Stand your ground may stand – with tweaks
Historic City News was notified Friday that Governor Scott’s special task force set, up after the slaying of central Florida teenager Trayvon Martin, recommended Friday that Florida keep it’s “stand your ground” law — permitting residents to use deadly force in street confrontations.



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Community Resource Officer Mark Samson informed local Historic City News reporters that a warrants check by St Augustine police officers last night has resulted in the arrest of a 20-year-old man on 50 separate charges of failure to appear.
At the heart of the police shooting reported by Historic City News Thursday morning, was a St Johns County deputy’s discovery of a stolen 2012 KIA Sorento in the west parking lot of the Quality Inn located at SR-16 and Interstate 95.
At 10:21 p.m. last night, a customer who told Historic City News reporters that he stops almost daily at the Interstate Mobil gas station located at 6020 East SR-100 entered the Palm Coast convenience store to find the clerk lying on the floor in a pool of blood.
In accordance with Florida State Statute 775.21, this news release will serve as public notification that the St. Johns County Sheriff’s Office has been given information that a person judged to be a sexual predator is now residing within St. Johns County.
Laurie Sanderson reported the following St Augustine and St Johns County locations to Historic City News where the Florida Department of Transportation will be conducting roadwork that is expected to have an impact on driving, beginning this morning and continuing through the coming week.