A woman sentenced to 33 years in prison last year for driving her car into several people has the opportunity for a new trial – this one before a jury of her peers. A state appellate court threw out the 2013 convictions from a bench trial in front of the judge and ruled that if…
Continue reading ›A former Jacksonville school security officer originally charged with two serious felony sex crimes pleaded guilty this month to significantly reduced charges. The guard, 25, was fired and charged after a 17-year-old high school senior went to police about her sexual relationship with the man, according to a report in the Florida Times-Union. The girl…
Continue reading ›A Nassau County jury took just four minutes to set free and man accused of setting a string of well-publicized fires in an apartment complex. The man went to trial on two counts of arson, and was found not guilty of both counts, according to a report in the Florida Times-Union. The defendant was charged…
Continue reading ›Five people arrested at a St. Johns County home are now facing serious felony charges after police raided the residence this month. Neighbors near the home had alerted police to suspicious activity, and police said they found a methamphetamine lab inside the home, according to a report in the Florida Times-Union. All three residents of…
Continue reading ›A man charged with felony murder after the state said his actions led to a driver running over and killing a man in a Jacksonville parking lot was credited with time already served in jail after pleading guilty to a significantly reduced charge. The defendant was charged in connection with the murder after police said…
Continue reading ›Police arrested a St. Augustine man accused of stealing more than $400 from a Girl Scout troop that was wrapping up cookie sales outside of a local grocery store. The 22-year-old man was arrested after he was found in a shed behind his home, according to a report in the Florida Times-Union. When police found…
Continue reading ›Police arrested a St. Johns County man on 20 counts of possession of child pornography, following a months-long online investigation. The man was arrested after police served a warrant at his home, according to a report in the Florida Times-Union. He remained in jail on a more than $200,000 bond awaiting trial, the newspaper reported.…
Continue reading ›Prosecutors have charged a 15-year-old as an adult in the shooting death of a Jacksonville man. The teen and two others were not invited to a March party in a Jacksonville apartment, but showed up anyway and soon got into an argument with the victim, according to a report in the Florida Times-Union. The victim…
Continue reading ›Nassau County police took to social media to pose as johns in a prostitution sting that led to 10 arrests. The detectives arranged meetings thorough a website and the women agreed to exchange sex for money, according to a report in the Florida Times-Union. Not all of the arrests are of women and, in some…
Continue reading ›Police arrested an Army recruiter accused of arranging for a high school student to sneak out of her parents’ house and come to his hotel room to have sex. The man, 34, was arrested two days later, according to a report in the Florida Times-Union. The man was often inside Clay High School for his…
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