Florida Attorney General, Pam Bondi, released her office’s Annual Report on Hate Crimes to Historic City News, indicating that St Johns County is among 31 of Florida’s 67 counties to report the occurrence of crimes committed as an expression of hatred toward the victim based on his or her personal characteristics.

In November, a Putnam County jury convicted firefighter, Mark Brian Fowler, of committing a capital felony; lewd or lascivious molestation of a victim less than 12-years-old where the defendant is at least 18-years-old, or older — and, today, on his 42nd birthday, he received his sentence.

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.

FHP Master Corporal Peter G. Young informed Historic City News that a 20-year-old Palm Coast man lost his life about 3:30 a.m. New Year’s morning, after he was thrown from his motorcycle — only blocks away from his residence.

Historic City News was informed by the Florida Department of Transportation that settlement of the muck underneath the roadway at the Cunningham Creek Bridge, on SR-13 in St Johns County, has caused damages set to be repaired beginning Thursday, January 3.

Last night, 54-year-old Shaune Lawrence reported that his house was being robbed; but, when deputies arrived at his Palm Coast home, Historic City News learned that they discovered an illegal marijuana cultivation operation at the residence.

Historic City News has been informed that resurfacing of a two-mile section of SR-A1A, just north of Mickler Road in Ponte Vedra Beach, and constructing a new sidewalk along the east side of the road, between Corona Road and Solana Road, begins January 3.