Indiana man sentenced to 41 months in prison after failing to register as sex...
A federal judge sentenced a 43-year-old Indiana man to 41 months in prison Monday after officers identified him in September as a sex offender when they encountered him in a Jacksonville Wal-Mart and...
View ArticlePersonal story of gender transition highlights need for Jacksonville human...
Tricia Russell wore a patterned skirt with her hair pulled back as she sat on stage Tuesday night in downtown Jacksonville. She fit in with all the other women in the room but she was sure to tell...
View ArticleHomicide suspect taken into custody after brief standoff at Jacksonville...
Members of the Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office SWAT unit took a homicide suspect into custody Wednesday after a brief standoff at a mobile home park on New Kings Road. Investigators received a tip about...
View ArticleReport: Jacksonville woman, 64, suffers scrapes while trying to serve summons...
A 64-year-old Jacksonville woman suffered scrapes on her arm and knee Wednesday when she was hit by a vehicle as she attempted to serve the founder and CEO of Latitude 360 with a summons, according to...
View ArticleDeath ruled homicide as friends, family remember mentally disabled...
Kevin D’Juan Wilkes beamed with pride when he wore nice clothes. He wasn’t able to tell people how happy it made him to dress that way because he was mentally disabled and couldn’t speak, but...
View ArticleJacksonville police searching for 29-year-old wanted in shooting at grocery...
The Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office is searching for a 29-year-old man wanted in a June 12 shooting on St. Augustine Road. Walter Lee Dumas is wanted on charges of attempted murder, possession of a...
View ArticleEscaped inmate turns herself in to Jacksonville police after slipping out of...
The Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office reported Thursday evening that Melissia Dawn Bennett turned herself in to police and was transported to jail. Previous story below: The Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office...
View ArticleJacksonville man, 37, arrested in Georgia after fatal shooting on Moncrief Rd.
The Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office announced a second-degree murder arrest Friday in a shooting last week in a parking lot on Moncrief Road. Kevin Dwayne Hamilton, 37, was taken into custody Tuesday in...
View ArticleBaby critical after incident at Jacksonville apartment
Rescue workers responded to the Malibu Gardens apartments on Jacksonville's Westside Friday afternoon after reports that a baby was in life-threatening condition, police said. Officer Jaime Eason could...
View ArticleJacksonville man, 35, arrested after pit bull found dead on chain
A 35-year-old Jacksonville man faces animal-cruelty charges after a dead pit bull was found chained up at his residence in the Sherwood Forest neighborhood, according to a Sheriff’s Office arrest...
View ArticleJacksonville mother, 32, arrested on arson charge after fire at home with 10...
A 32-year-old Jacksonville mother is facing an arson charge after the house she was living in caught fire with 10 people sleeping inside. Arlesha Mathis of the 7300 block of Tacony Drive was arrested...
View ArticleJacksonville police investigating Friday shooting at Lonnie Miller Park
An altercation at Lonnie Miller Park led to a teen or young man being shot in the leg Friday afternoon, Jacksonville police said. The victim was shot about 3:30 p.m. at the 7639 Price Road park near...
View ArticleJacksonville Sheriff's Office arms staff with 2,630 new Tasers
The Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office is using a five-year payment plan — including a warranty over that time — to equip staff with a new model of Taser after looking into the most efficient way to replace...
View ArticleJaguars RB Denard Robinson found asleep at wheel of car in retention pond Sunday
Authorities assisted Denard Robinson and a female passenger early Sunday after the Jaguars running back drove a Chevrolet Impala into a retention pond on Jacksonville’s Southside, according to a...
View ArticleSheriff announces review of officer actions after crash involving Jaguars RB...
Jacksonville Sheriff Mike Williams said Wednesday his agency will conduct a full review of his officers’ actions following a car crash early Sunday where Jaguars running back Denard Robinson drove into...
View ArticleJacksonville man, 31, pleads guilty to advertising for child porn involving...
A 31-year-old Jacksonville man pleaded guilty this week to advertising for child pornography after the mother of a 9-year-old found sexually explicit images on the girl’s social media account,...
View ArticleJacksonville man, 29, arrested Thursday on DUI charges after wrong-way crash...
A 29-year-old Jacksonville man faces DUI charges after a Florida Highway Patrol investigation into a January wrong-way crash on Interstate 295 where the driver of the other vehicle eventually died from...
View ArticleRoommate finds 2 dead in Jacksonville home
A man found two of his roommates dead inside a mobile home off Beach Boulevard Thursday afternoon when he came home from work, Jacksonville police said. The man reported the deaths in the Portside...
View ArticleFHP: Ruskin woman, 56, last seen in St. Augustine wanted on vehicular...
A 56-year-old Ruskin woman who was last seen in St. Augustine is wanted by the Florida Highway Patrol on a vehicular manslaughter charge after a fatal wrong-way crash in January. Jean Ann Petraits was...
View ArticleMan finds 2 roommates dead in mobile home off Beach Blvd.
A man found two of his roommates dead inside a mobile home off Beach Boulevard Thursday afternoon when he came home from work, Jacksonville police said.The man reported the deaths in the Portside...
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