Category: Public Safety

St Johns County Fire Rescue spokesman Matthew Sara informed Historic City News that a 36-year-old St Augustine man has been transported by air ambulance to UF Health Jacksonville hospital with critical injuries after his bicycle collided with a turning Ford F-150 pickup truck.

A search warrant was served this morning at 6481 San Pietro Isle in St Augustine, where Special Investigations Unit detectives, members of the Clandestine Lab Enforcement Team, and Special Weapons and Tactics deputies uncovered an active methamphetamine lab.

Historic City News has learned that at 12:38 p.m. today, the driver of a white pickup truck on SR-207 lost control of the vehicle and slammed into a power pole, downing power lines; but, according to Sergeant Dylan L Bryan with Florida Highway Patrol, no one was injured.

St Johns County Sheriff’s investigators are asking for Historic City News readers to see if they recognize the man caught on surveillance video as he robbed the BBVA Compass Bank located at 1695 US-1 South this afternoon.

Just south of Ocean Trace ramp this morning, 9-year-old Connor Baker was playing in the ocean with his friends; when, according to televised reports, a shark, approximately 4-feet in length, appeared in the water and took a bite into the boy’s left leg.

It seems that 4-year-old Christian Zampatti will not get to stay with his mommy, despite her impassioned plea for financial support to hire a new detective and appeal attorney to prove her innocence of 14-felony crimes that shocked Ponte Vedra Beach on April 23, 2010.

Corporal Catherine Payne informed Historic City Newsd that a 53-year-old St Johns County man was arrested today on 30-counts of possession of pornographic images of children performing sexual acts.