Category: Public Safety

Historic City News has received an alert that two teens have been arrested in connection with the armed robbery of a 44-year old Hastings man — both are in custody in the St Johns County Detention Facility in St Augustine in lieu of $55,000 bail, each.

An out-of-control motorcycle resulted in a collision on Ponce de Leon Boulevard at Orange Street yesterday evening that should serve as a reminder to Historic City News readers to be especially alert this weekend as bike week draws thousands of visitors to St Augustine.

Last Thursday, March 8th, local Historic City News reporters in St Augustine learned that convicted killer Norman Blake McKenzie filed a motion in the St Johns County Circuit Court to vacate the judgment of his conviction and sentence.

Earlier today, Historic City News received word from State Attorney R. J. Larizza’s office that Circuit Judge Wendy Berger sentenced 40-year-old Alfonso Levertes Johnson, III, to 15 (fifteen) years in prison.

Chief Derek Fraser informed local Historic City News reporters that firefighters from the City of Bunnell have been training with Flagler County’s Fire Flight helicopter utilizing a new portable dip tank in preparation for the upcoming wildfire season.

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.

A residential structure fire reported to E-9-1-1 operators at 3:11 a.m. this morning, sent St Johns County Fire Rescue teams to the 1800 block of Shore Drive; where first responders reported heavy smoke in the home.

Brandon Meredith Hardy, the 21-year-old man who came to St Augustine from Valdosta thinking he was going to have sex with a 12-year-old child, was found guilty yesterday of using the Internet in an attempt to entice a minor to engage in illegal sexual activity.