Category: Public Safety

Earlier this morning Historic City News learned that an anonymous source sent a message through a social media network to a student at St Augustine High School.  The student shared the message out of concern and “several units” responded, according to a press release from the St Johns County Sheriff’s Office.

Historic City News was notified by spokesperson Kelly Wilson that St Johns County Emergency Management is monitoring a potential tropical cyclone centered about 620 miles southwest of the mouth of the Mississippi River.  The potential tropical cyclone is moving at nearly 8 mph.

Earlier today, Noreen Nickola-Williams, Director of the Office of Public Health Practice and Policy for the Florida Department of Health in St. Johns County, alerted Historic City News to an increase in mosquito-borne disease in St Johns County.

This afternoon, Joseph Frank Bova II, who turns 32-years-old in December, was convicted of first-degree murder after a jury in Bunnell listened to evidence presented during a five-day trial. The Flagler County jury deliberated only 39-minutes before returning a guilty verdict. 

Tuesday morning at about 10:00 a.m., Florida Highway Patrol information officer MSgt. Dylan L. Bryan reported to Historic City News that a pilot made a hard landing on takeoff from the Northeast Florida Regional Airport.

Historic City News learned Friday that the Florida Department of Law Enforcement completed a three-year project to process older sexual assault kits, according to a report from FDLE Public Information Officer Gretl Plessinger.

Pursuant to Section 403.077, F.S., the Florida Department of Environmental Protection informed local Historic City News reporters that they have received the following Public Notice of Pollution for a reportable release that occurred within St Johns County.

Two Jacksonville teens are in custody today following a nighttime crime spree that began in Clay County — and began to unravel at Vilano Beach.