Historic City News

Farmhand arrested for molesting donkey

According to an arrest report filed by detectives with the Marion County Sheriff’s Office, a 31-year-old Ocala man told law enforcement officers that Florida is a “backwards state” and that people “frown on zoophiles here” as he was being taken to jail; accused of having sex with a miniature female donkey.

Public Safety

Light the Plaza for Recovery

EPIC Community Services reported to Historic City News that the “Light the Plaza for Recovery” event, celebrating individuals in recovery, and promoting the message that treatment is worth it, would be held on Saturday, September 22, from 7:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. in the Plaza de la Constitucion.

Community

Cladek may never leave prison

Assistant United States Attorney Jay Taylor reported to Historic City News that St Augustine Beach con artist Lydia Cladek was sentenced to serve 30 years and 4 months in federal prison for conspiracy to commit mail and wire fraud, mail fraud, and wire fraud. US District Judge Timothy J. Corrigan also ordered Cladek to pay…

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Public Safety

Cladek will have 30-years to reflect

This morning, Historic City News reporters learned that Lydia Cladek will have 30-years in a federal prison to think about her crimes, which robbed investors of more than $100 million.

Community

Skeptics attend St Augustine Mobility Institute

Some participants in the St Augustine Mobility Institute, going on this week at different venues around the city, have expressed concerns and some skepticism about what exactly it is that the planners have in mind for the city’s transportation system.

Government

Life of Victor Ostrowidzki celebrated

The life of Victor Ostrowidzki will be honored in a special ceremony being held at Flagler College; where the veteran journalist, who served as a White House reporter during the Reagan administration, was director of the Forum on Government and Public Policy and a longtime professor before his death earlier this year. The ceremony will…

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Community

Hearing on Guana River Land Management Plan

The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission informed local Historic City News reporters that a public hearing would be held in St Augustine on September 27 to present the 10-year draft Land Management Plan for Guana River Wildlife Management Area.

Government

Dean takes Women’s Long Board Division

Dean takes Women’s Long Board Division by Haley Watson Historic City News was informed that St Augustine resident Jazmine Dean took first place in the Women’s Long Board Division at the 2012 Eastern Surfing Championship in Nags Head, on North Carolina’s Outer Banks yesterday.

Community