Jacksonville Criminal Defense Attorney Blog

After holding a man in jail for weeks, the state finally let him go after prosecutors admitted they could not prove charges against him. The charges came after a May gun battle at a gas station that wounded two men, according to a report in the Florida Times-Union. One man was found shot in a…

A months-long undercover operation in Nassau County lead to 23 arrests – predominantly on felony drug charges – and two more suspects have warrants out for their arrest. Police announced the charges last month as part of Operation Sorry for the Weight, though people have been getting arrested and charged over the past couple of…

A Jacksonville man who did not have a driver’s license when he hit and killed a man on a scooter chose not to fight the charges and was sentenced last month to 20 years in prison. The man pleaded no contest to leaving the scene of an accident causing death and driving without a license…

Police and prosecutors statewide are cracking down on sexual offenders and predators who are not complying with registration requirements. The targeted enforcement, dubbed by the cops as Operation Summer Heat, has already led to 42 arrests, according to a report in the Florida Times-Union. Of those arrests, five men live in Jacksonville and a sixth…

A 13-year-old boy was charged as an adult this month in the murder of one man and the attempted murder of a second person. Police said the boy and two others, and 18-year-old and a 17-year-old, met two men at a Jacksonville gas station to exchange guns, according to a report in the Florida Times-Union.…

A Jacksonville police officer was arrested this month on felony drug charges, accused of bringing pills to an acquaintance who said she was in pain. The woman sent the officer a text message asking for pills and the officer brought her a bag with six pills, according to a report in the Florida Times-Union. The…

Jacksonville police charged a man this month with various felony DUI charges in connection with a 2012 crash that killed one of his passengers and injured himself and two others. The driver is accused of driving his SUV into a guardrail in December 2012 and then rolling the vehicle several times, according to a report…

Nassau County Sheriff’s Office officials fired an officer and charged him with felony drug charges the same day. The investigation is ongoing, but police said they learned the man was selling prescription medication and they had what they needed to fire him, according to a report in the Florida Times-Union. The man is charged with…

Prosecutors announced this month that they have charged a 15-year-old boy with first-degree murder in the killing of a store clerk. The boy is accused of demanding money from a convenience store clerk and then shooting him when the clerk wasn’t moving fast enough, according to a report in the Florida Times-Union. After the shooting,…

A man is suing the Clay County Sheriff’s Office, saying police should have known he was not the person they were looking for when they arrested him in a 2013 theft case. The issue began with a Clay County Theft Case of a man caught trying to steal cologne, according to a report in the…