St. Augustine Beach Police reported to local Historic City News crime patrol reporters that they have discovered a man living at the beach who is a convicted sex offender in Tenneessee — but, they took him into custody when the also found out that he had not registered with Florida authorities after arriving here.
Jacob Thomas Governale, a 30 year-old would-be car thief, decided to take on several sheriff’s deputies armed with batons, pepper spray, tasers and even a K-9 deputy; threatening to drowned the deputies and their dog if they came into a pond to capture him.
St. Johns County Sheriff’s Colonel Art F. May reported to local Historic City News that deputies will be cracking down on motorists who fail to wear their seat belts as they mobilize for the 2011 national “Click-it-or-Ticket” campaign.
For the second time in less than 30 days, Historic City News has received a report from the scene of a bicyclist who has been killed in a collision with a truck on SR-214 (West King Street).
Traffic Homicide Investigator J.D. “Mac” McGinnis reported to Historic City News reporters a local teenager has been flown to a Jacksonville hospital with life-threatening injuries received in an all terrain vehicle (ATV) collision.
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.
After DNA testing revealed a match between evidence collected during the investigation of a sexual battery and a local man suspected of committing the crime, Historic City News learned that St. Augustine police have made an arrest in the case.
