Category: Public Safety

Detective David Garns has asked Historic City News readers for help identifying a man that attempted to commit robbery at the Kangaroo convenience store located in the 400 block of SR-16 early this morning.

St Johns County Sheriff David Shoar told local Historic City News reporters today that deputies cleared 106 felony warrants along with 68 misdemeanor warrants during the week-long Operation Felon Sweep which concluded on Monday.

Historic City News local reporters were informed this afternoon that St Augustine police responded to the Sunoco station located at 2199 North Ponce de Leon Boulevard at about 1:40 p.m. after receiving a call from the manager reporting a robbery.

A high speed chase reported to Historic City News today landed two St Augustine residents in jail who law enforcement authorities believe may be connected to as many as two dozen burglaries in a three-county area during the last six months.

Historic City News has learned that members of the St Johns County Sheriff’s Special Victims Unit have completed a week-long investigation that began after a female victim described sexual abuse committed against her by a 48-year-old St Johns County man over the past three or four years.

Tomorrow’s Vice Presidential campaign stop in St Augustine will necessitate some street closures in the vicinity of the Ketterlinus Gymnasium according to an alert received by Historic City News this morning.

Community Affairs officer Corporal Catherine Payne tells Historic City News that additional charges have been filed against two St Johns County inmates for their involvement in the introduction of contraband into the detention facility.