According to a press release from the St. Augustine Police Department’s public information officer Mark Samson, 52-year-old Hiram Kearse was arrested Monday by the US Marshalls Office Florida Regional Task Force. Kearse is charged with alleged sexual battery, according to Samson.

The release states Kearse is possibly involved in the sexual battery of a 33-year-old female victim while using or threatened to use a deadly weapon. Evidence collected at the crime scene as well as evidence collected at the Flagler Hospital Sexual Assault Unit was consistent with the victim’s story.

Kearse was booked into the St. Johns County Jail and has no bond while he awaits further court appearances.

Trevor Jones of St. Augustine was booked into the Putnam County jail Sept. 15, charged with theft from a blue crap trap, a third-degree felony. If convicted, Jones faces a maximum sentence of five years in prison and a $5,000 fine.

 “Stealing from a commercial blue crab trap is a serious offense because it is interfering with a person’s livelihood,” said Lt. George Pottorf.

A 36-year old St. Johns County man was arrested early Thursday evening on a charge of an alleged sexual assault upon a child over the age of 12.

Detectives with the St. Johns County Sheriff’s Office Special Victims’ Unit arrested the suspect,  Michael Sean Taylor.