State and local police say they’ll be out in full force on a well-travelled Clay County highway after a string of serious accidents in recent weeks. Patrol officers and others are out along the highway, checking speeds and watching for drivers who run red lights in the area, according to a report on News4Jax.com. While…
Continue reading ›A girl who claimed to have been pulled over by people pretending to be police officers has been arrested, accused of making the entire story up. The high school student, 18, is now charged with filing a false police report, according to a report in the Florida Times-Union. The charge is a first-degree misdemeanor, punishable…
Continue reading ›State prosecutors dropped the first-degree murder charges against a woman inside a home where two people were killed when police raided the suspected meth lab. Instead, the woman pleaded guilty to two counts of second-degree murder, one for the detective who was shot and the other for the man who shot the detective and was…
Continue reading ›A St. Johns County man was arrested this week, the same day a child under the age of 12 told police they were molested by the man. Detectives interviewed the suspect the same day and then arrested him, according to a report in the Florida Times-Union. The man is now charged with two counts of…
Continue reading ›A Jacksonville man convicted of killing a firefighter’s wife will spend the rest of his life in prison. The man was facing the possibility of the death penalty, but the judge issued the life sentence last week, according to a report in the Florida Times-Union. The man was convicted in April of first-degree murder, rape…
Continue reading ›A St. Johns County Commissioner was cleared of a felony charge brought against him in North Carolina. He was charged with obtaining property by false pretense, accused of taking $500 from an account he used to share with his ex-girlfriend and former business partner, according to a report in the Florida Times-Union. The man said…
Continue reading ›A Jacksonville man who shot into a home and accidentally wounded a 3-year-old boy was found guilty on multiple charges. The man was found guilty on four counts of attempted second-degree murder and one count of shooting or throwing deadly missiles. Attempted second-degree murder is punishable by up to life in prison. Shooting or throwing…
Continue reading ›A Georgia man is now facing up to 30 years in prison, following his arrest for allegedly selling methamphetamines. Police received a tip the man would be meeting someone at a store in Nassau County to make the transaction and detectives watched as the deal was conducted, according to a report in the Florida Times-Union.…
Continue reading ›The U.S. Supreme Court will hear a case next year that could drastically change how the death penalty is handed down in Florida. The case could also result in more than 60 people from Northeast Florida on Death Row having their sentence reevaluated, according to a report in the Florida Times-Union. The decision will focus…
Continue reading ›After months of investigation, police raided a Jacksonville nightclub and made sweeping arrests on drug charges. Sixteen people were arrested during the raid and 20 more people had warrants out for their arrest as a result of the investigation, according to a report in the Florida Times-Union. Of those 36, four worked at the club,…
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