Pawn records led to caregiver’s arrest
In a scheme that abused the trust of an elderly Ponte Vedra Beach man by his caregiver, St Johns County Sheriff’s spokesman Kevin Kelshaw informed local Historic City News reporters that an arrest has been made after detectives found that more than $100,000 in exploited property.



Sean Mulhall, Chairman of the St Johns County Republican Executive Committee, announced to local Historic City News reporters in St Augustine that the February business meeting for the Republican Party has been rescheduled to avoid a conflict with Valentine’s Day.
The question on many Historic City News reader’s minds this morning, after Bill Leary’s short-notice resignation from the St Augustine City Commission yesterday afternoon, is, “what’s next?”
Elected to the St Augustine City Commission in 2010, 63-year-old William Lavern “Bill” Leary, has decided to resign the office midway through his first term, according to an announcement in the Friday Record.
Cannabis with an estimated street value of $157,000 was confiscated from a 47-year-old St Johns County man by officers with the St Johns County Sheriff’s Office and the Tri-County Narcotics Task Force when they executed a search warrant at his home this morning.
A St Johns County deputy was uninjured when another driver turned left in front of his patrol car this morning as he was in route to an emergency call, according to a report received by Historic City News from FHP Sergeant Dylan Bryan.
Kathy Catron, Communications Director for St Augustine, Ponte Vedra and the Beaches Visitors and Convention Bureau, would like to update Historic City News readers on several events planned in St Johns County during Black History Month and throughout the year.
Butterfield Garage Art Gallery announced to Historic City News in St Augustine that an original member, and long-time exhibitor, Beau Redmond, has returned to the gallery and says he is glad to be home.