Jacksonville Criminal Defense Attorney Blog

A St. Johns County firefighter was arrested for DUI after a domestic call led to police spotting him speeding with a young child in the backseat. Police were initially called to a gas station about 1:20 a.m. after someone said a woman was being beaten inside a car, according to a report in the Florida…

The decision to leave the scene of a fatal accident was very costly for a St. Johns County man, a judge reminded him during a sentencing hearing this month. But the man will spend nine months in the county jail, far less than the 30-year maximum sentence of the crime he was originally charged with,…

What started with a theft from a store snowballed into serious felonies that now have two Clay County woman facing decades behind bars. The women were accused of stealing clothes from a Clay County store and then speeding off and throwing price tags out the window when a police car was chasing them, according to…

Police dismantled a mobile methamphetamines lab that officers discovered during a traffic stop in St. Johns County. Officers pulled the car over and found several people inside – along with the materials used to make methamphetamines, according to a report on Action News Jax. Police closed the gas station while they could dismantle the lab,…

Days after a school system report named three male former employees accused of having sex with students, one of the men was arrested and charged with a felony. The former part-time coach is accused with having a months-long sexual relationship with a high school senior and football manager who was 17 at the time the…

A man charged with second-degree murder is the death of a party host was convicted of a lesser charge this month. Jurors instead chose to find the defendant guilty of manslaughter for hitting a man with a baseball bat during an argument, according to a report in the Florida Times-Union. The victim had asked the…

One person was arrested after police found a methamphetamines lab in a Clay County hotel this month. Police were called after someone reported a suspicious smell and detectives then found the materials used to make meth inside a hotel room, according to a report on News4Jax. One person was arrested, though the exact charges were…

A man who was driving the wrong way on a Jacksonville freeway and refused to stop for police is now facing several charges, including a felony. The man was arrested this month after leading police on a four-mile chase before finally exiting the interstate, according to a report in the Florida Times-Union. The man was…

A Clay County man accused of driving a stolen car into a pedestrian and leaving the scene of the accident has been arrested and is now facing several charges. An 18-year-old man was in a crosswalk when a man drove into him, according to a report in the Florida Times-Union. The pedestrian was hospitalized with…

After his first conviction was thrown out, a second jury this month found a Jacksonville night club security guard not guilty of aggravated battery and another felony charge stemming from a 2012 shooting. The jury instead found the man was acting in self-defense when he fired a shot at the car of a woman who…