Category: Public Safety

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.

Community Affairs Officer Barbara Stevens reported to Historic City News that the St. Augustine Police Department was called to the Winn-Dixie Marketplace on South Ponce de Leon Boulevard on Christmas Day to investigate a robbery.

Community Affairs Officer Barbara Stevens reported to Historic City News that the St. Augustine Police Department was called to a residence on Lions Gate Drive last Wednesday, December 22nd, to investigate a vehicle that was reported stolen.

Historic City News local reporters received word that serious injuries were sustained in a hit-and-run collision last night by 48 year-old Lorenzo Evans of St. Augustine; according to a report from Lieutenant Bill Leeper with the Florida Highway Patrol.

Public Information Officer Debra Johnson told local St. Johns County reporters with Historic City News that the Flagler County Sheriff’s Office has launched an enforcement campaign aimed at removing impaired drivers from the community highways in conjunction with the Governor’s proclamation of December as “Drunk and Drugged Driving (3D) Prevention Month.”

A former deputy sheriff with the Indian River County Sheriff’s Department, who has been living in St. Augustine, is in custody today in lieu of bonds totaling $1.5 million dollars, according to records received by Historic City News this morning.

The Monday afternoon arrest of a 66 year-old Palm Coast man culminated an eight month investigation by the Flagler County Sheriff’s Office and the Tri-County Narcotics Task Force into a marijuana distribution operation that has connections to the Midwest.