Jacksonville police took to Facebook to help identify a pregnant woman accused of stealing glasses from a local store. Detectives had tips within 30 minutes and, eight hours later, had arrested a woman and charged her with grand theft, according to a report in the Florida Times-Union. The woman, whom police said was nine months…
Continue reading ›A Jacksonville man was sentenced this month to more than 20 years in prison on a second-degree murder charge, even though he was not the one that pulled the trigger. In fact, the man and his 27-year-old cousin were armed and in bulletproof vests when they went to a Southside apartment complex to commit a…
Continue reading ›A veteran Jacksonville police officer was arrested and charged this month, accused of giving her son inside information in a potential felony drug case against him. The charge stems from an ongoing investigation into what police say is a massive Jacksonville Drug Crimes Case that involves large quantities of cocaine being brought to Jacksonville from…
Continue reading ›A Jacksonville man convicted of second-degree murder and two other serious felonies was sentenced this month to 35 years in state prison. The man and his roommate arranged to meet another man for a drug deal, but instead planned to rob the person, according to a report in the Florida Times-Union. The altercation escalated and…
Continue reading ›One man has been arrested, but there could be more on the way as Jacksonville police investigate what could be a massive cocaine ring. Police arrested a 20-year-old Jacksonville man on a charge of conspiracy to traffic in cocaine, according to a report in the Florida Times-Union. Records indicate that his father, uncle and another…
Continue reading ›A Jacksonville man was sentenced to 20 years in state prison for a DUI crash that killed one person and seriously injured two others. The crash occurred in 2013 when a man was driving the wrong way on a Jacksonville interstate and crashed head-on into a vehicle with three people inside, according to a report…
Continue reading ›Jacksonville police are investigating a recent crash as a hit-and-run after a pedestrian was killed on the Arlington Expressway. Police said the pedestrian was killed in the early morning hours, but did not release any information about the person, according to a report on First Coast News. Police said they did not have any information…
Continue reading ›Police in St. Johns County were called in this month to seize and break down a methamphetamines lab in a St. Johns County hotel. There was no information published in local media reports on any arrests involving the bust, according to the report on News4Jax. St. Johns County Drug Crimes involving methamphetamines can have serious…
Continue reading ›A now-former Nassau County corrections officer was arrested for his role in an altercation with an inmate earlier this summer. The corrections officer, who was fired last month, is now facing a misdemeanor battery charge for the July incident, according to First Coast News. The television report shows some of the video from the jail…
Continue reading ›A St. Johns County contractor was arrested this month on a felony charge, accused of not delivering on work after he had been paid deposits. Police said they started investigating the contractor in 2013 and found more than 10 people who had contracts with the man for home renovations, according to a report in the…
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