Category: Public Safety

Environmental Compliance Manager Tony Cubbedge informed local Historic City News reporters that the St Johns County Utility Department has issued a precautionary “Boil Water Notice” in Ponte Vedra Beach.

The office of A Lee Bentley III, acting United States Attorney for the Middle District of Florida, reported to Historic City News that this afternoon federal, state, and local law enforcement agencies will announce the unsealing of a federal indictment related to the attempted murder of a federal judge.

This morning, at approximately 6:30 a.m., Historic City News was informed that St Johns County Fire Rescue crews responded to an automobile crash on SR-206 where one occupant was trapped inside the vehicle.

Historic City News has learned that St Johns County Fire Rescue responded earlier today, to a recreational vehicle fire in the 4500 block of Avenue “B”; just north of the Neil J Perry Criminal Justice Complex in St Augustine.

Florida East Coast Railway Police spokesman Bob Ledoux reported to Historic City News this evening that they are investigating the death of a man, struck by a freight train as he laid on the railroad tracks near Perpall Street in the City of St Augustine.

An ongoing investigation into child pornography produced sufficient evidence to obtain a search warrant; after detectives determined someone in the home at 3335 Pacetti Road in St Augustine was involved in obtaining child pornography from the Internet.

An arrest was reported to Historic City News today of the person law enforcement authorities say committed the armed robbery at the Kangaroo convenience store located at Marlin Road and the 100 block of SR-A1A on Sunday, September 15th.

A registered St Johns County sexual offender living in Flagler Estates was taken into custody Sunday night and remains in custody in lieu of $1,012,000 bond; accused of sexual assault against a 16-year-old girl who had been dropped off at his residence by her grandmother for an overnight visit with a friend.