St Augustine Police made no arrest after 29-year-old Jeffrey “Stephen” Lee was shot and killed in the yard of an Arricola Avenue apartment on Davis Shores in the early evening of Thursday night, March 9, 2017.
Communications Specialist Sarah Hand told local Historic City News reporters this morning that the St. Johns River Water Management District has issued a Water Shortage Warning for all of St. Johns County effective immediately.
This morning, the St. Augustine Police Department asked the public for assistance in identifying three thieves that entered Old Towne Liquors, located at 135 San Marco Avenue and stole several bottles of vodka last month.
The burn ban enacted by resolution after careful consideration of members of the St. Johns County Board of Commissioners in an emergency meeting held on May 9, 2017, remains active through tomorrow, May 16th. At that time, county officials will evaluate the weather and fire conditions, both locally and across the state, to determine if they should extend or lift the ban on outdoor burning.
Sergeant Kenneth Mark Boatright Jr. of the Florida Highway Patrol informed local Historic City News reporters that for more than 4-hours this afternoon, troopers had traffic re-routed between SR-16/16A and SR-13/SR-16 while the road was closed to investigate a single-vehicle traffic homicide.
The St. Augustine Beach Police Department announced to local Historic City News reporters this week that a new safe zone has been established in their parking lot for the exchange of merchandise purchased or traded online.
Historic City News local reporters were informed this morning by Florida Highway Patrol District Commander, Captain Jerrell G. Crews, that a 44-year-old Putnam County driver crashed into a St Joseph Academy school bus; disabling both vehicles in the roadway on SR-207.
Shortly after 1:00 a.m. this morning, Historic City News learned that deputies arrested 20-year-old Richard James Westerman at his residence located at 3276 Debra Court in the Summerhill neighborhood of St Johns County. Westerman was charged with the crime of video voyeurism.
