HISTORIC CITY NEWS

Don’t show me the money

A million dollars. According to the records of the office of the Supervisor of Elections, thatâ€™s how much money was reported to have been raised and spent by candidates who wanted to be elected to a city or county position in St. Johns County four years ago.

Government

Aerial Angels encore performance

Casa Monica Hotel and the St. Johns Cultural Council proudly present the return of Aerial Angels in an afternoon of performing arts, culture and fine dining. Acrobatics! Trapeze! Bullwhip! Chicks in Leotards!!!

Community

Archaeological artifacts on display at VIC

Over 380 years after it slipped beneath the surface of the waters in the stormy Straits of Florida, a sword from the famed Spanish gallon, Nuestra SeÃ±ora de Atocha, has a new home in the St. Augustine & St. Johns County Visitor Information Center. The story of the swordâ€™s arrival and preservation starts a decade…

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Community

Seventeen year old charged with sexual battery

In a report received by Historic City Media from Kevin Kelshaw, Media Resource Officer with the St. Johns County Sheriff’s Office, we are informed that a 17-year old St. Johns County juvenile was arrested Thursday evening on charges that he committed sexual battery on a person under 12 years of age and that he committed…

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Public Safety

Snatch-and-grab suspect arrested

Historic City Media was notified by Sheriff’s Office Media Resource Officer Kevin Kelshaw that a 32-year old St. Johns County man was arrested on two counts of robbery by sudden snatching, one count of petit theft and four counts of violation of probation Wednesday afternoon. The suspect, identified as William Edward Koenig, 32, 260 Old…

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Public Safety

Harassing calls land caller in jail

An 18-year old St. Johns County man was arrested Thursday afternoon on 16 counts of harassing telephone calls according to a report received by Historic City Media from Kevin Kelshaw; Media Resource Officer with the St. Johns County Sheriff’s Office. The suspect, identified as Robert Benjamin Rush, 18, 1722 Heatherwood Dr., St. Johns, was booked…

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Public Safety

Story of a street artist

This photo is the “Scene of The Crime” according to a story that appeared on a local blog of downtown artists; where they say this narrative is typical of the treatment that street artists in St. Augustine receive from the local police.

Community

Bomb scare proved to be false alarm

Wednesday evening at about 8:00 p.m. the information desk at the St. Augustine Outlet Mall, located on S. R. 16 west of I â€“ 95, reported to the St. Johns County Sheriffâ€™s Office that they had received an anonymous bomb threat. Mall security stated to Deputy Sheriff James Hayward that a caller, described as a…

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