Category: Public Safety

  The man accused more than two years ago of shooting at St. Augustine Police Officer Lora Vaughn will wait until December to stand trial for his crime to allow public defender, John W. Morris, more time to prepare his defense.  This is the third motion for continuance at Morris’ request. Although 34-year-old Charles Deonte…

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North City readers of Historic City News have been anxiously awaiting the start of construction for a solution to the San Marco Avenue (SR A1A/SR 5A), May Street (SR A1A) and West San Carlos Avenue intersection — arguably one of the most poorly designed high-traffic intersections in the City of St Augustine.

When sexual offenders and predators are integrated back into the community, there are a number of requirements that become terms of their release — not for six-months, not for six-years, but for the rest of their lives. Historic City News learned of one such offender whose failure to update authorities on his place of residence…

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On October 18th at approximately 11:00 p.m., St Augustine Police responded to Carmelo’s at 146 King Street to investigate a man harassing customers as they entered and exited the store.  Upon arrival, officers observed the man, later identified as 31-year-old Jacob Robert Unrein of St Augustine, who was holding a brown bag containing a large…

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William Tobias-Elliott Tinsley was arrested Wednesday on a warrant charging him with five drug-related crimes including; (F.S. 893.1351.3) drug production, (F.S. 893.13.1a1) sale of opium or a derivative, (F.S. 893.13.1a1) sale of opium or a derivative, (F.S. 893.13.1a3) sale of opium or a derivative, (F.S. 893.135.1c1) trafficking in opium or a derivative and (F.S. 827.03.2d)…

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Starting in November, Historic City News was informed that the City of St Augustine will begin parking enforcement against illegally parked vehicles to include Sunday mornings.

Brittany Kershaw informed local Historic City News crime reporters that on Monday, the Major Violators Unit of the Las Vegas Police Department arrested 38-year-old Bryan Patrick Loveland of Palm Coast on charges of lewd and lascivious molestation of a 12-year-old child, clearing another outstanding felony fugitive warrant from Flagler County.

Historic City News received word from the St. Augustine Police Department Community Affairs Officer, Dee Brown, that a visiting guest of a Lincolnville Air BNB was attacked by an UBER driver on October 14th about 2:38 a.m.