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.

Historic City News has learned that three advocacy groups are poised to sue the State of Florida if the Department of Corrections attempts to enforce a blanket denial of Internet access from state prisoners.

Historic City News was notified that half of a two-man team of thieves, who schemed to steal a 23-year-old St Augustine woman’s purse and its contents, was convicted by a St Johns County jury today and sentenced to 15-years in state prison — followed by 10-years’ probation.

At 1:00 p.m. today, Historic City News has learned that 29-year-old James Patrick Tadros, who resides at 1104 Hideaway Drive North in Fruit Cove, will face a judge in Duval County and be arraigned on charges of attempted murder, false imprisonment and criminal mischief; after an incident last night that sent police to Best Buy on Southside Boulevard near the Avenues Mall — strobe lights flashing and sirens blaring.

Wednesday evening was busy for a St Augustine man and his wife; the husband had just been released from the St Johns County Detention Facility at 4:15 p.m. and returned to his home on Bernard Street to fix dinner for himself. Twice the police would be called to the residence that night; and, by 11:00 p.m., they would take a trip back to jail, this time with the wife.

A 31-year-old Lincolnville man called the St Augustine Police Department yesterday at about 11:15 a.m., claiming to be the victim of an attack at the scene of a political function being held by Republican Congressman, Ron DeSantis.