Jacksonville boy turned 16 when friend died and is now charged with manslaughter
Terrica Martin was in the back of her Jacksonville home in the 1900 block of West Fifth Street when her 20-year-old son stumbled through the front door and collapsed on the ground with a gunshot wound...
View ArticlePolice looking for man who robbed Mandarin business, pistol-whipped employee...
The Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office is looking for a man who pistol-whipped an employee who was opening a business in Mandarin Saturday morning and then left the scene in a four-door vehicle with an...
View ArticlePolice identify two men found dead inside Jacksonville home Friday near West...
Two men found dead in a home off West Beaver Street in Jacksonville after a shooting Friday afternoon have been identified by police. Lenford Smith Jr., 26, and Charles Deon Eunice, 25, were found dead...
View ArticleMurder victim found Friday on East Third Street in Jacksonville identified as...
A 17-year-old murder victim found Friday afternoon in a lot in the 1200 block of East Third Street near Franklin Street has been identified by the Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office. An officer found the...
View ArticleJacksonville architecture firm settles with family for $1 million after fatal...
A lawsuit against a Jacksonville architecture firm was settled for $1 million on behalf of a man who was killed in a crash while driving a mail truck in a construction zone in Osceola County in 2007,...
View ArticleJacksonville Sheriff Williams announces 4 new task forces as part of...
Jacksonville Sheriff Mike Williams, who took office in July, announced a strategic initiative Thursday afternoon which will feature four separate task forces led by civic leaders to get input from the...
View ArticleBurglars steal weapon, police items from Duval County schools law enforcement...
The Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office is looking for people who broke into several vehicles in a Westside subdivision during the night of Sept. 27 and left the area with an AR-15 rifle, ammunition, a...
View ArticleJacksonville man, 38, convicted in 2009 fatal shooting caught on surveillance...
A 38-year-old Jacksonville man who was caught on surveillance video shooting a man to death in 2009 was convicted Thursday and faces a mandatory life sentence in prison, according to the State...
View ArticleJacksonville woman, 22, dies Thursday after Wednesday crash on Beach Blvd.
A 22-year-old Jacksonville woman who drove in front of a car on Beach Boulevard Wednesday morning died in a hospital Thursday, according to the Florida Highway Patrol. Rebecca L. Perry tried to cross...
View ArticleJacksonville library hours expanded after $1 million budget boost
The Jacksonville Public Library received its first significant budget increase in years when the City Council approved a $1 million increase with a plan to use the extra money to add more hours to some...
View ArticleVigil seeks clues in family leader's Arlington death
The family of Roosevelt Fluellen Jr. stayed quiet for about two months after he was found shot to death in a Jacksonville apartment in July. They didn’t want to hinder the murder investigation. But...
View ArticleBrothers each get 9 life sentences for 2013 attack at Jacksonville hotel with...
A pair of brothers who tied up two women and a man in a Jacksonville hotel room and then sexually assaulted the women before shooting one in the head and lighting the room on fire were both sentenced...
View ArticleFamilies still hold out hope at Thursday night vigil for El Faro crew in...
Carla Newkirk stood in the middle of a circle Thursday night surrounded by more than 100 people clenching candles and holding out hope. She was with 32 others representing the crew aboard the cargo...
View ArticleAuthorities rule out abduction, investigate possible sexual battery on...
Update — Here’s Friday’s statement by the Sheriff’s Office: The Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office would like to announce as an update to this continued investigation, we are no longer looking for the...
View Article3 children hospitalized in serious condition, 4 others hurt in I-295 wreck...
Three children suffered serious injuries when they were ejected in a crash on Interstate 295 in Jacksonville Friday, according to the Florida Highway Patrol. The children were among seven people hurt...
View Article2 UPS workers who died in fiery Texas crash Wednesday identified as men from...
A man from Jacksonville and another from Middleburg have been identified as victims who died in a fiery crash involving two tractor-trailers Wednesday night on Interstate 20 in Texas, according to the...
View ArticleJacksonville man, 54, dies in motorcycle crash Friday on Buckman Bridge
A 54-year-old motorcyclist died Friday afternoon in Jacksonville when he crashed into the back of a car on the Buckman Bridge, according to the Florida Highway Patrol. Keith Andrew Tucker of...
View ArticleAuthorities identify 61-year-old man killed Friday in head-on crash in Putnam...
The Florida Highway Patrol has identified a 61-year-old man who died in a head-on collision in Putnam County Friday morning. David E. Freeman was westbound on Florida 100 in a Nissan pickup truck east...
View ArticleLake City man taken into custody after wife, son shot to death early Saturday
A 41-year-old man was taken into custody early Saturday after his wife and one of his sons were shot to death inside his home, according to the Lake City Police Department. The man’s 17-year-old...
View ArticleSt. Johns County man arrested after deputy injured in chase early Thursday
A 30-year-old St. Johns County man was taken into custody at his home Thursday after a police chase in the early morning where a deputy suffered a “significant” leg injury, according to the Sheriff’s...
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