FHP Traffic Homicide Investigator, Corporal Greg Cohn, is attempting to determine if alcohol was a factor in a single-vehicle crash at about 11:05 p.m. last night that left one passenger dead and sent the driver of the vehicle to Orange Park Medical Center with serious injuries.

Historic City News has learned that a St Augustine man has surrendered to SWAT after barricading himself in a home in the Eagle Creek subdivision this morning; he remains in custody in the St Johns County Detention Facility without bond.

St Augustine Fire Chief Mike Arnold, the city’s emergency preparedness official, reported to Historic City News that as Hurricane Sandy continues to move north out of the Caribbean, the city is engaged in standard storm preparedness procedures.

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.