Control burn stirs up hazards near Dupont Center
Lieutenant Justin Asbury is cautioning Historic City News readers about potentially deteriorating driving conditions in the area of SR-206, east of US-1 near Dupont Center.
Category: Public Safety
Hardy may be reclassified a habitual felony offender
Assistant State Attorney Travis Mydock, who prosecuted the state’s case against a St Augustine man for selling hydrocodone pills on SR-16 in August of 2012, reported to Historic City News that the defendant was convicted of the first degree felony charges today by a St Johns County jury.
Severe weather with tornadoes and freeze warning
The National Weather Service has alerted Historic City News to severe weather conditions expected tonight through Sunday for St Johns and surrounding counties. There is a threat of tornadoes until early this evening.
St Johns man will serve 105-year sentence
Historic City News reporters have learned that United States District Judge Marcia Morales Howard has sentenced a 31-year-old St Johns County man to serve 105 years in federal prison for engaging in an extortion scheme to produce child pornography. On August 13, 2014, Lucas Michael Chansler pled guilty to nine counts of producing child pornography.
Hastings child dies after father hits him with truck
Traffic Homicide investigators from the St Johns County Sheriff’s Office and the Florida Department of Children and Families are continuing their investigation into the death of 3-year-old Christopher Lee Lamer, who lived on Turpin Avenue in Hastings.
Mystery of Michelle O’Connell: A Family Divided
In September 2010, 24-year-old Michelle O’Connell was found shot to death in what authorities ruled a suicide — a case that was recently ordered reopened by the governor of Florida. Michelle’s mother, Patricia, and sister, Jennifer, insist the young mother never would have taken her own life, and they believe Michelle’s boyfriend, Jeremy — a…
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Lincolnville resident victim of election fraud
Historic City News learned of one resident on Blanco Street in Lincolnville yesterday who was awakened to a telephone call at 3:30 a.m. notifying her that the caller had identified her as having a disability that might make it difficult to get to the polls; so, they offered the victim an option to “vote by…
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Two bikers learn that guns and alcohol don’t mix
Historic City News has learned in a report from Volusia County Corrections, that a 34-year-old St Augustine resident, John Mahlow, and 25-year-old Jeremy Untermeyer of Jacksonville, were arrested during Biketoberfest in Daytona Beach; both men accused of having loaded guns on them inside an establishment that serves alcohol.