Category: Public Safety

St Augustine Police informed Historic City News this evening that a customer of the Winn-Dixie Marketplace located at 3551 North Ponce De Leon Boulevard was attacked and robbed at knifepoint by a homeless man living in the woods behind the grocery store.

Historic City News was called to several local precincts in St Augustine this morning as campaign workers began arriving to find political signs for their candidates on the ground instead of prominently posted as they had been the night before.

Historic City News has been informed that an out-of-state man traveled to St Johns County on Friday evening to commit an illegal sexual act with a mentally ill, teenaged girl at the arrangement of her legal guardian — or so he thought.

Community Affairs officer Corporal Catherine Payne reported to Historic City News that a man, stopped by deputies in the early morning hours yesterday for a minor traffic violation is in jail today in lieu of $175,000 bond and facing four felony charges along with five added misdemeanor charges.

Had the incident happened at any time McDonald’s lobby had been opened, the outcome would most certainly have been worse; managers told Historic City News this morning, after a St Augustine woman crashed into their building.

Historic City News readers have been invited to attend a construction open house in order to learn about upcoming resurfacing and sidewalk projects along SR-A1A in Ponte Vedra Beach, being presented by the Florida Department of Transportation.

St Augustine Police Department Corporal Charles Simpson informed local Historic City News reporters that the Criminal Investigations Division is seeking the identity and whereabouts of a man captured on surveillance video using a stolen credit card.