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Two Jacksonville men were arrested last week after police allege they were manufacturing methamphetamine underneath the Main Street Bridge in downtown Jacksonville. Police found the men sitting on the ground with plastic bottles containing chemicals, other loose chemicals, pipes, syringes, scales and other drug paraphernalia, according to a report in the Florida Times-Union. Both men,…

Various cell phone videos have been played it seems on a loop by local television stations and on news websites of a Memorial Day brawl at Jacksonville Beach that prompted increased security and town hall meetings for residents concerned about safety. But it now appears all of that attention and video was not enough to…

A Clay County mom who’s no stranger to drug trouble connected to her young son was arrested again last month, this time for charges related to cooking methamphetamine in her home. Rachel Stieringer was arrested on charges of conspiracy to manufacture methamphetamine, possession of a listed chemical used to manufacture meth and knowingly maintaining a…

Eighteen years after a Jacksonville man was sentenced to death for a murder he committed as a teen-ager, the Florida Supreme Court has overturned his death sentence. The court ordered that Michael Shellito be sentenced at an upcoming hearing that has yet to be scheduled, according to a report in the Florida Times-Union. Shellito was…

A Jacksonville man turned himself in a day after her robbed a local credit union, according to a report in the Florida Times-Union. Kris Reinertsen turned himself in the following day and he was charged with armed robbery, the newspaper reported. Armed robbery is a first-degree felony and punishable by up to life in prison.…

A Jacksonville man is no longer at risk for the death penalty, but does still face up to life in prison after pleading guilty to a lesser charge of second-degree murder in a 2011 double murder. Tyreyon Washington pleaded guilty last week to two counts of second-degree murder and two counts of kidnapping, according to…

One month after a security guard at a St. Augustine bar accused Jacksonville Jaguar star running back Maurice Jones-Drew of punching him and knocking him unconscious, prosecutors announced Jones-Drew would not face charges. One video of the St. Johns County Battery incident that was released to the media is taken from a long distance and…

A Jacksonville Beach man already jailed on charges of attacking police with a sword is now facing an attempted murder charge in the beating police were investigating in the first place. Maximillan Michaels was already facing three counts of Duval County aggravated assault on a law enforcement officer for swinging a sword at police when…

Five men were arrested in a marijuana growing operation, alleged to include two 40-foot cargo trailers buried in a Clay County bunker. The five were charged with cultivation of marijuana and two of the men were also charged with possession of marijuana with the intent to sell, according to a report in the Florida Times-Union.…

Police arrested a man on multiple Jacksonville DUI felonies this week, six months after a passenger in his car, a 20-year-old University of North Florida student, was killed in a New Year’s Day crash. Sean Franke is facing several felony charges, including DUI manslaughter and two counts of DUI causing serious injury, according to a…