Abduction victim found near Flagler Estates

Sheriff's Office
Violent Crimes Unit Detectives are investigating the circumstances surrounding the beating of a 26-year old man that occurred over the weekend according to a media advisory received by Historic City Media this evening.

According to the report released by Media Resource Officer Kevin Kelshaw, the investigation began at 7:15 a.m. this morning when the male victim was observed walking out of the woods in the area of Kirchherr Ave., and Guy St., in Flagler Estates.

Don’t show me the money

Supervisor of Elections office
A million dollars.

According to the records of the office of the Supervisor of Elections, that’s how much money was reported to have been raised and spent by candidates who wanted to be elected to a city or county position in St. Johns County four years ago.

Archaeological artifacts on display at VIC

Atocha sword display
Over 380 years after it slipped beneath the surface of the waters in the stormy Straits of Florida, a sword from the famed Spanish gallon, Nuestra Señora de Atocha, has a new home in the St. Augustine & St. Johns County Visitor Information Center. The story of the sword’s arrival and preservation starts a decade ago.

Seventeen year old charged with sexual battery

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.