Today, United States Attorney Maria Chapa Lopez announced to Historic City News the return of an indictment against 49-year-old Samuel Arthur Thompson of St Augustine.  He is charged with receiving and possessing child sex-abuse images, possession of a firearm by a convicted felon, failing to register under the Sex Offender Registration and Notification Act, and transmitting damaging commands to a protected computer system or device.

Historic City News was notified yesterday that the bodies of two teenage boys were discovered in the bedroom of a home on Solano Cay Circle in Ponte Vedra Beach.  The report came into the sheriff’s call center informing local law enforcement of the discovery at about 1:30 a.m. Sunday morning, February 9, 2020.

Pursuant to Section 403.077, F.S., the Florida Department of Environmental Protection informed local Historic City News reporters that they have received the following Public Notice of Pollution for a reportable release that occurred within St Johns County.

Law enforcement was called to the scene of a domestic disturbance in St Johns County by a woman reporting that, during a heated argument, 23-year-old Zachary Dylan Chesser armed himself with a rifle and shot three times into the ground in front of their house.

A St. Augustine man is accused of sending explicit images of himself to a minor, according to a St. Johns County Sheriff’s Office arrest report.

The St. Johns County Sheriff’s Office reported to Historic City News that deputies arrested a St Augustine man seen walking on the side of SR-16 Friday as they were responding to a retail theft call from a store inside the Outlet Mall on Friday.

At about 9:30 p.m. Saturday January 25th, Historic City News learned that St Augustine Police had been called to investigate a reported armed robbery.

Pursuant to Section 403.077, F.S., the Florida Department of Environmental Protection informed local Historic City News reporters that they have received the following Public Notice of Pollution for a reportable release that occurred within St Johns County.