Category: Public Safety

Public Information Officer Debra Johnson told local reporters with Historic City News that, at about 7:00 p.m. last night, Flagler County deputies were on the scene and the St. Johns County bomb squad was enroute to the Dry Lake area of Seminole Woods — following reports of an explosion.

The Police Athletic League and the St. Johns County Sheriff’s Office have notified local Historic City News crime patrol reporters that a tip has been received that would indicate a possible scam using their name.

Historic City News was briefed this morning on a search warrant being executed at the M&M Market located at 102 Bridge Street in St. Augustine.

Historic City News was informed that two teenagers were arrested Tuesday morning following the early morning armed robbery of a Matanzas High School student who was waiting at a Palm Coast bus stop.

Historic City News has learned that former St. Augustine resident, 39 year-old Eugene Laquan Lofton, Jr., who was sentenced on April 6th, 2010 and is currently serving a 9 year sentence for cocaine sales, has been arrested by the Department of Corrections and returned to St. Johns County under $1 million bond.

St. Johns County Sheriff’s Office robbery detectives have Kirk Lee Davenport in custody this evening in connection with two armed robberies reported to Historic City News earlier today.

Public Information Officer Debra Johnson told local St. Johns County reporters with Historic City News that deputies in Flagler County responded to Indian Trails Middle School to investigate a student gun threat.

Historic City News Editor Michael Gold asked St. Johns County Sheriff David B. Shoar what someone should do if an unmarked vehicle attempts to pull them over — especially in the case where a uniformed officer cannot be clearly identified behind the wheel.