Category: Public Safety

North Florida High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area announced to Historic City News the arrest of 135 individuals and the seizure of almost 17,000 prescription pills and more than $3.6 million in “Operation Growing Pains”.

Heather Smith, spokesperson with the Florida Department of Law Enforcement in Tallahassee, reported to Historic City News that this afternoon at 3:00 p.m., the agency will announce the results of a major prescription drug trafficking investigation in our area.

Community Affairs Coordinator, Sergeant Charles E. Mulligan, informed local Historic City News crime reporters that a convicted felon who resides in Hastings was placed under arrest on Monday when he was found to be in possession of a weapon.

Historic City News has learned that 43 year-old Scott Inman Cates, Vice President of Operations for Lee and Cates Glass, entered a guilty plea yesterday morning; admitting that he was involved in conducting an over-billing scheme that resulted in over 1,300 fraudulent insurance claims.

A 53-year-old Hastings man shot in an exchange of gunfire with St. Johns County deputies Tuesday night was arrested on attempted murder charges.

The more than 1,000 investors who say they were bilked out of $113 million through the business operated by 69 year-old Lydia Cladek of St. Augustine Beach may have had the “last laugh” following an announcement yesterday that her court-appointed custodian has had “second thoughts”.

U.S. Attorney Robert E. O’Neill announced to Historic City News that a federal jury yesterday found 48 year-old Jacksonville resident David Wesley Vickers guilty of nineteen counts arising out of a mortgage fraud scheme, including conspiracy to commit mail, wire, and bank fraud.

Public Information Officer Debra Johnson told local St. Johns County reporters with Historic City News that deputies in Flagler County are investigating the late night break-in of a Palm Coast jewelry and pawn shop.