Category: Public Safety

On Monday evening, Historic City News was informed that investigators with the St. Johns County Sheriff’s Office Special Victims Unit have arrested a 36 year-old man on a warrant alleging five sexual battery charges — four of which carry $1 million bond each; the fifth is a capital offense that does not allow the defendant…

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Homicide Detectives with The St. Johns County Sheriff’s Office have notified Historic City News reporters that earlier today; they obtained, and served, an arrest warrant on 26-year old transient Joseph Dean Roberts charging him with the murder of 45-year old South Ponte Vedra resident Brittany Jeniveve Tavar.

Historic City News received word from Governor Charlie Crist and Florida Department of Law Enforcement Commissioner Gerald Bailey, that crime in Florida is down 4.8 percent for the first half of 2010 over the same period last year.

The District 23 Medical Examiner, Dr. Terrence Steiner, has released his report to Historic City News following an autopsy examination of human remains recovered October 14th by St. Johns County Sheriff’s deputies in a heavily wooded area off of SR-207 and Lightsey Road.

In the fatal collision of a truck and pedestrian Saturday morning, police announced that they made an arrest and were continuing their investigation — Historic City News has learned more shocking details, including allegations of a plot to destroy evidence of the crime.

Just before 11:30 p.m. last night, 19 year-old Derek Lee Mrasak, who resides at 3895 South Francis Road in Saint Augustine, was arrested in connection with the hit-and-run accident that occurred in the wee hours of Saturday morning, according to Sergeant Michael Etheridge with the St. Augustine Police Department.

St. Johns County Traffic Unit Deputy J.D. McGinnis told Historic City News reporters that they responded to a head on crash between two vehicles on Coastal Highway A1A North at the intersection of Gardner Avenue in Vilano Beach before midnight last night.

Media Relations Officer Kevin Kelshaw reported to the Crime Patrol desk at Historic City News that 26-year old transient Joseph Dean Roberts appeared before Circuit Court Judge John Alexander today on charges of auto theft and violation of parole.