Jacksonville Criminal Defense Attorney Blog

After two days of deliberations, a Jacksonville jury said it was hopelessly deadlocked and unable to reach a decision on whether a 21-year-old Jacksonville man was guilty of first-degree murder as the state alleged. That led the judge to declare a mistrial and now a second trial awaits Reginald Renard Battle, accused of shooting Eric…

A Jacksonville woman was arrested this week and charged with Duval County child neglect and witness tampering for allegedly trying to cover up the fact her husband molested two young girls years ago. Her husband, Louis Vereen, was arrested in Jacksonville last month for lewd and lascivious molestation on a child under the age of…

A Jacksonville jury found a man guilty of DUI manslaughter in Duval County in connection with a 2010 crash that killed his 21-year-old friend. Klay Williams was found guilty last week of the second-degree felony and will be sentenced in March, according to a report in the Florida Times-Union. Williams, 22, faces up to 15…

A recently released convicted felon pulled over by a Baker County deputy for not wearing a seatbelt confessed to police that he was breaking into homes in Baker and Duval counties, including 50 to 60 homes in Jacksonville. Police stopped Charles Wayne Cope last week, recognized his car as being similar to the one witnesses…

A grandmother was sentenced to 14 years on prison after pleading guilty to child neglect in Jacksonville, one of several family members charged after her granddaughter was molested by a known sex offender. Patricia Woloszynowski, 63, was the third person to be sentenced – and the third who was not directly involved in the molesting…

A former professional football player living in Jacksonville was arrested last week and charged with DUI manslaughter for his role in an accident that killed a Louisiana man last month. Police say Dann Rockne Lute, 53, failed to see traffic backed up on Butler Boulevard about 5:15 p.m. when people were lined up exit onto…

St. Johns County police arrested a Panhandle man and Tennessee woman this week after a separate investigation led them to the couple allegedly making methamphetamines in a hotel room of an upscale resort. A security guard went to the room at the Sawgrass Marriott about 2 a.m. because the credit card the couple used to…

A local man was charged with 10 counts of Jacksonville Aggravated Assault for shooting into a crowd at his neighbor’s house during a house party last week. Police reported that Randall Wilkie was upset about the noise coming from the party and fired the shots into the house where about 15 people were gathered, according…

A state court has overturned the life sentence of a Jacksonville teen who was 16 when he robbed and stabbed a man to death in 2010. The 1st District Court of Appeal overturned the sentence last week because of a 2012 U.S. Supreme Court ruling that found life sentences without parole for juveniles were unconstitutional,…

Jacksonville police arrested a youth minister last week after allegations that the 38-year-old man molested a 15-year-old girl. David Wayne Larson was charged with four counts of Jacksonville lewd and lascivious molestation of a juvenile, according to a report in the Florida Times-Union. These Duval County Sex Charges are all second-degree felonies, punishable by up…