Category: Public Safety

Kevin Kelshaw reported to Historic City News this afternoon that a 43-year old St. Johns County man was arrested on several charges following the execution of a search warrant at his home early Wednesday evening.

St. Johns River Community College Criminal Justice Academy Director, Scott Lancaster, reported to Historic City News that St. Johns County Sheriff David Shoar was the guest speaker at ceremonies held in Orange Park recognizing the academy’s recent graduates.

Undercover deputies aided by confidential sources and assigned task force officers moved in on two suspected cocaine traffickers according to reports received by Historic City News.

St. Johns County Sheriff’s Office Sgt. Charles Mulligan reported to Historic City News today that Deputy Samantha English, curious about a suspicious van in the St. Augustine Wal-Mart parking lot this morning, found a 60-year-old man apparently living in the filthy vehicle with a 12-year-old girl who said she was his daughter.

Sgt. Charles E. Mulligan reported to Historic City News today that someone shot a cat through its front legs Saturday evening around 7 p.m.

17 year-old Dwight Hines was taken to the Department of Juvenile Justice detention facility Thursday — but not before he lead a deputy sheriff on a foot chase and assaulted him with a .22 caliber handgun according to a report received by Historic City News on Friday.

Sgt. Chuck Mulligan reported to Historic City News that Deputy Thomas Coward was dispatched to a residence on Indian Bend Road yesterday concerning a stabbing incident that would send one local woman to jail.

Historic City News spoke with Sheriff David Shoar today after the sentencing hearing of 30 year old Benjamin Colenn Lightsey for the murder of his wife last November.