As recently as January 5th, Historic City News responded to tips from our readers and members of the St Johns County Sheriff’s Office, telling us that Sergeant Robert Gober III had been misappropriating funds from the local Police Athletic League where he served as Executive Director.
United States Attorney A. Lee Bentley, III announced to local Historic City News reporters today that a federal jury has found 33-year-old Matthew Bryan Caniff guilty of attempted online enticement of a minor child to engage in illegal sexual activity, online solicitation of child pornography, and attempted production of child pornography.
While taking a neighborhood walk Monday morning, Historic City News reader Debra Valenti-Epstein reported that she and her husband were approached by a man who told them he needed cab fare for his daughters.
It is 43-years later and we still have never punished the person responsible for the gruesome hacking death of the City’s former first lady — Athalia Ponsell Lindsley. Almost everyone who was thought to have committed the horrifying murder has died. Many of the investigators and public officials, the judge and prosecutor in the Alan Stanford trial (which ended in an acquittal) the sheriff, police chief, and members of the jury — all dead.
A 68-year old Flagler County man was arrested by St Johns County detectives late Friday afternoon. He has been charged with several sex-related crimes following a three-day investigation.
At about 10:30 p.m. last night, Historic City News was informed that the Florida Highway Patrol was investigating a traffic homicide on SR-A1A near Gnarled Oaks Drive in St Johns County.
While investigating a traffic crash at 601 Anastasia Boulevard at about 1:04 a.m. Friday morning, the St Augustine Police Department reported to Historic City News that Corporal Chris Miller was injured after a drunk driver crashed into the back of his marked patrol car.
Earlier this evening the US Marshal Service reported to Historic City News that they have arrested one of the intruders involved in the home invasion robbery and kidnapping which occurred earlier this week in Ponte Vedra Beach.
