A man and dog sleep on the side of St. George Street on Tuesday, October 31, 2017. Saying panhandling has reached “crisis” levels, the City of St. Augustine is exploring what options are available for changing panhandling laws and has retained a constitutional law expert who has also helped the city rewrite street performer regulations to give advise. A report on those efforts is expected in December. (Christina Kelso/ The St. Augustine Record)

James Allen Jr. holds a photograph of his father, James Allen Sr., on Tuesday, February 7, 2017, on the side of northbound U.S. 1 near where the 81-year-old was struck and killed while walking on Jan. 13 in what authorities say was a hit-and-run collision. (Christina Kelso/ The St. Augustine Record)

John Harry Branson stands before Judge Howard Maltz at the St. Johns County Courthouse on Wednesday, April 12, 2017 after pleading guilty to second-degree murder and abuse of a dead human body in the April 2016 stabbing death of local artist Jordie Hudson. (Christina Kelso/ The St. Augustine Record)

Mayor Nancy Shaver responds to questions and grievances from Vilano Beach residents about recent changes to Nelmar Terrace access during a Vilano Beach Main Street meeting at the Hampton Inn on Wednesday, February 15, 2017. (Christina Kelso/ The St. Augustine Record)

A counter protester in a Confederate flag t-shirt yells at demonstrators as they march from the Plaza de la Constitucion in downtown St. Augustine on Saturday, November 18, 2017 in protest of two Confederate monuments in the plaza during the city’s Nights of Lights, Light Up! Night event. (Christina Kelso/ The St. Augustine Record)

Demonstrators circle the Plaza de la Constitucion in downtown St. Augustine on Saturday, November 18, 2017 during the city’s Nights of Lights, Light Up! Night event to protest two confederate monuments located in the plaza. (Christina Kelso/ The St. Augustine Record)

Florida Highway Patrol and St. Johns County Sheriff’s Office officials respond to the scene of a crash on U.S. 1 at approximately 10 p.m. on Tuesday, September 19, 2017, in which 58-year-old pedestrian Elaine Satkowski was hit and killed while attempting to cross the highway. (Christina Kelso/ The St. Augustine Record)

Family and friends of 16-year-old Dalton Kuhn light and release purple lanterns into the sky on Tuesday, October 10, 2017, while gathered on the side of State Road 312 on the one-year anniversary of his death. Purple was the teenager’s favorite color. Investigators with the St. Augustine Police Department believe that Kuhn was hit and killed by a white Chevy 2500 diesel pickup truck between the model years 2003 and 2006, while walking or skateboarding alongside the road. The driver did not stop and has not come forward. Anyone with information about the case is asked to call Detective Sergeant Jason Etheredge at 825-1092. Those who wish to remain anonymous can call Crime Stoppers of Northeast Florida at 888-277-8477. (Christina Kelso/ The St. Augustine Record)

Teens line up inside the fenced in grounds of Hastings Youth Academy on Friday, June 9, 2017. The Department of Juvenile Justice facility, which is run for the state by a private firm, has experienced three escapes since April. (Christina Kelso/ The St. Augustine Record)

Kirby Jones of St. Augustine Eco Tours watches over a nearly 400 pound loggerhead sea turtle found floating, lethargic and severely emaciated, near the St. Augustine Municipal Marina on Thursday morning, February 23, 2017. The marina reported the turtle, which is estimated to be 60 to 100-years-old, to St. Augustine Eco Tours, which operates under a permit to respond to injured wildlife in the immediate area. It took five people to lift the turtle out of the water and bring it to shore. They then called the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission, who arranged for the animal to be picked up and brought to SeaWorld Orlando. Shortly after the animal was found, FWC received a call to pick up a second turtle, a smaller green sea turtle, found floating in the water near The Conch House Marina. Both animals were then transported to SeaWorld in Orlando for rehabilitation. (Christina Kelso/ The St. Augustine Record)

Family and friends of 13-year-old Paris Nykel Byrd pray together on a field outside the Solomon Calhoun Center on Wednesday, December 6, 2017, during a vigil celebrating her life. The eighth grade student died on Tuesday after she became ill while participating in basketball tryouts at Murray Middle School, according to a news release by the St. Johns County Sheriff’s Office. On Wednesday, The District Medical Examiner ruled the manner of death as “natural” due to congenital disease and the cause of death as hypertrophic obstructive cardiomyopathy, an enlarged heart. (Christina Kelso/ The St. Augustine Record)

The St. Johns County Sheriff’s Office responds to a shooting at the Oaks of Wildwood condominiums, at the 4200 block of Carter Road, that left two people dead on Thursday, April 27, 2017. (Christina Kelso/ The St. Augustine Record)

Flagler College students protest outside of The Bunnery Bakery & Cafe on St. George Street on Wednesday, October 31, 2017, after an employee dressed in blackface as Aunt Jemima for Halloween. (Christina Kelso/ The St. Augustine Record)