Category: Public Safety

Public Information Officer Debra Johnson told local reporters with Historic City News that deputies in Flagler County investigated the shooting of a Palm Coast woman last night and have ruled it an accident.

In accordance with Florida State Statute 775.21, this news release will serve as public notification that the St. Johns County Sheriff’s Office has been given information that a person judged to be a sexual predator is now residing within St. Johns County.

Historic City News has learned that St. Augustine Beach resident, 38 year-old Travis David Tomko, an accomplished professional tag-team wrestler, known by his ring name “Tomko”, has been taken into custody and booked in the St. Johns County Jail — charged with strong-arm robbery.

Late last night, St. Johns County Sheriff’s spokesman Kevin Kelshaw told Historic City News that witnesses observed four St. Johns County teenagers prowling in the area of the 6500 block of Burnham Circle in Ponte Vedra Beach.

Accusations in St. Johns County that a 66 year-old Fort McCoy man has sexually abused a 12 year-old girl, has led detectives to arrest George Robert Lightkep — who resides at 25344 E 139th Lane Northeast.

Deputies responded to a call of a burglary in progress at a residence in the 4000 block of Chester Street in Flagler Estates; according to an incident report received by Historic City News shortly after 4:00 p.m. yesterday.

The one-time St. Johns County Commission Chairman, Thomas G. Manuel, now a convicted felon in the custody of the Federal Bureau of Prisons, has been returned to Florida in preparation for his release; scheduled for next month.

The man Flagler County detectives say was the intended target of three armed burglars Monday, when they invaded the home he shares with two roommates, was taken into custody yesterday on outstanding violation of probation and felony drug warrants, according to a report received by Historic City News.