGulf Coast News app<\/a>\u202ffor your latest news and alerts on breaking news, weather, sports, entertainment, and more on your phone or tablet. And check out the Very Local Gulf Coast app<\/a> to stream news, entertainment and original programming on your TV.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Flagler County deputies arrested Kevin Cichowski, who’s running to become governor of Florida, after he reportedly battered and…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":230791,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[692,5686,7740,3979,4561,89455,104,28621,4717,103391,28620,28,103390,3291,32656,30,29,6281,102969,213,17140,99,6551,14040],"class_list":{"0":"post-230790","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-florida","8":"tag-arrest","9":"tag-battery","10":"tag-count","11":"tag-custody","12":"tag-deputy","13":"tag-elderly-victim","14":"tag-entertainment","15":"tag-fcso","16":"tag-flagler-county","17":"tag-flagler-county-deputy","18":"tag-flagler-county-sheriffs-office","19":"tag-florida","20":"tag-florida-candidate","21":"tag-florida-governor","22":"tag-florida-governor-race","23":"tag-florida-headlines","24":"tag-florida-news","25":"tag-governor","26":"tag-kevin-cichowski","27":"tag-late-news","28":"tag-palm-coast","29":"tag-politics","30":"tag-residence","31":"tag-robbery"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/230790","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=230790"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/230790\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/230791"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=230790"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=230790"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=230790"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}