The rate that children are being treated as adults in our criminal justice system has plummeted since State Attorney, Melissa Nelson, has taken over the office. According to an article in the Florida Times Union, the rate that minors are prosecuted as adults has fallen by forty three percent. The dramatic drop has been attributed…
Continue reading ›A fireman working in Jacksonville has been arrested for solicitation of a child via computer and unlawful use of a two-way communication device out of St. Johns County. According to a report in the Florida Times Union, the man allegedly engaged in an online discussion with a child he was told was fourteen years-old. The…
Continue reading ›A Jacksonville Sheriff’s officer has been arrested for domestic battery in Duval County, making him the tenth employee of the office arrested in 2017. According to an article in the Florida Times Union, the officer allegedly bit his wife’s wrist and finger during an argument. Police say they observed bite marks on the wife and…
Continue reading ›It is a terrible jolt when you or someone you love is arrested in Duval, Clay, Nassau or St. Johns County. There is a feeling of helplessness, but you don’t have to handle it alone. Our Jacksonville Arrest Attorney, Victoria “Tori” Mussallem, is here for you at all hours, every day. As soon as a…
Continue reading ›The Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office arrested two minors earlier this week after a fight at Ribault High School, according to an article in the Florida Times Union. A fourteen year-old and thirteen year-old boy were arrested for battery on a school official, which is a felony in Jacksonville. A third child, a seventeen year-old, is also…
Continue reading ›A local former church director was recently arrested for a sex charge allegedly involving an underage girl. According to an article from First Coast News, the man was arrested for capital sexual battery, which is punishable by mandatory life in prison if he is convicted as charged. In addition to this life charge, the former…
Continue reading ›A man from Middleburg, Florida was recently arrested for allegedly leaving his two year-old child in his car in the middle of summer. The man was arrested for felony child neglect in Clay County, which is a second degree felony in Florida. According to an article on news4jax..com, the man took a nap and the…
Continue reading ›It appears that Tiger Woods will not have a Florida DUI on his record. According to an article on CBS news, the prosecutor assigned to the case is going to amend the charge to a reckless driving. If Woods completes a DUI diversion program, the charge will be dropped. Police reports from the case show…
Continue reading ›Jacksonville professional football player, Dante Fowler, was arrested last week in St. Petersburg, Florida. According an article in the Florida Times Union, Fowler faces a charge of simple battery and criminal mischief. He and the alleged victim engaged in an argument about Fowler’s driving. Fowler then, according to a witness at the scene, began punching…
Continue reading ›A Neptune Beach police officer has been arrested on the charge of grand theft in Jacksonville. According to a report on jacksonville.com, the officer was stealing money while searching citizen’s cars that he pulled over for traffic infractions. Police began suspecting the thefts after several people complained about missing money. An undercover investigation was conducted…
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