Assistant State Attorney Jacquelyn Roys informed Historic City News local reporters that the Spring Term Grand Jury has returned indictments against 24-year-old Justin Adam Boyles and 38-year-old Charles Danny Massey, for the kidnapping and first-degree murder of 54-year-old Edward Scott Mullener, Jr., whose last known address was on Hernandez Avenue in Palm Coast.

Historic City News learned today that a 19-year-old Duval County man became the victim in a “botched drug deal” that turned into an attempted armed robbery; and, ended with him being shot in the chest by the man he was meeting in the parking lot of a Julington Creek restaurant.

Three senior citizens, who are customers of Wells Fargo, NA in St Augustine, had their bank accounts illegally accessed; and, funds, reportedly totaling $6,000, were taken from their bank accounts, without their knowledge, according to a report received by Historic City News from Sheriff’s Financial Crimes Detective Henry Miller.

Friday night St Augustine police were called to Kilwin’s on St George Street, when witnesses reported that a 16-year-old boy had been struck in the face and knocked to the floor inside the chocolate, fudge and ice cream shop, according to information obtained by Historic City News today.

Although no explosive device was ever located, Historic City News readers are being asked to assist the St Augustine Police Department in locating a man who may have knowledge of events that led to a bomb threat; called in to a local convenience store last week.

Thieves in possession of credit cards stolen from a Grant Street woman’s car are beginning to show up at businesses around St Augustine and police are asking Historic City News readers for assistance in identifying those responsible for the crimes.

St Johns County hosted a ribbon cutting ceremony today, and Historic City News was in attendance for the unveiling of the new county-wide 800 MHz public safety radio system.

Historic City News was informed by the Florida Highway Patrol that yesterday morning, a verbal confrontation between a bicyclist and a pedestrian, led to a motor vehicle crash — leaving the bicyclist hospitalized in critical condition.