At about 11:10 p.m. Sunday night, Historic City News was informed by the Florida Highway Patrol that a former Allen D Nease Senior High School student, 18-year-old Benjamin Goss of Ponte Vedra Beach, died from injuries sustained in a crash at Racetrack Road and US-1.
When southwest district deputies contacted a woman seen trespassing at the scene of a recently burglarized and abandoned residence, she told them that she was “looking for a receipt”.
Pursuant to Section 403.077, F.S., the Florida Department of Environmental Protection informed local Historic City News reporters that they have received the following Public Notice of Pollution for a reportable release that occurred within St Johns County.
The Florida Highway Patrol reported the arrest of 24-year-old Iesheia Antonia Logan, who resides at 403 Gunby Circle in Saint Augustine, in connection with a traffic homicide that occurred September 26, 2018. Investigators said that Logan was “under the influence of alcoholic beverages” — testing 0.202 g/100 mL of blood.
This morning, State Attorney R.J. Larizza reported to Historic City News that Kim Michelle Johnston was sentenced to fifteen years in a state prison facility for driving under the influence causing death and five years for driving under the influence causing serious bodily injury — both the maximum penalties under the law. These sentences will run concurrently.
A former St Johns County man, living in a St Augustine trailer park, 30-year-old Romeo Xavier Langhorne, has been charged with “attempting to provide material support and resources” to the Islamic State of Iraq and al-Sham (ISIS) a designated foreign terrorist organization according to the indictment reported to Historic City News.
Historic City News has learned that while patrolling downtown at about 2:11 a.m. Saturday morning November 23, St Augustine Police Officer Jonathan Correa was hailed by management at the White Lion Tavern on Cuna Street. Three patrons were refusing to leave the bar after “last call” and one man was in the middle of “a screaming match” with the bouncer, Correa reported.
The face of a local man, who one-year ago was in the news after he accused the right wing for volte-face on bigotry, xenophobia, and sexism during a class he was teaching at St Augustine High School, is back in the news once again — but this time, it’s a mugshot.
