Category: Public Safety

This morning at about 8:30 a.m., St Augustine Police responded to a 911-call reporting a burglary in progress while the resident was inside the home. Public Information Officer Cecilia “Cici” Aiple informed Historic City News local reporters that Training Officer Jennifer Trotzke and her trainee, Officer India Green, were dispatched on the call.

Florida Highway Patrol Troop G headquarters informed local Historic City News reporters at approximately 10:17 p.m. Monday night that troopers engaged a 25-year-old white male driving a reportedly stolen 1998 Toyota Tacoma near the intersection of SR-A1A and SR-312, in St Augustine. During the felony traffic stop, the driver, Joseph Porter Sembower, whose last reported…

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Historic City News has been able to finally decipher the cryptic bits and pieces of information coming from St Johns County undersheriff Matt Cline and the department’s civilian media spokesman, Chuck Mulligan.  The actual sheriff, David B. Shoar, has not been seen or spoken in public about the felony murder that occurred yesterday in a…

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St Johns County Emergency Management spokesperson Kelly Wilson issued Historic City News the final Flash Announcement on Hurricane Florence as of 2:00 p.m. today.  The Emergency Operations Center is currently in Level 3 “monitoring” status. Current Situation: Hurricane Florence made landfall near Wrightsville Beach, North Carolina.  Florence is moving toward the west at 6 mph…

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Two arrests have been made and two others are in custody in the fatal shooting on Cowan Road that occurred at about 1:30 a.m. yesterday morning.  The investigation of gunshots fired led to the discovery of one dead male body; found outside the residence by the St Johns County Sheriff’s Office.

St Johns County Emergency Management spokesperson Kelly Wilson issued Historic City News the second Flash Announcement on Hurricane Florence as of 9:30 a.m. today.  The Emergency Operations Center is currently in Level 3 “monitoring” status.

St Johns County deputies responding to the sounds of gunfire shortly before 2:00 a.m. this morning have discovered the body of a man, believed to have been shot and killed outside his home near Usina Road and Cowan Road. Historic City News learned that as deputies were approaching the Cowan Road residence of neighbors who…

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St Johns County Emergency Management spokesperson Kelly Wilson issued Historic City News the first Flash Announcement on Hurricane Florence as of 2:00 p.m. today.  The Emergency Operations Center is currently in Level 3 “monitoring” status. Hurricane Florence is moving toward the northwest at 16 mph with maximum sustained winds of 125 mph.  This general motion,…

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