Category: Public Safety

Three arrested at motel meth lab

St Johns County Sheriff’s Corporal, Catherine Payne, alerted local Historic City News reporters, that when deputies arrived at Motel 8, following up on a tip that a “wanted man” was on the property, they stumbled right into a clandestine methamphetamine lab; leading to three felony arrests.

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Hit-and-run victims stable

Traffic Homicide Investigators have informed local Historic City News reporters that a motorcyclist, first believed to have suffered life-threatening injuries in a vehicle-vs-motorcycle crash, is now known to be in stable condition at Orange Park Medical Center.

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US-1 traffic shift starts Wednesday night

Historic City News readers are advised that motorists traveling northbound on US-1 will begin using the new bridge over the San Sebastian River between Saragossa Street and King Street by 7:00 a.m. Thursday morning, according to an announcement received from the Florida Department of Transportation.

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FDOT road repairs and maintenance report

Laurie Sanderson 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.

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Farmhand arrested for molesting donkey

According to an arrest report filed by detectives with the Marion County Sheriff’s Office, a 31-year-old Ocala man told law enforcement officers that Florida is a “backwards state” and that people “frown on zoophiles here” as he was being taken to jail; accused of having sex with a miniature female donkey.

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