{"id":465701,"date":"2026-09-16T15:24:14","date_gmt":"2026-09-16T15:24:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/465701\/"},"modified":"2026-09-16T15:24:14","modified_gmt":"2026-09-16T15:24:14","slug":"homeless-california-native-arrested-five-times-in-14-months-allegedly-threatens-st-augustine-officer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/465701\/","title":{"rendered":"Homeless California native arrested five times in 14 months allegedly threatens St. Augustine officer"},"content":{"rendered":"

A 21-year-old California native arrested five times<\/a> in St. Augustine in approximately 14 months is now accused of spitting on a person at a bar, trying to headbutt an officer and threatening an officer\u2019s family.<\/p>\n

Hunter Andreas Henschke<\/a>, who is listed as homeless, was arrested Sept. 4 on charges including felony battery, aggravated assault on a law enforcement officer, threatening an officer with death or serious bodily harm, resisting without violence and disorderly intoxication.<\/p>\n

According to a St. Augustine Police Department report, Henschke became drunk and disruptive at a local bar and refused to leave when asked by staff. Police say he spat on a person before walking away.<\/p>\n

An officer found Henschke in the roadway about half a block away. Henschke allegedly screamed racial slurs, refused to cooperate and moved as though he intended to headbutt the officer.<\/p>\n

Police say he repeatedly attempted to spit on several officers, including after they placed a spit hood over his head.<\/p>\n

During the ride to jail, Henschke allegedly threatened to kill the transporting officer and described assaulting and killing members of the officer\u2019s family.<\/p>\n

The arrest follows four other cases involving Henschke since July 2025.<\/p>\n

\"MugshotHunter Henschke has prior assault convicitions. (SJSO)<\/p>\n

His first local arrest came after someone hurled chunks of concrete through windows at the Renaissance St. Augustine Historic Downtown Hotel in an attempted break-in on July 16, causing approximately $2,000 in damage.<\/p>\n

A hotel employee who collected sneakers identified the vandal\u2019s distinctive footwear in surveillance footage as green-and-white Nike Air Jordan 1s.<\/p>\n

The following day, an officer encountered Henschke in the Plaza de la Constituci\u00f3n. Police said he resembled the person in the footage and was wearing green-and-white Air Jordans along with the same clothing seen in the video.<\/p>\n

Four days later, Henschke was arrested after allegedly punching another man and throwing him to the ground during an altercation at Port in the Storm.<\/p>\n

Two independent witnesses identified him as the aggressor. Henschke was convicted of battery in that case in August 2025. <\/p>\n

In October, Henschke was arrested in an apparently unprovoked attack near the downtown parking garage and Visitors Information Center.<\/p>\n

Police said he approached a man sitting on a bench and repeatedly punched and kicked him after he fell. The victim suffered cuts to his head and ear as well as injuries across his face and arms.<\/p>\n

In March, Henschke was arrested after allegedly grabbing a female employee\u2019s breast while applying for a job at a St. George Street store.<\/p>\n

The woman told police Henschke followed her through the store and wrapped both arms around her. A coworker arrived after receiving a text asking for help and saw Henschke holding her.<\/p>\n

Henschke admitted hugging the employee because he was interested in her and reportedly told police he considered his behavior normal.<\/p>\n

Police records also show that he was convicted of battery in California in 2022.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A 21-year-old California native arrested five times in St. Augustine in approximately 14 months is now accused of…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":465702,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[7,9,8,183380],"class_list":["post-465701","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-california","tag-california","tag-california-headlines","tag-california-news","tag-featured-3"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/465701","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=465701"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/465701\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/465702"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=465701"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=465701"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=465701"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}