WFOY commentator: fugitive from justice

Richard Lester Senninger
51 year old Richard Lester Senninger was arrested yesterday and booked in the St. Johns County jail — facing charges that he is a fugitive from justice in Michigan for larceny and theft.

Senninger is better known as “Rick Wright”, a conservative political commentator who features several regular contributors on the program “Outside the Wire” on WFOY 1240 radio in St. Augustine.

Operation Betty Crocker

Sheriff's Office
The St. Johns County Sheriff’s Office, Special Investigations Unit, conducted a reverse prostitution operation Tuesday morning, which resulted in the arrests of seven St. Johns County men according to a press release from Media Resource Officer Kevin Kelshaw.

“Operation Betty Crocker” was initiated after reports were received that alleged prostitution activities were occurring near a West Augustine neighborhood.

Abduction victim found near Flagler Estates

Sheriff's Office
Violent Crimes Unit Detectives are investigating the circumstances surrounding the beating of a 26-year old man that occurred over the weekend according to a media advisory received by Historic City Media this evening.

According to the report released by Media Resource Officer Kevin Kelshaw, the investigation began at 7:15 a.m. this morning when the male victim was observed walking out of the woods in the area of Kirchherr Ave., and Guy St., in Flagler Estates.

Seventeen year old charged with sexual battery

Jesus Manuel Semidey
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 a lewd and lascivious act on a person under the age of 16.

Snatch-and-grab suspect arrested

William Edward Koenig
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 Village Center Cr., was booked into the St. Johns County Jail where he remains held without bond.

Harassing calls land caller in jail

Robert Benjamin Rush
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 into the County Jail and released Thursday evening after posting bonds totaling $8,000 on the 16 misdemeanor charges.

Bomb scare proved to be false alarm

St. Augustine Premium Outlets
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 – 95, reported to the St. Johns County Sheriff’s Office that they had received an anonymous bomb threat.

Mall security stated to Deputy Sheriff James Hayward that a caller, described as a “male voice that was hard to understand”, told him that “there was a bomb at the NIKE store”. When the security officer asked the caller to repeat themselves, they hung up the telephone instead.