Category: Public Safety

Public Information Officer Debra Johnson told reporters with Historic City News that deputies in Flagler County, as well as K-9 units, were called in to canvass the area of Pine Crest Lane in Palm Coast; responding to an attempted burglary that occurred early this morning.

Justin Mertis Barber, an unassuming 39 year-old man, weighing only 150 lbs. and standing 5’09”, was sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole by a St. Johns County jury on September 15, 2006 for the first degree murder of his wife April Barber.

An autopsy of Thomas Frank Hoagland, who lived at 136 Island Cottage Way in St. Augustine, will be required before Flagler Beach Police will say what caused the death of the man whose body washed ashore Friday.

When first appearance hearings began this morning at 8:30 a.m., Historic City News learned that Latoya Korren Jordan was officially charged with the willful homicide of Fruit Cove resident Daniel Stuart Somerson.

In a case of extremely good or extremely bad timing, depending on your point-of-view, Historic City News crime patrol reporters learned that a Ponte Vedra Beach man walked into a pawn shop to unload his stolen jewelry just at the time detectives were there in search of it.

Some of the gory details surrounding the discovery of a violently murdered 53 year-old Fruit Cove man have come to light for Historic City News readers when St. Johns County Sheriff David Shoar announced an arrest and confession in the case.

St. Johns County Sheriff David Shoar announced to Historic City News this morning that the agency has been awarded reaccredited status by the Commission for Florida Law Enforcement Accreditation and is only the third agency in the state to receive the prestigious “Excelsior Agency” award.