Citizen tip leads to arrest in hit-and-run with patrol car



Uptown Saturday Nights takes place in the art galleries, antique stores and shops between Ripley’s Museum and the Mission of Nombre de Dios in St. Augustine’s San Marco Shopping District, and all Historic City News readers are invited to attend.
Florida Highway Patrol traffic homicide investigators informed Historic City News local reporters that New Year’s Day turned deadly in a single car crash on US-1 at Gun Club Road.
Deputy Thomas Bickhart spent New Year’s Day in the hospital this year after the patrol car he was driving crashed with a silver Volkswagon near the intersection of US-1 and SR-312.
Historic City News readers need no reminder; but, the even-numbered years are election years, and every four years, it’s a presidential election year. Since no President can serve more than two four-year terms consecutively, the race for the White House this year is wide open.
