In October 2024, St. Johns County Sheriff’s Office (SJSO) Special Victims Unit (SVU) detectives arrested 21-year-old Ali Aldemar Moreno on charges of Capital Sexual Battery involving an 11-year-old victim. Moreno, posing as a 15-year-old boy on the social media platform Snapchat, groomed the child. He subsequently picked her up nearContinue Reading
On Saturday evening, January 18, 2025, at approximately 5:15 PM, St. Johns County deputies and St. Johns County Fire Rescue responded to a reported structure fire on Coral Circle in Anastasia Island. Upon arrival, first responders discovered a deceased body inside the residence. Detectives with the St. Johns County Sheriff’sContinue Reading
On Saturday, January 18, 2025, at approximately 4:00 a.m., St. Johns County Deputies responded to a reported armed robbery at the Dailey’s Gas Station located at 40 Settlement Drive in Nocatee. Upon arrival, deputies learned that a suspect had entered the store, brandished a knife, and threatened the clerk beforeContinue Reading
The St. Johns County Sheriff’s Office is investigating a hit-and-run that critically injured a teenage boy on January 10, 2025, in the Flagler Estates area. At approximately 6:45 a.m., a passerby discovered the victim on Palatka Boulevard near Carpenter Avenue. The boy, who was walking to his bus stop, wasContinue Reading