Media Relations Officer, Kevin Kelshaw, informed Historic City News in St Augustine today that a nine-year veteran of the St Johns County Sheriff’s Office is the deputy who fired the shot yesterday afternoon that killed 64-year-old Rodney Wayne Stevens inside his residence at 385 Katnack Road, off White Castle Road.
St Augustine is a city where history is all around us — centuries of it; from the time of the discovery of La Florida in 1513, the settlement of our city in 1565, through domestic wars, and wars of conscience, led by those who have participated, both as good citizen-soldiers, as well as elected government officials.
Historic City News readers are invited to attend the Annual Holiday Concert presented by the Florida School for the Deaf and Blind Music Department — either on campus, or, through a livestream broadcast over the Internet.
St Johns County Sheriff’s deputies responded to a disturbance call at a residence off White Castle Road this afternoon; where a 64-year-old local man, wanted by police for grand theft, felony battery, and tampering with a witness, threatened family members who were trying to talk him into surrendering.
Historic City News has learned that a 12-year-old St Johns County girl, and her parents, will sleep better, and safer, tonight; after the arrest of a 41-year-old Canadian man who investigators say attempted to lure the girl away from her home using the Internet.
Administrative Coordinator Rosemarie Frey was selected by the committee as the Department Employee of the Year.
Director Eric S. Doten, a member of the Board of County Court Mediation Services, has invited Historic City News readers to consider the citizen dispute settlement program available to residents of St Johns, Volusia, and Putnam County, without charge, the next time you find yourself at an impasse in a civil dispute.
Monday evening at about 5:00 p.m., St Augustine Police Officer Bryan Johnson and Sergeant Richard Warner responded to a fight call from the Plaza de la Constitution. According to the report, one of the men involved was armed with a knife.
