RJ Larizza, State Attorney for the 7th Judicial Circuit, informed Historic City News that at a sentencing hearing yesterday, 43-year-old Justin Stephen Frazier was sentenced to a total of 20-years in state prison, followed by 15-years’ probation.
A Saturday evening crash on SR-312 left one local man dead and his passenger in critical condition after the driver momentarily lost control of his vehicle, slid into the median, and continued into oncoming traffic in the eastbound lanes; according to information obtained by Historic City News this morning.
At 7:06 p.m., the National Weather Service issued a tornado warning for northern Flagler County, at 7:18 p.m., an update announced that the warning was cancelled. But, Historic City News has learned that during the less than 15-minute window, a severe storm caused thousands and thousands of dollars in damage to residences and businesses in the area.
Historic City News was notified of a four-vehicle crash that had the northbound lanes of I-295 closed for approximately 3-hours yesterday, beginning at about 11:27 a.m.. The collision sent the driver and rear passenger to local hospitals in serious condition. The front passenger was pronounced dead at the scene.
Media Relations Officer, Kevin Kelshaw, informed Historic City News in St Augustine today that a nine-year veteran of the St Johns County Sheriff’s Office is the deputy who fired the shot yesterday afternoon that killed 64-year-old Rodney Wayne Stevens inside his residence at 385 Katnack Road, off White Castle Road.
St Johns County Sheriff’s deputies responded to a disturbance call at a residence off White Castle Road this afternoon; where a 64-year-old local man, wanted by police for grand theft, felony battery, and tampering with a witness, threatened family members who were trying to talk him into surrendering.
Historic City News has learned that a 12-year-old St Johns County girl, and her parents, will sleep better, and safer, tonight; after the arrest of a 41-year-old Canadian man who investigators say attempted to lure the girl away from her home using the Internet.
Monday evening at about 5:00 p.m., St Augustine Police Officer Bryan Johnson and Sergeant Richard Warner responded to a fight call from the Plaza de la Constitution. According to the report, one of the men involved was armed with a knife.
