Category: Public Safety

Historic City News confirmed yesterday afternoon’s arrest of a Pittsburgh man living in St Augustine who has been charged with (7) counts of possession, control or viewing depictions of child sexual conduct. St Johns County deputies arrested 73-year-old Lawrence W. Lehner, at his local address; 300 Summer Breeze Way in St Augustine. The disabled salesman…

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Life on the run for a fugitive who was able to elude authorities for almost two years was brought to an abrupt end this morning when the US Marshal Service Pacific Northwest Violent Offender Task Force apprehended a fugitive from justice who was wanted in multiple states for violent crimes. Historic City News was advised…

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In January of this year Historic City News announced that the St. Augustine Fire Department received approval of grants totaling $26,889.80 from the Firehouse Subs Public Safety Foundation to cover 100 percent of the cost to purchase a new, specially equipped, all-terrain vehicle.  Today, that vehicle makes its debut. This vehicle is turn-key ready and…

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Florida Department of Transportation has informed Historic City News that reconstruction of the San Marco Avenue and May Street intersection is on track for completion in December of this year. As the project moves forward towards completion, the new driveway entrance from US-1 into the Main Branch of the St Johns County Library is scheduled…

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A St Johns County teen faces a list of charges in connection with the rape of a minor girl at a Julington Creek Plantation community pool that occurred at about 4:45 a.m. Wednesday.   The assault was caught on surveillance video. The arrest of 18-year-old Tyler Nathaniel Tillman, who is reported to live at 1036 Buttercup…

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The Georgia Aquarium, owners of the 1938 Marineland attraction in Flagler County, have reportedly obtained any required Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission approval to draw blood samples from Atlantic bottlenose dolphins in their natural habitat. Non-profit Mote Marine Laboratory in Sarasota has been working with the Commission on plans to better understand the causes…

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Earlier today, Maria Chapa Lopez, US Attorney for the Middle District of Florida, notified Historic City News that a St Augustine man and fifteen other individuals, including several members of the Pagans Motorcycle Club, have been charged with conspiring to distribute methamphetamine. According to the indictments, the defendants conspired to distribute large quantities of methamphetamine…

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St Augustine Police reported to Historic City News that, at about 4:19 a.m. this morning, 37-year-old Clayton Roberto Duncan who resides at 671 Julia Street in Saint Augustine fled the scene of a motor vehicle crash which led to his arrest on multiple charges. Leaving the scene of an accident with property damage in Florida…

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