Three officers and civilian required to restrain detainee
Just after midnight this morning, Historic City News was informed that two St Johns County Sheriff’s deputies and a supervisor responded to a call for assistance at a residence on CR-204 in Hastings, where 48-year-old Billy Cullen Sapp Jr was in a rage — threatening his family, including four small children, and damaging a motor vehicle and other private property — while armed with a hammer.






Historic City News has learned that a 26-year-old St Augustine Beach man is in custody this morning in lieu of $4000 bond after being arrested by St Augustine Police on charges that he repeatedly stuck his girlfriend, trapped her in the apartment that they share, and held her against her will as she attempted to leave for work.
The information contained in this report is taken from sources deemed reliable; the accuracy and completeness of which Historic City News does not control and cannot guarantee.

Historic City News was informed that the City of St Augustine temporarily closed the intersection of Artillery Lane, east of the intersection with St George Street; for the length of the roadway to its intersection with Aviles Street for a trial period beginning in October of 2012 until March of 2013 to evaluate the impact of a proposed closure.
The City’s itinerant vendors; traveling from place to place looking for public venues to sell their wares, like so many gypsy snake oil salesmen, some without insurance and proper licenses, unregistered to collect and remit state sales tax, and those who sell from mobile carts, will be discussed in a special meeting Monday afternoon.
Laurie Sanderson reported the following St Augustine and St Johns County locations to Historic City News where the Florida Department of Transportation will be conducting roadwork that is expected to have an impact on driving, beginning this morning and continuing through the coming week.







