Category: Public Safety

Examination of the Hastings structure fire reported by Historic City News yesterday has already yielded one arrest; as the investigation continues.

Lieutenant Bill Leeper informed Historic City News local reporters that a man who fled the scene of a serious three-car collision on SR-13 last night has been identified, located, arrested and is now in custody — facing multiple criminal charges.

Local St. Augustine reporters at Historic City News have learned that last Tuesday morning, Police Officer Michal Kettman responded to Tedi’s Ice Cream shop located at 65 St. George Street to investigate a burglary.

In the shadow of a “Crime Stoppers of Northeast Florida” decal, Historic City News staff photographer Kerry McGuire captured the image of an AED lifesaving device cabinet — now empty — at the Ponce de Leon Boulevard Public Library.

A 26-year old transient is still being sought nationwide as a person of interest in connection with the disappearance of a 45-year old St. Johns County woman earlier this month.

Community Resources Division Commander Barry E. Fox of the St. Augustine Police Department informed local Historic City News reporters that placed a local man under arrest and charged him with Arson this morning when it was determined that he contributed to a fire in the duplex where he was living.

Historic City News has learned that a St. Johns County man was apprehended by SWAT team members after a standoff with law enforcement yesterday.

According to information received by the Sheriff’s Office and delivered to local Historic City News reporters, investigators from Richland County, S.C. have located the second dog belonging to a missing North Beach woman, Brittany Jeniveve Tavar.