Seventeen year old charged with sexual battery

May 2, 2008

Jesus Manuel Semidey
In a report received by Historic City Media from Kevin Kelshaw, Media Resource Officer with the St. Johns County Sheriff’s Office, we are informed that a 17-year old St. Johns County juvenile was arrested Thursday evening on charges that he committed sexual battery on a person under 12 years of age and that he committed a lewd and lascivious act on a person under the age of 16. Read more

Snatch-and-grab suspect arrested

May 2, 2008

William Edward Koenig
Historic City Media was notified by Sheriff’s Office Media Resource Officer Kevin Kelshaw that a 32-year old St. Johns County man was arrested on two counts of robbery by sudden snatching, one count of petit theft and four counts of violation of probation Wednesday afternoon.

The suspect, identified as William Edward Koenig, 32, 260 Old Village Center Cr., was booked into the St. Johns County Jail where he remains held without bond. Read more

Harassing calls land caller in jail

May 2, 2008

Robert Benjamin Rush
An 18-year old St. Johns County man was arrested Thursday afternoon on 16 counts of harassing telephone calls according to a report received by Historic City Media from Kevin Kelshaw; Media Resource Officer with the St. Johns County Sheriff’s Office.

The suspect, identified as Robert Benjamin Rush, 18, 1722 Heatherwood Dr., St. Johns, was booked into the County Jail and released Thursday evening after posting bonds totaling $8,000 on the 16 misdemeanor charges. Read more

Story of a street artist

May 2, 2008

Charlotte and Hypolita Streets
This photo is the “Scene of The Crime” according to a story that appeared on a local blog of downtown artists; where they say this narrative is typical of the treatment that street artists in St. Augustine receive from the local police. Read more

Tammerlin in the Plaza

May 2, 2008

Tammerlin
Northwest Florida’s premier folk duo, Tammerlin is the concert this week. You can pay to hear them at Gamble Rogers or you can hear them for free Thursday, May 8th at 7:00 p.m. in the plaza.

Tammerlin isn’t your “Folk Group Come Lately,” nor are they obscure. They have been traveling, performing, making CDs and fine music for over fifteen years. Read more

Bomb scare proved to be false alarm

May 2, 2008

St. Augustine Premium Outlets
Wednesday evening at about 8:00 p.m. the information desk at the St. Augustine Outlet Mall, located on S. R. 16 west of I – 95, reported to the St. Johns County Sheriff’s Office that they had received an anonymous bomb threat.

Mall security stated to Deputy Sheriff James Hayward that a caller, described as a “male voice that was hard to understand”, told him that “there was a bomb at the NIKE store”. When the security officer asked the caller to repeat themselves, they hung up the telephone instead. Read more

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