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The St. Johns County Sheriff's Office issued the following release this morning:

A 20-year old St. Johns County man was arrested today on a charge of aggravated battery on a law enforcement officer after being released from a Duval County hospital stemming from an incident involving a Jacksonville Sheriff’s Officer late Thursday evening.  The suspect, identified as Nicholas Arthur Kelco, 20, 2265 Marlee Rd. South, was booked into the Duval County Jail on a St. Johns County warrant with a bond of $100,000.

Police officers who live in northwest St. Johns County received a rude awakening Wednesday morning when many discovered the tires on their patrol cars slashed. Some even found graffiti spray painted over the police graphics on their cars.

According to Kevin Kelshaw with the St. Johns County Sheriff's Office, nine cars were targeted; three from the Jacksonville Sheriff's Office, four belonging to the St. Johns Sheriff's Office and two civilian vehicles. All were parked in front of officers' homes in the Stonehurst neighborhood near County Road 210.