Category: Public Safety

Sheriff’s detectives this afternoon are reporting that a search is underway for a man who went into a local drug store Friday night, disguised in woman’s clothes, and attempted to pay for $300.00 worth of gift cards using what investigators are telling Historic City News are counterfeit bills.

St Johns County Silver Alert- Howard Franklin The St. Johns County Sheriff’s Office is asking for Historic City News reader’s help in locating an elderly local man who was last seen at his home in St. Augustine South yesterday morning.

If there was ever a doubt about the potentially life-saving role of St Augustine’s fire department and local law enforcement, Historic City News editor, Michael Gold, reports that this morning’s four arson cases downtown, all within a narrow time frame, should put those concerns to rest.

This afternoon, after an hour of deliberation, Historic City News received word from Court Communications Officer, Ludmilla Lelis that a St. Johns County jury has found Kentrell Feronti Johnson guilty of the first degree premeditated murder of Florida State University graduate student, 29-year-old Vincent John Binder.

The daughter and son-in-law of an 87-year-old female victim of elder abuse, have turned themselves in to the St Johns County Sheriff’s Office this afternoon, and are in custody at the county jail in lieu of $100,000 bond, each. They are accused of operating a scheme to exploit and defraud the elderly couple of their…

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Media Relations Officer Kelshaw informed local Historic City News reporters that an arrest has been made of a 24-year-old Palm Coast man; accused of fleeing and attempting to elude a law enforcement officer and aggravated stalking with additional charges pending further investigation.