Category: Public Safety

When the wife of a local attorney and real estate broker, Jonathan Bamberg, returned to their St Augustine Beach home at about 1:00 a.m. this morning, she says she tried to go downstairs to sleep on the couch when her husband attacked her and locked her in the bedroom; according to an arrest report received…

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Historic City News in St Augustine was notified by the Florida Highway Patrol just after noon today that two St Johns teens were transported to Shands Hospital Jacksonville with serious injuries, after the car they were driving collided with a St Johns County school bus.

Historic City News confirmed with contractors working for Latitudes Northeast Florida that the oversized delivery truck that wound up wedged under the broken planks of the street-side balcony of the Ximenez-Fatio house Monday, will likely be freed this afternoon.

Mayor Gary Snodgrass informed St Augustine Beach City Commissioners at their regular meeting this evening that early this afternoon he had received and accepted Chief of Police Richard Hedges’ letter of resignation — effective immediately.

Trooper First Class Christopher Conrad in St Augustine reported to Historic City News that at about 8:00 p.m. last night, a Palm Coast teenager driving a 2010 Ford F-150 pickup truck, was involved in a crash that may have been witnessed by one of our readers.

Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission Public Information Coordinator Joy Hill reported to Historic City News in St Augustine that two adults and a juvenile are facing prison time and fines after for killing a state-designated “threatened species” and for felony cruelty to animals.

At around 4:15 am this morning, Trooper Dennis Shorter reported to Historic City News in St Augustine that a single-vehicle collision occurred along International Golf Parkway; when a Ponte Vedra Beach man, operating his motorcycle, failed to negotiate a sharp curve.

This morning at 3:15 am, Historic City News in St Augustine was notified by the Florida Highway Patrol that a 78-year-old Rockville Maryland man was rear-ended on I-95 as he was traveling, southbound, through St Johns County.