Four men whom allegedly at one point had their hands on a stolen gun that was eventually used to kill a Clay County detective are now facing significant prison time. All four were charged with Clay County dealing in stolen property, a second-degree felony punishable by up to 15 years in prison, according to a…
Continue reading ›A Jacksonville man was arrested this month after allegedly telling a co-worker he would drive to Orlando to get his assault rifle and two pistols so he could shoot each of his four supervisors. Rodney Rhyne was charged with making threats in Jacksonville, a Florida misdemeanor, according to a report on News4Jax. The fact he…
Continue reading ›An officer with the Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office was charged with theft in Duval County last week after she allegedly stole a purse that she thought was brought to a police substation after someone found it in the parking lot. But, the purse was really brought by an FBI agent as a decoy after police were…
Continue reading ›A St. Johns County man convicted in December of three counts of lewd and lascivious sexual battery was sentenced to life in prison on each count last week. James Scharfschwerdt was accused of molesting one boy after getting teens to his home by promising fishing trips and alcohol, according to a report in the St.…
Continue reading ›A 16-year-old St. Johns County juvenile inmate likely made his stay significantly longer after he was caught about 200 miles away the same day. Syllas McMillan was caught after he took a cab from St. Johns County to Inverness and then skipped out on the $275 cab fare, according to a report from First Coast…
Continue reading ›The nearly two-year saga and one of Jacksonville’s most controversial court cases wrapped up last week when a boy charged with murder at age 12 pleaded guilty to reduced Jacksonville criminal charges on Friday. Cristian Fernandez pleaded guilty to manslaughter and aggravated battery in Duval County in the death of his 2-year-old half-brother in 2011,…
Continue reading ›A St. Johns County man is facing charges of cultivation of marijuana after a tip led police to 157 marijuana plants the man is accused of growing. Michael Colvin was arrested last week and after someone alerted police to what they described as an elaborate growing operation, according to a report in the Florida Times-Union.…
Continue reading ›Duval County Criminal Lawyers for the man accused of slashing another man’s throat with a pocketknife outside a downtown Jacksonville bar are asking for records in his case to be sealed until trial. Matthew Hinson is accused of walking up behind William “Chris” Pettry, slitting his throat and walking away, according to a report in…
Continue reading ›A Jacksonville man was sentenced to five years in prison for leaving the scene of a 2011 traffic crash that killed a 13-year-old Clay County boy. Anthony Margadonna, 24, was sentenced last week after pleading guilty last year to leaving the scene of an accident causing death, a first-degree felony in Clay County, Florida. The…
Continue reading ›A Jacksonville teacher had some unfortunate timing when he went to an alleged Clay County drug house and police happened to be serving a warrant there. Police were already working there when James Van Richburg arrived and had marijuana, pills, drug paraphernalia and a handgun in his backpack, according to a report in the Florida…
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