Articles Posted in Violent Crimes in Jacksonville

Prosecutors take death penalty off the table, man pleads guilty to murder charge
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A Jacksonville man on trial for murder took a plea deal while the jury was deliberating his plight, in exchange for prosecutors agreeing not to seek the death penalty against him. Instead, the man will be sentenced to life in prison, according to a report in the Florida Times-Union. He was accused of killing his…

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Appeals Court throws sentence in attempted first-degree murder in Clay County shooting, says man should be sentenced again
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A man sentenced to 45 years in prison on an attempted murder charge had his sentence thrown out this month. The court found the state did not present enough evidence to convict the defendant of first-degree attempted murder, according to a report in the Florida Times-Union. The key element of attempted first-degree murder is that…

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Man killed during Jacksonville fight; defendant charged with manslaughter
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A man who punched another man and ended up killing him was charged with manslaughter, several months after the incident. The defendant left a gun hidden in a book at the other man’s house and, when the resident found the gun, he turned it over to police, according to a report in the Florida Times-Union.…

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Man charged with killing his parents agrees to plea deal, state takes death penalty off the table
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A man accused of shooting and killing his parents will not face the death penalty on the two murder charges. The state and the man’s attorneys reached a deal this month where he will plead guilty to two counts of first-degree murder, receive to life sentences for both crimes and the state will withdraw its…

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Woman arrested, accused of intentionally driving her car into a blood donation center
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Police arrested a woman for driving her car into a blood donation center, a crash that shut the business down and sent nine people to local hospitals with injuries. None of the injuries were life-threatening, and the driver was among those taken for treatment, according to a report in the Florida Times-Union. The woman is…

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Woman accused of trying to hire undercover Jacksonville police officer to kill her daughter-in-law
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A 70-year-old Clay County woman is charged with two felonies after allegedly trying to hire a hit man to kill her daughter-in-law. Diana Costarakis is accused of meeting twice with the person she thought was a hitman, but was actually an undercover officer with the Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office, according to a report in the Florida…

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State drops murder charge against 98-year-old St. Johns County woman found mentally incompetent
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Prosecutors have finally dropped murder charges against a 98-year-old woman who was found mentally incompetent to stand trial over a year ago. In doing so, Amanda Stevenson now has access to her retirement benefits that had been suspended due to pending charges and those funds can be used for a private long-term care facility where…

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Clay County police say not enough evidence to charge in pushing incident with husband of School Board member
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Criminal charges will not be a part of a long-running feud between a Clay County School Board Member and a longtime critic. Police were investigating an incident where the opponent was videotaping people coming out of a Clay County Commission meeting, when the opponent alleges the Board Member’s husband shoved the camera into his face,…

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Jury rejects manslaughter charge, instead convicts man of battery in deadly fight
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A jury did not find enough evidence to convict a man of manslaughter in the death of another partygoer, but instead found him guilty of a lesser charge of felony battery. The man was accused of punching another man repeatedly while the man was already on the ground after a series of fights broke out…

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Originally facing death penalty, Jacksonville man sentenced to 35 years in murder case
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A Jacksonville man who prosecutors had been looking to execute pleaded guilty to a lesser charge this month. The man had been facing a first-degree murder charge for allegedly killing his mother in 2010 their Jacksonville home, according to a report in the Florida Times-Union. Instead, the state backed away from the initial charge and…

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