The trial of a man accused of raping and slaying a veterinary technician in Orange Park has resulted in a guilty verdict being returned late this morning in the first degree murder and sexual battery case.

The local St. Augustine news desk has learned that at about 7:30 Wednesday night, Police Officer Michael Linsky responded to a domestic disturbance call on Kings Ferry Way involving a two year-old child.

Community Affairs Officer Barbara Clifford of the St. Augustine Police Department reported to the local St. Augustine news desk that police have solved two burglaries that occurred in the downtown area.

A masked gunman walked into the Palm Coast Pharmacy on Pine Cone Drive Saturday morning and demanded drugs before fleeing from the store on foot, according to an alert received by the local news desk from Flagler County Sheriff’s Public Information Officer, Debra Johnson.

The local St. Augustine news desk has learned that sometime between last Sunday morning and Monday morning at about 9:00 a.m., someone stole two guitars from Flagler Memorial Presbyterian Church.

The local St. Augustine news desk has learned that police received a call from a witness Wednesday evening, reporting that they observed a man climbing out of an apartment window in the area of 400 Anastasia Boulevard.

The local St. Augustine news desk has learned that last Thursday morning, Police Officer Jeff Collins responded to a residence on North Whitney Street to investigate the theft of a 2000 Nissan Maxima.

Last week, post office workers got a scare when an apparently abandoned suitcase was discovered in front of the King Street entrance to their building; located at 99 King Street.