Category: Public Safety

The Office of the State Fire Marshal is investigating to determine what caused a 1:00 a.m. hotel fire that resulted in the evacuation of dozens of guests and racked up an estimated $35,000 in property damage and contents loss during the wee hours of Wednesday morning.

Thursday morning at 9:00 a.m., St Augustine City Commissioner Errol Donledy Jones, will return to court with his attorney, Patrick T. Canan, for a pre-trial hearing on charges that stem from his arrest on October 23rd for obstructing an officer without violence.

Events are continuing to unfold in this morning’s death of a 29 year-old Fruit Cove woman found inside her residence at about 12:15 a.m. today.

A 43 year-old transient was taken to Flagler Hospital last night with non-life threatening injuries after he was stabbed by two other men in a fight over a woman that lived at a transient camp in the woods off SR-207.

A 25 year-old St Augustine woman originally thought to be the victim of a Christmas Eve home-invasion robbery is spending her New Year’s holiday in the St Johns County Detention Facility in lieu of $152,500 bail and facing charges that she participated in the crime.

Fire Rescue Chief Carl Shank told Historic City News reporters in St Augustine that he wishes all St Johns County residents a safe and Happy New Year — although he issued a word of caution to those who are considering fireworks as part of their New Year’s Eve celebrations.

Sheriff David B Shoar reported to Historic City News today that deputies, acting on a tip, located and identified a 31 year-old St Johns County fugitive who is wanted for multiple felony charges as well as an outstanding warrant alleging aggravated assault with a deadly weapon and battery.