Deputies with the St Johns County Sheriff’s Office are currently seeking the whereabouts of an individual who was last seen around 2:00 p.m. near Crescent Beach, according to an alert received by Historic City News this afternoon.
Debra Johnson reported to the Historic City News crime desk that members of the Flagler County Sheriff’s Office spent much of the day yesterday cleaning up a marijuana grow operation that was discovered when workers arrived to change locks on a rental house.
Early this morning, Historic City News was notified that robbery homicide investigators from St Johns County, Putnam County detectives, specialized K-9 Units from Brevard County, along with recruits from the St Johns River State College Criminal Justice Academy expanded the search near McCullough Creek for additional evidence following the gruesome discovery Sunday of skeletal human remains.
Fred Shott reported to Historic City News in St Augustine that the ocean side boardwalk at Fort Matanzas National Monument is under renovation to replace wooden decking and handrails — a project that is estimated to be ongoing over the next four months.
Eager to see House Bill 263 calendared for its first committee, St Johns County Sheriff David B. Shoar was “encouraged” Wednesday when the Florida Senate unanimously passed a companion bill limiting what local governments have to pay for inmate hospital costs.
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.
St Augustine City Commissioner Errol Jones says that he is eager to clear his name in two charges that he believes have been brought against him by local police officers who were simply “inexperienced” and “overreacted” to his presence at the scene of a family disturbance on October 22, 2011.
A 24-year old Clay County man was arrested today after he traveled into St Johns County thinking he was going to have sex with an underage girl, according to information received by Historic City News this afternoon.
