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Former day care owner gets 20 days in prison over the next 10 years for role in child’s drowning
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A day-care owner pleaded guilty to a reduced charged in the drowning death of a child and will have to spend two days in jail for each of the next 10 years as part of her punishment. Jan Buchanan pleaded guilty to culpable negligence and must report to jail on the birthday and on the…

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Murder conviction overturned in death of Clay County vet clinic worker
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A man on death row after being found guilty of the brutal murder of a worker at a Clay County veterinary clinic could be getting a new trial after the Florida Supreme Court tossed out his conviction last week. Michael Jackson was convicted of raping, beating and killing 25-year-old Andrea Boyer shortly after she arrived…

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Judge to make ruling on whether 96-year-old woman is competent for trial on murder charge
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A St. Johns County judge expects to decide in two weeks whether a 96-year-old woman is competent to stand trial in the shooting death of her nephew. Amanda Stevenson has been in the St. Johns County Jail since September, when she was charged with fatally shooting her 53-year-old nephew with a .357 magnum, according to…

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Prosecutors make Jacksonville arrest in 1994 murder, charge same man they released just before trial
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Seventeen years ago the state let David Carpenter walk out of jail, saying conflicting witness statements and a lack of evidence was not enough to take him to trial on a murder charge. This week, Carpenter was arrested again in Jacksonville on the same murder charge and police are relying on jailhouse snitches to put…

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St. Augustine captain key to reopening case of late Hollywood starlet Natalie Wood
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Hollywood and the celebrity news organizations were abuzz last week when police reopened the death investigation 30 years after actress Natalie Wood was said to have drowned. And a St. Augustine boat captain is at the center of the case. Dennis Davern, who now lives in St. Augustine, was captain of the boat owned by…

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