At about 8:00 p.m. last night, Historic City News was informed that St Augustine Police had been dispatched to 60 Julia Street to quiet a disturbance. The victim, a female resident of the home claimed that she was “pushed down by Errol Jones and was trapped in her room”.
At about 11:00 a.m. Friday, Historic City News was informed that a St Johns County major crimes detective, 52-year-old Jeffrey Lewis Cook, has been arrested and charged with lewd & lascivious molestation. As of Monday morning, Cook remains in custody for the second-degree felony, in lieu of $150,000 bond.
Historic City News learned that, 87-year-old Alwin Hoffmann from Jacksonville, had just been involved in a minor motor vehicle crash in the westbound lanes of SR-16 at Fortner Road on Saturday, January 12, 2019, at about 10:00 p.m.
According to the St. Augustine Police Department, a city employee told police Wednesday evening that she got a call from a co-worker about a woman lying on the floor of the men’s restroom at Cafe del Hidalgo, 35 Hypolita Street.
Letter: 40-year resident with a quarter-century of law enforcement service declares candidacy for sheriff
by Chris Strickland
St Augustine, FL
Historic City News was notified by Florida Department of Transportation Public Information Officer, Allen Nelson, that traffic will be impacted at the following St Augustine and St Johns County locations where roadwork is being conducted.
Assistant Beach Marshal Ron Parker was killed in the Line of Duty January 12, 1975, while investigating the minor crash of a vehicle, later verified to be stolen. Parker discovered the unoccupied vehicle in the St. Augustine Beach parking lot overlooking the Sheraton Inn pool.
