Historic City News was notified that US District Judge Marcia Morales Howard sentenced 36-year-old Frank Freitas Higginbotham of Hastings, to 15 years and 10 months in federal prison for conspiracy to manufacture methamphetamine and distribution of methamphetamine during a hearing June 24, 2013.

Media Relations Officer Kevin Kelshaw told Historic City News that five residents have reported car burglaries that all occurred yesterday evening between 6:30 p.m. and 7:30 p.m. at three different locations in the Fruit Cove area.

St Augustine Police Officer Alina Shirshikova was called to the St George Tavern just after midnight yesterday to investigate the report of a sexual battery of a woman by a man she says she met earlier in the evening inside the downtown bar; according to a report received by Historic City News today.

The City of St Augustine has informed Historic City News of detours, street closures, and parking management needed to control traffic before, during, and after the upcoming Thursday, July 4 Fireworks over the Matanzas event.

A 31-year-old St Johns County man was arrested on ten-counts of possession of child pornography this morning following service of a search warrant at his home where detectives located pornographic images on his computer.

Historic City News has learned that a 55-year-old St Johns County man is alive, thanks to the efforts of many people, after rescuers found him early yesterday, mired deep in a swampy area of Flagler County.

This morning Historic City News was informed that Assistant State Attorney Chris France has filed an announcement with the court of “no information” to allegations that Jacksonville Jaguars football player Maurice C Jones Drew committed simple battery during a Reggae Sunday incident at the Conch House Marina bar and restaurant.