The Office of the State Fire Marshal will determine the cause of an explosion and fire that claimed the life of a St Augustine resident this afternoon in a neighborhood near the intersection of Cincinnati Avenue and First Street uptown.
After posting $11,000 bond, Historic City News reported the release of 52-year old sexual predator James Lee Lyons of St Johns County, on Friday, July 26th; a warrant for Lyons’ arrest had been issued charging him with animal cruelty and sexual activity involving an animal.
St Augustine Police public information officer Mark Samson reported to Historic City News that on Saturday, while local resident Cathy Brown was shopping at the Winn-Dixie Marketplace located at 3551 North Ponce de Leon Boulevard, an unknown person snagged her wallet from her purse, unnoticed.
City police spokesman, Mark Samson, checked in with Historic City News this afternoon to update our readers on several incidents that occurred in St Augustine over the weekend.
A torrent of negative response from Historic City News readers surfaced three-days ago when we reported that 52-year-old James Lee Lyons, a registered sexual predator, had been taken back into custody on new charges of bestiality; alleging animal cruelty and sexual activity against a neighbor’s pet dog.
At about 1:39 p.m. on Saturday afternoon, Historic City News reported a two-car collision on SR-16 in St Augustine that would have the roadway closed for the next 5 hours and traffic backed up in all directions even longer.
Driver in crash threatens to “kill and blow people up”
The Florida Highway Patrol is wrapping up their crash investigation at SR-16 and CR-208 that occurred at about 1:40 p.m.
Two thefts were reported to Historic City News on Friday by St Augustine Police spokesman Mark Samson. Both thefts occurred Thursday night, according to the incident reports received.
