Several crashes and motor vehicle fatalities have been reported to Historic City News in St Augustine over the past four days; including a semi-trailer consumed in fire, an SUV overturned on a county highway, and a runaway trailer wreaking havoc on Interstate motorists.
Laurie Sanderson reported the following St Augustine and St Johns County locations to Historic City News where the Florida Department of Transportation will be conducting roadwork that is expected to have an impact on driving, beginning this morning and continuing through the coming week.
Historic City News learned during a 5:30 press conference, called by St Johns County Sheriff David Shoar, that, although the investigation into the disappearance of Barbara Parchem has made “significant progress”, due to the length of time since her disappearance, foul play is suspected.
St Johns County Fire Rescue Lieutenant Kurt Kevin Johnson is one-of-four men arrested in Volusia County last night in an undercover prostitution investigation on South Ridgewood and Freemont Avenue, an area known for prostitution in Daytona Beach.
A Johns Creek woman, who investigators say has been terrorizing a former boyfriend and his associates since he broke off their relationship, was arrested on a second-degree felony warrant yesterday; alleging she made recurring threats that, among other injuries, cost the Ponte Vedra Beach man his 24-year career.
Public Information Officer Mark Samson reported to Historic City News that the St. Augustine Police Department was called to a business on St George Street Saturday night, April 20th, to investigate a suspicious currency transaction.
At 3-minutes past midnight last night, a call came in at the Historic City newsroom from a reader who was reporting the crash of a Silver BMW that had crash-landed upside-down near her home on US-1 south — she had no idea that she had witnessed the end of a high-speed car chase that had started hours earlier.
Marine Rescue Lieutenant Jeremy Robshaw informed Historic City News reporters in St Johns County that being trained in hands-only CPR can make the difference when someone suffers sudden cardiac arrest — and this year, over 3000 local students have been taught the lifesaving procedure.
