Public Safety

A horrific incident of animal cruelty occurred last night, ending with a St Bernard mix dog being transported to Atlantic Veterinarian Hospital for emergency surgery — and its owner being transported to the St Johns County Detention Facility; where he remains in custody.

An 84-year-old man living off Lewis Speedway, north of St Augustine, was attacked in the early evening hours of Saturday January 12, and St Johns County Sheriff’s detectives are asking Historic City News readers for assistance identifying his assailant.

FDLE Public Information Officer Gretl Plessinger informed Historic City News that each year, on January 13, the US Department of Justice remembers the abduction and brutal murder of 9-year-old Amber Hagerman, for whom the “AMBER” Plan was named.

Monica Reifeiss 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.

Lieutenant Robert Weber informed Historic City News reporters that a continuing undercover operation has nabbed two more men yesterday who Flagler County deputies say committed separate acts of indecent exposure at Graham Swamp Preserve in Palm Coast.

A clandestine lab used for the illegal manufacture of methamphetamine was reported to Historic City News early this morning by St Johns County Sheriff’s Sergeant Charles E. Mulligan, but from a very unlikely scene — a guest room of the Sawgrass Marriott luxury golf resort and spa in Ponte Vedra Beach.

Federal investigators looking into yesterday’s private aircraft crash in Palm Coast have identified the three occupants to local Historic City News reporters; the pilot of the ill-fated flight, was a Spanish teacher at Clinton County High School in Albany, Kentucky.