Category: Public Safety

Historic City News has learned that 76 year-old Carrie Johnson, known to local residents as “The Voice of Lincolnville”, is asking for your help in finding the driver of a truck that struck and severely injured her son — then ran away.

When Deputy Sheriff Charles K. Simpkiss responded to a verbal altercation call from 3304 Shore Drive in St Augustine South last night at about 7:00 p.m., he likely was not expecting to be until 3:43 a.m. this morning compiling his report.

Historic City News reporters were informed today that brothers Michael and Shawn Cona, whose residence is at 48 Fischer Lane in Palm Coast, are in custody in the Flagler County Jail charged with the June 22nd robbery of the Hancock Bank on Palm Coast Parkway.

Historic City News has been informed that District 23 Medical Examiner Dr. Predag Bulic has been called in to identify and a determine what caused the death of a man whose body was discovered by law enforcement officers inside a Fruit Cove residence yesterday.

South Beach Grill recently became the first restaurant in St. Johns County to participate in the “Be the Wall” underage drinking prevention campaign according to a report received by Historic City News from Heidi Matheny this week.

St. Augustine Police Department Public Information Officer Mark Samson reported to Historic City News that a positive identification has been made in fatal traffic collision that occurred late Tuesday night, July 5th.

Historic City News reporters attended a press conference this afternoon where Flagler County Sheriff Don Fleming announced that six men, believed responsible for ATM, commercial and home burglaries, vehicle thefts and illegal narcotics sales throughout the State of Florida over the past three years, have been taken into custody.