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11-year-old boy charged with felony after bringing loaded gun to Jacksonville school
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A Jacksonville boy who brought a loaded, semi-automatic rifle to his Jacksonville school last month is now facing a felony charge. The 11-year-old is charged with possession of a firearm on school property, according to a report in the Florida Times-Union. The charge is a third-degree felony punishable by up to five years in state…

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Charges add up for woman who tries to run from DUI arrest
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A Clay County woman is now facing multiple charges in Jacksonville, including a felony, in what appeared to start as a DUI investigation. Police pulled the driver over for speeding about 2 a.m. in Jacksonville Beach, according to a report in the Florida Times-Union. A passenger in the car took off running before police could…

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Jury finds Jacksonville man not guilty of home invasion and assault charges
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A jury needed just 25 minutes to find a Jacksonville man not guilty of two serious felony charges in connection with an alleged robbery. The man was accused of breaking into a woman’s home, demanding money and then beating her, according to a report from News4Jax. The woman said she knew who the man was…

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Jacksonville teen pleads guilty to reduced charge in 2013 shooting
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Prosecutors backed off their first-degree murder charge and offered a plea to second-degree murder for a Jacksonville teen charged in a deadly shooting. The boy, now 17 but 15 at the time of the shooting, agreed to the plea deal last month, according to a report in the Florida Times-Union. The plea agreement includes language…

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Clay County man arrested on misdemeanor charge in traffic crash that killed two people
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A Clay County man was arrested on several traffic violations for a May crash that killed a two people in Clay County. The defendant is accused of running a red light and crashing into a car with an elderly couple in it, according to a report in the Florida Times-Union. Both people inside the other…

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Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office employee arrested in undercover drug bust
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A woman who worked for the Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office was arrested last week after police set up an undercover drug sting to allegedly catch her buying narcotics. Through text messages with a confidential informant, the woman agreed to buy two OxyContin pills, but only ended up buying one $35 pill, according to a report in…

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Jury’s decision to reduce charge to manslaughter thwarts prosecutors’ attempt to pursue death penalty on Jacksonville man
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Prosecutors were actively seeking the death penalty for a man charged with first-degree murder, but the jury’s decision to convict on a lesser charge has put an end to those plans. The charges stem from a shooting inside a Jacksonville apartment, for which each side has a very different story, according to a report in…

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Atlantic Beach woman facing felony DUI charges in May tourist death
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Four months after she drove her car onto the sidewalk and ran over a vacationing Wisconsin man, an Atlantic Beach woman was arrested on several serious felony charges. The woman is accused of driving her Ford Expedition onto the sidewalk, hitting the man and then hitting a palm tree, a parked car and a bus…

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