Category: Public Safety

St Augustine Police Officer Alina Shirshikova was called to an apartment located on Marine Street at 2:21 yesterday morning to investigate the report of a burglary; where the victim says he came home to find the intruder walking out of his home, according to a report received by Historic City News today.

The Office of State Attorney RJ Larizza reported to Historic City News that 66-year-old Flagler Beach resident Paul Miller was sentenced yesterday to life in prison without the possibility of parole.

Palm Coast City Manager Jim Landon told Historic City News reporters last week that he has concerns about the people at American Traffic Solutions — the company who shares revenue with the city from 43 traffic cameras installed at 27 intersections in Palm Coast.

Commander Chuck Mulligan tells Historic City News that shortly before 5:00 a.m. this morning, when a passerby spotted a burned vehicle that was still smoldering on a dirt road near Cowpen Branch Road, he had no idea what deputies would discover when they arrived to examine the scene.

Historic City News reported in April, that 21-year-old Avery Corbitt entered a guilty plea to the charges of second-degree murder and attempted first degree murder in the shooting death of Rodrigo Espinoza and the attempted murder of St Augustine Beach Police officer David Tiller.

Last year, Historic City News reported the complaint of former St Augustine Beach Mayor Frank Charles alleging that during the 2010 election, beach commissioner Undine Pawlowski would stop at nothing to register anyone who she felt would vote for her in the race with St Augustine Beach resident Hester Longstreet — including her father.

During a press conference called this afternoon, St Johns County Sheriff’s detectives told Historic City News that over the past two days, investigators have arrested 43 suspects for conspiracy to produce methamphetamine or conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine.

Historic City News was informed by Media Relations Officer Kevin Kelshaw that sheriff’s deputies arrested four adults and a 16-year-old juvenile from Georgia last night; recovering over $2,500 in stolen merchandise said to have been taken from six different stores at the St Augustine Premium Outlet Mall.