Contextualization plan for confederate monuments
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Contextualization plan for confederate monuments

By Katie Garwood
Flagler College Gargoyle (FULL)

The St. Augustine city commission listens to public comment regarding a course of action on the confederate statues in town. Rather than remove a confederate monument in St. Augustine’s downtown plaza, St. Augustine city commissioners decided Monday night to keep the memorial to soldiers who died in the Civil War, but also add “context” to better explain the complex history surrounding it.

Letter: One bad apple won’t ruin all the good we’ve done
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Letter: One bad apple won’t ruin all the good we’ve done

MARIELENA SCIBELLI

Letter: One bad apple won’t ruin all the good we’ve done

Marielena Scibelli
St Augustine, FL

Dear Historic City News editor:

I was the manager on duty at the Historic Ponce Hotel when Rachel Ashley Bilka was asked to leave.  Her complaint has created a fire storm on social media, so I would like to offer your readers some facts to consider before they draw the wrong conclusion about the situation.

Sex offender arrested for address reporting violation
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Sex offender arrested for address reporting violation

When sexual offenders and predators are integrated back into the community, there are a number of requirements that become terms of their release — not for six-months, not for six-years, but for the rest of their lives. Historic City News learned of one such offender whose failure to update authorities on his place of residence has landed in the St Johns County Detention Facility.

Police arrest reports from the night shift
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Police arrest reports from the night shift

On October 18th at approximately 11:00 p.m., St Augustine Police responded to Carmelo’s at 146 King Street to investigate a man harassing customers as they entered and exited the store.  Upon arrival, officers observed the man, later identified as 31-year-old Jacob Robert Unrein of St Augustine, who was holding a brown bag containing a large can. Unrein threw away a 24oz can of 3.5% alcohol Modelo Chelada malt beverage when he saw the officers.

Defendant released after posting $45,000 bond
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Defendant released after posting $45,000 bond

William Tobias-Elliott Tinsley was arrested Wednesday on a warrant charging him with five drug-related crimes including; (F.S. 893.1351.3) drug production, (F.S. 893.13.1a1) sale of opium or a derivative, (F.S. 893.13.1a1) sale of opium or a derivative, (F.S. 893.13.1a3) sale of opium or a derivative, (F.S. 893.135.1c1) trafficking in opium or a derivative and (F.S. 827.03.2d) child neglect. He was held in lieu of $95,000 bond.