Category: Public Safety

In the early-hours of Sunday morning, at about 1:15 a.m., local Historic City News reporters were notified by Florida Highway Patrol Trooper J.T. Rountree, of a two-vehicle collision that occurred when both vehicles were traveling north on I-95 at mile-marker 320 in St Johns County.

Historic City News reporters received word from motorists and businesses along Ponce de Leon Boulevard Wednesday morning that heavy black smoke was rising from an apparent structure fire across the San Sebastian River.

The Florida Highway Patrol reported to Historic City News in St Augustine the investigation of a multi-vehicle traffic homicide that occurred on I-95 just north of CR-210 at about 2:50 a.m. this morning.

At the conclusion of an emotional sentencing hearing this morning, Historic City News watched as 38-year-old James Terry Colley Jr., previously convicted in the murder of his wife and friend in her north St. Johns County home, was sentenced to death today by Circuit Court Judge Howard Maltz.

On Wednesday November 14, 2018, two financial division employees, one of whom has been employed for 15-years, the other for 25-years, told Sheriff David Shoar that they were concerned about “suspicious vendor accounts” being paid by the St. Johns County Sheriff’s Office.

St Augustine Police Chief Barry Fox told Historic City News that he informed State Attorney R J Larizza that there are nine individuals who he believes are in violation of state law regarding the operation of “slot machine style” computer games of chance. The charges sought would be for keeping a gambling house and offering…

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Raye Annette Brutnell, former executive assistant to Sheriff Perry and Sheriff David Shoar, most recently Shoar’s appointee as Director of Finance for the St Johns County Sheriff’s Office, has surrendered herself to the custody of the Flagler County Jail this morning after she was informed that a warrant had been issued for her arrest. Brutnell just turned 47-years-old…

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As part of a continuing Florida Department of Transportation drainage improvement project, detours will be in place to safely complete drainage work on SR-207 at SR-206 starting Monday, November 26, 2018 at 10:00 a.m.