Public Safety

Public Affairs Director Klare Ly, informed Historic City News that jury selection has begun in the felony sexual battery trial of former law enforcement officer, James Howard Scharfschwerdt.

Thirty-nine students at Pedro Menendez High School started their day yesterday with an unexpected shock when Florida Highway Patrol Trooper Neil Mariotti tells Historic City News that the school bus they were riding was struck by the driver of an SUV.

Detectives with the St Johns County Sheriff’s Office Robbery/Homicide Section are continuing to investigate a fatal stabbing that occurred last night.

Community Affairs Corporal Catherine Payne informed Historic City News reporters in St Augustine that the investigation into the murder of a black man in a homeless camp at the north county line near Target has resulted in the questioning of persons of interest in the crime.

Historic City News has learned that a 20-year-old St Augustine woman is in the Flagler County Inmate Facility today facing seven counts of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon after an unsuccessful attempt to collect a debt — at knifepoint.

Historic City News learned today that during the past two-week period, someone, likely armed with a high-power rifle, shot out the flashing LED strobe at the top of the new county-owned 800MHz radio tower in the 5800 block of CR-208.

St Augustine Police detective Chris Miller needs Historic City News readers to come forward with any information they may have that will lead to the identification of the driver, or location of the vehicle, that ran over 49-year-old Christian Gerard Schroom in the wee hours Sunday morning.