Director of Public Affairs for the City of St Augustine, Paul Williamson, informed Historic City News reporters that beginning at 7:00 a.m. Monday, July 30, there will be traffic interruptions Avenida Menendez between Bridge and St Francis Streets throughout most of the day.
B-Shift Public Information Officer Matthew Sara informed local Historic City News reporters that St Johns County Fire Rescue responded to a traffic fatality resulting from a vehicle-vs-motorcycle crash at approximately 9:50 p.m. last night.
Historic City News has been updated concerning the identity of two persons charged with the manufacture of methamphetamine, possession of methamphetamine, cultivation of cannabis, possession of cannabis and possession of drug paraphernalia during this morning’s raid of a known marijuana “grow house”.
Florida Department of Law Enforcement spokesman Keith Kameg informed Historic City News that the state’s police departments, sheriff’s offices and other crime fighting agencies now have another way to link a suspect with the crime scene — male-specific DNA testing.
Historic City News received word from St Johns County Sheriff’s representative Chuck Mulligan that when deputies executed a search warrant on Wynfield Circle shortly before 9:00 a.m. this morning, they encountered an active “cook” operation that was manufacturing Methamphetamine.
Brandon Meredith Hardy, the 21-year-old aviator who drove his vehicle from his duty station at Moody Air Force Base in Valdosta, GA, to a residence in St Augustine expecting to meet a “child” to engage in sex, was sentenced today to 10 years in federal prison and a 15-year term of supervised release.
Historic City News readers are asked to avoid Wildwood Drive between SR-207 and Treaty Park at this time, as members of the sheriff’s bomb squad examine a suspicious package discovered inside a roadside mailbox.
Marcus Pinson informed Historic City News reporters in St Augustine that an extensive rehabilitation of Valencia Street, between Riberia and Malaga Streets, is set to begin on Monday, July 30.
