Category: Public Safety

Historic City News received word that a ski-boat was destroyed by fire this afternoon and several pilings on an adjacent bulkhead were charred; but, two passengers on board were spared, according to St Johns County Fire Rescue.

In the early morning hours Saturday, June 2, Historic City News learned that St Augustine police had been dispatched to an apartment at 107 Masters Drive to respond to a disturbance call.

ABC News’ Ryan Smith investigates the controversy and reports on developments in the case including Jeremy’s civil suit against a state investigator that was dismissed in March. “20/20” airs tonight Friday, June 1 (10:00 – 11:00 p.m. EDT), on ABC.

Three local friends were riding a 2016 Canam Defender ATV traveling south on a dirt trail inside the Dunns Creek State Park last night, according a report received by Historic City News from the Florida Highway Patrol this morning.

After a year’s long court battle to get temporary custody of her child from extended family, a process that required three separate petitions, 32-year-old Melissa Lazerte surrendered her child to Department of Children and Families again after they were called to the drug house where Lazerte was located on Wednesday.

A man and a woman were arrested in St Augustine earlier this week after a drug deal escalated into a robbery and stabbing according to a report received by Historic City News last night.  St. Augustine Police Department public information officer Cici Aiple reported that the incident occurred just after midnight Monday.

What happens when the chief has a stroke?   On November 16, 2017, St. Johns County Fire Chief Carl Shank was thinking about his next appointment as he was sitting in his customary seat at the head of the conference table with his six deputy fire chiefs, all seasoned paramedics with years of experience in…

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A homeless man, reportedly from Ohio, made his way onto the roof of the Wendy’s Restaurant in the Riverside Shopping Center yesterday evening; and, after an unsuccessful attempt by employees to coax him down, a Crisis Intervention Team finally was able to convince him to come down on his own.