Category: Public Safety

St Augustine Police Department spokesman, Mark Samson, reported to Historic City News this morning that officers made arrests for minor infractions in the last 24 hours and responded to four traffic crashes during their shifts.

Public Information Officer Mark Samson updated Historic City News local reporters this morning on several recent police activities that occurred over the weekend within the City of St Augustine.

Historic City News has learned that a small army of citizens, numbering about 40 in total, launched a failed attempt to take possession of the Castillo de San Marcos National Monument yesterday; however, the invasion was short-lived and the 17th century fortress remains in the possession of the United States Department of the Interior. According…

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This morning at approximately 8:30 a.m. St Johns County Fire Rescue reported to Historic City News that crews responded to a commercial vehicle fire on Lakeside Avenue in the business park across from Cobblestone Village Shopping Center.

Volusia County Sheriff’s Public Information Officer Gary Davidson is asking Historic City News readers if you can identify the man whose image was captured on a surveillance video outside of Papi’s Bottle Club on North Nova Road near Holly Hill after a Palm Coast man was critically shot.

St Johns County Fire Rescue crews are currently on the scene of a residential structure fire in the 4900 block of Boat Landing Drive, in King and Bear, according to an announcement received by Historic City News tonight.

Historic City News has learned that this morning, the Florida Highway Patrol Criminal Interdiction Unit was able to intercept about $120,000 in compressed high grade marijuana in St Johns County; before it completed its intended journey from Miami to Jacksonville.

As of today, a warning to Historic City News readers that “texting and driving” is no longer legal in Florida; according to an alert from Julie L Jones, Executive Director of the Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles.