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21-gun salute for Sheriff Perry
As Neil J. Perry was laid to rest this afternoon, hundreds of mourners paid their final respects to a man, many of whom owe their law enforcement careers.
Posted inEditorials
Protest over gay pride Oreo cookies
Oreo, America’s favorite cookie, is stirring up more than milk today after Kraft Foods posted a gay pride Oreo on the cookie’s Facebook page.
Posted inPublic Safety
Status of Beach police officers still a mystery
A letter addressed to Historic City News and other media outlets originating from Mike Scudiero, representing the Coastal Florida Police Benevolent Association, informed us that, “the officers of the St. Augustine Beach Police Department have been cleared of wrongdoing in the investigation of their use of official law enforcement information systems.”
Posted inPublic Safety
Internet chat room friend arrested
With assistance from agents with the Federal Bureau of Investigation, St Johns County Special Victims Unit detectives arrested a 25 year-old man who they say traveled twice from his home in the United Kingdom, under false pretenses, to engage in an illegal act.
Posted inPublic Safety
Thieves recently use smash-and-grab tactics
Law enforcement officials are urging Historic City News readers and visitors to help fight crime by removing valuables from their parked vehicles; whether in congested parking lots, isolated along the beach highway, or even in your driveway at home.
Posted inBusiness
7-Eleven plans to return to San Marco Avenue
Matthew Shaffer, the vice president of the Nelmar Terrace Neighborhood Association, appeared before the St Augustine City Commission and Historic City News reporters Monday night to express his objections to a proposed 7-Eleven convenience store, with gasoline, to be built on San Marco Avenue at May Street.
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Visitation, funeral and gravesite rites for Sheriff Perry
The family of former St Johns County Sheriff Neil J Perry will receive visitors Wednesday, June 27 from 3:00 p.m. until 8:00 p.m. at Craig Funeral Home in St Augustine, according to an announcement received by Historic City News.
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Jury convicts man who set his wife on fire
After a two-day trial, State Attorney R J Larizza informed Historic City News that a Putnam County jury found 41 year-old Khalid Abeljawwad Mohd guilty, as charged, of attempted first degree murder with a weapon; a life felony; arson, a first degree felony; and aggravated battery causing serious bodily injury with a weapon, a first degree felony.