Category: Public Safety

Heaven, they say, protects children, sailors, and drunken men; and in the wee hours of the morning Friday, a little grace was left over to make its way to a local St. Augustine woman who flipped her speeding car and walked away, unharmed.

The Florida Criminal Justice Executive Institute announced to local Historic City News reporters the Thursday graduation of St. Johns County Sheriff’s Colonel Art May from the Chief Executive Seminar at the Florida Department of Law Enforcement.

When a Ponte Vedra Beach man wrote a check for what he thought was a charitable contribution, Historic City News has learned, only opened the door for a thief to commit check fraud against the unsuspecting donor.

Today is day-two of efforts across southern St. Johns County and Putnam County as part of the renewed search for Rebecca Ware; according to information released to Historic City News by the St. Johns County Sheriff’s Office.

Public Information Officer Debra Johnson told local St. Johns County reporters with Historic City News that three Flagler County men were arrested late Monday evening in connection with a string of vehicle break-ins in Palm Coast.

St. Johns County Sheriff’s Office Crime Prevention Corporal Diana Bryant reported to Historic City News that over 300 pounds of expired or unwanted medication was collected at the second Operation Medicine Cabinet in St. Augustine on Saturday.

Over the past 72 hours, detectives investigating the disappearance of 34 year-old Rebecca Ann Ware who was last seen in St. Johns County on October 29, 2010, have reported to Historic City News that they have developed new information and gathered additional evidence in the case.