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A corrections officer in Duval County has been arrested on three felony charges. According to an article on News4Jax, the officer was arrested this past Sunday for Delivering or Distributing Methamphetamine, Delivering or Distributing Marijuana and Bringing Contraband into a County Detention Facility. All three charges are felonies in Florida. The meth charge is classified…

A Neptune Beach police officer has been arrested on the charge of grand theft in Jacksonville. According to a report on jacksonville.com, the officer was stealing money while searching citizen’s cars that he pulled over for traffic infractions. Police began suspecting the thefts after several people complained about missing money. An undercover investigation was conducted…

A St. Johns County police deputy was recently arrested. According to an article in the St. Augustine Record, the officer was arrested for domestic battery, which is a first degree misdemeanor in Florida. The deputy allegedly hit a woman in the face at his house. His St. Johns County bond was set at $500.00 and…

A Jacksonville Sheriff’s officer’s actions are being evaluated after detaining a young man for jaywalking and threatening to put him in jail. According to an article in the Florida Times Union, the man did not obey a walk signal and the officer detained him. After being stopped, the man began to record the interaction on…

The wrong woman was released from the Clay County Jail last week. According to an article on Jacksonville.com, Jessica Davis’ family posted her bond for her to be released while her misdemeanor simple battery case is pending. Instead of being released once the bond was processed, Clay County released another woman, Jessica Arnott. Arnott was…

A Jacksonville police officer is facing several criminal charges stemming from separate alleged incidents. According to a report in the Florida Times Union, the officer of fourteen years is charged with grand theft, petit theft and official misconduct in Duval County. Those charges are pending after allegations that the officer was paid for time he…

A Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office police officer has been fired after being arrested for beating a woman in custody, according to an article in the Florida Times Union. The officer was at the base of the jail in the intake area with the woman who he arrested. That area, as well as other areas in the…

In Baker County this week, a man was arrested for fleeing police and for kicking a police dog, according to an article in the Florida Times Union. Officers claim that the man drove over 100 miles per hour while fleeing them. Police also allege that the man intentionally drove his car at the them, which…

Police arrested a Jacksonville corrections officer this month, following a tip that he received money to smuggle items into the jail for an inmate. The investigation began with a tip in August and is still ongoing, according to a report in the Florida Times-Union. The corrections officer is accused of meeting a woman to get…

A Jacksonville man who escaped while serving a nine-month sentence is now facing decades in state prison. The man was reported as escaping in June, according to a report in the Florida Times-Union. The man was finally captured after trying to flee from police during a traffic stop this month and is now facing multiple…