Category: Public Safety

Flagler County Sheriff Rick Staly invited Historic City News to attend a press conference Friday morning with members of ATF, FDLE, Northeast Florida HIDTA, the Bunnell Police Department, the US Attorney’s Office, and State Attorney for the 7th Judicial Circuit, R. J. Larizza, to announce the outcome of Operation Heat Seeker.

A 33-year-old St Johns County man who wanted to hand over a man he had taken into custody under a “citizen’s arrest” for alleged drug activity and false police reporting, was himself arrested when sheriff’s deputies arrived at the victim’s residence in Treasure Beach on Friday.

Charges are pending in a hit-and-run car-vs-bicycle crash that occurred on SR-16 Friday, September 29 about 6:48 a.m., according to a press release received by Historic City News.

The Florida Highway Patrol reported that a manhunt is underway for 34-year-old Gregory Lovon James; who ran from a traffic stop early Friday morning on SR-16.

Historic City News was informed that 63-year-old Sheryl Smith of East Palatka is facing two charges today after she crashed into a motorcycle while turning left into the Target parking lot from US-1 just before 9:00 p.m. last night.

Historic City News learned that yesterday, Thursday September 28th at approximately 9:00 a.m., Officer Wayne R Ferrell, an investigator with the St Augustine Police Department, served a search warrant at a residence located at 205 Spring Street in St Augustine.

Historic City News local reporters were informed that 51-year-old Rodney Val Scheuerman of Great Bend, Kansas was transported to Orange Park Medical Center this afternoon in critical condition following a bicycle crash with a motor vehicle on US-1.

Historic City News has learned that St Augustine police officers are investigating the theft of a Honda electrical generator from a job site located on Sanford Street in Lincolnville.