Reporting to Historic City News from the scene, St Johns County Fire-Rescue Public Information Officer Matthew Sara informed us that a Pedro Menendez High School student has lost his life after the tractor he was operating, overturned in a ditch and pinned him underneath.

Historic City News was informed that one of the two drivers involved in a motor vehicle crash that occurred at about 6:45 a.m. this morning in the intersection at DuPont Center, has been taken to a local hospital in serious condition.

St Johns County Sheriff’s Office Corporal, Catherine Payne, reported to Historic City News that 44-year-old St Augustine Police Sergeant, Richard Warner, was struck by a passing vehicle on South Whitney Street which sent the officer to the hospital with serious injuries.

A lawyer’s trial bag was left suspiciously along a sidewalk just outside the St Johns County Courthouse this morning, caused Historic City News editor Michael Gold, and other reporters attending the McIntosh sentencing to be detained at a safe distance while the item was cleared.

In a sentencing hearing that began at about 10:30 a.m. and lasted about an hour, 32-year-old Michael Louis McIntosh was sentenced to life in prison — without the possibility of parole — by Circuit Court Judge Howard M. Maltz.

State Attorney RJ Larizza informed local Historic City News reporters today that 32-year-old Michael Louis McIntosh was convicted on all charges that he sexually abused and molested boys under the age of 12 that trusted him and spent time at his home located at 7501 SR-13 North in St Johns County.

Corporal Catherine Payne informed Historic City News local reporters that a 2005 Nissan Pathfinder was stolen from North Orange Street in St Augustine last night — by 1:00 a.m. this morning, the vehicle was recovered and two juveniles were placed under arrest for its theft.