Though initial reports indicated police did not suspect any criminal wrongdoing by two female passengers in a Clay County stolen car crash incident, warrants have now surfaced for both women. All four people have warrants now for charges ranging from grand theft auto to aggravated battery, according to a report in the Florida Times-Union. One…
Continue reading ›A Jacksonville man turned himself in a day after her robbed a local credit union, according to a report in the Florida Times-Union. Kris Reinertsen turned himself in the following day and he was charged with armed robbery, the newspaper reported. Armed robbery is a first-degree felony and punishable by up to life in prison.…
Continue reading ›Three months after they first seized the computer server of a Jacksonville attorney the state has tabbed as a mastermind of an internet gambling theft and money-laundering ring, agents have taken his computers for a second time. But a judge has told police to hold off on looking at the contents until he can determine…
Continue reading ›Two men and a female driver were arrested on armed robbery charges in Clay County last week after two victims were robbed and shot in what police are describing as a drug-related incident. The suspects drove off after the robbery and police eventually spotted the vehicle driven by Kelia Smith at a convenience store, according…
Continue reading ›An officer with the Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office was charged with theft in Duval County last week after she allegedly stole a purse that she thought was brought to a police substation after someone found it in the parking lot. But, the purse was really brought by an FBI agent as a decoy after police were…
Continue reading ›Jacksonville police arrested a 53-year-old woman whom they say tried to leave a Jacksonville Wal-Mart without paying for several packages of crab meat. Greta Young was arrested for felony theft in Jacksonville last month and police found $120 worth of crab meat in her purse, according to a report in the Florida Times-Union. Ordinarily, because…
Continue reading ›As a Jacksonville Theft Attorney, I have represented hundreds of people accused of stealing. There are several Duval County Theft charges, including petit theft (also referred to as petty theft) and grand theft. Stealing is considered a Petit Theft in Florida if the value of the items taken is $300.00 or less. If the value…
Continue reading ›A JEA worker was sentenced to 13 months in prison for changing customer account records, resulting in an estimated $50,000 in lost revenue to the Jacksonville city-owned utility. Stephen Smith pleaded guilty last week to second-degree grand theft in Duval County, according to a report in the Florida Times-Union. After his prison term, he’ll be…
Continue reading ›A man serving a life sentence for robbing a Jacksonville cell phone store has now been charged with the 2011 killing of a Jacksonville woman and police say the robbery and her death are connected. Police arrested Kenneth Thompson last week and charged him with murder in the death of Michelle McCoy, who was last…
Continue reading ›A botched Jacksonville Armed Robbery last week left one suspect dead and the other charged with murder, though he wasn’t the one who pulled the trigger. Two men started threatening employees at a Dollar General store one night last month, with one of them holding the store manager at gunpoint with what police described as…
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