On Thursday, December 4, 2025, the St Johns County Sheriffs Office confirmed to Historic City News that the “heavy law enforcement presence” on I-95 near Mile Marker 323 was the result of an attempted traffic stop gone bad that spiraled into a full-on manhunt spreading east across International Golf Parkway to US-1 near Abbotts Way.
The St Johns County Sheriff’s Office has arrested a suspect following a double shooting that left two women seriously injured inside a Lena Street residence in St Johns County on Thursday evening, according to a report received by Historic City News.
Two men and a woman, whose images were captured on surveillance video, are being sought in connection with the theft of a Samsung flat screen television, a bed sheet and two mattress pads; stolen from a SR-16 motel earlier this month.
Memorial Day weekend marks the official beginning of beach season for Historic City News readers in St Augustine and St Johns County. This year, a team of United States Lifesaving Association certified beach lifeguards will begin their assignments on Saturday, May 24, from 10:00 a.m. – 6:00 p.m. daily.
Leslie Way Popin, was born in Miami, Florida, on March 15, 1955.
She attended and graduated from St Augustine High School, Class of 1973.
