Historic City News has learned that 41 year-old Christopher Linus Fries is in custody this morning, held without bond and charged with capital murder in the killing of another man at the Giggling Gator Pub on King Street in St. Augustine last night at about 8:30 p.m.
As members of the public crossed Malaga Street, returning to their parked cars following this morning’s Ceremony of Remembrance, a grey four-door Nissan X-TERRA came flying south on the street; passing dangerously close to departing vehicles and pedestrians.
Kirby B. Green III, Executive Director of the St. Johns River Water Management District for the last decade, announced to Historic City News last week that he is moving up his retirement date — he will leave the agency October 3, 2011.
Dear Editor:
I must be missing something.
Representative John L. Mica
2187 Rayburn House Office Building
Washington, DC 20515
Dear Editor:
By the time the St. Johns County Republican Executive Committee began their pre-meeting social at 6:30 p.m. last night, Historic City News reporters found signs that there would be tension during the regular monthly member meeting.
Flagler County Sheriff Donald W. Fleming informed Historic City News this morning of the sudden death of Sergeant Frank Celico who joined the Flagler County Sheriff’s Office in May 2000.
Historic City News reporters were alerted by St. Augustine Police Public Information Officer Mark Samson yesterday that the commotion on South Ponce de Leon Boulevard at the height of rush hour traffic was not a training exercise.
