A man on death row after being found guilty of the brutal murder of a worker at a Clay County veterinary clinic could be getting a new trial after the Florida Supreme Court tossed out his conviction last week. Michael Jackson was convicted of raping, beating and killing 25-year-old Andrea Boyer shortly after she arrived…
Continue reading ›A Jacksonville high school teacher is facing up to 60 years in prison if found guilty of having a sexual relationship with one of her students at Atlantic Coast High School. Danielle Reed, 23, was arrested last week and charged with two counts of sexual battery in Duval County with a victim between the ages…
Continue reading ›As a Jacksonville Criminal Attorney, I have represented many people charged with all kinds of Burglary crimes. A burglary is committed when someone enters someone else’s home, car or structure with the intent to commit a crime inside. In most Duval County burglary cases, the crime that is actually committed is a theft. People usually…
Continue reading ›A Jacksonville man and woman were arrested last week on heroin trafficking charges, part of a case state and federal agents have been investigating since July. Hortencia Leyva Melendrez and Francisco Enrique Gonzalez were both arrested on Jacksonville Drug Charges and charged with conspiracy to traffic in heroin, according to a report in the Florida…
Continue reading ›When you are arrested in Jacksonville or anywhere in Florida, you are entitled and it is your right to be brought in front of a Duval County judge within twenty-four hours. That judge will determine whether or not you have to pay bail to be released from jail, deny bail or release you on your…
Continue reading ›Florida’s now infamous “Stand Your Ground” law will get another test next month, this time in the case of a Jacksonville woman charged with second-degree murder for stabbing her boyfriend to death. Jennifer Charlotte Goodman, 32m, is charged with murder for stabbing her on-again, off-again boyfriend Anthony Norman in the chest and killing him during…
Continue reading ›The Duval County sex charge that had been the hammer for the state when now 13-year-old Cristian Fernandez refused to plead to first-degree murder was dropped by prosecutors last week. The state dropped the Jacksonville sex crime citing a lack of evidence, according to a report in the Florida Times-Union. The decision is interesting in…
Continue reading ›A Jacksonville high school student is facing more than five years behind bars after he was arrested for having a gun on the campus of First Coast High School. Police started looking at the teen after a school security officer walked into the boys’ bathroom and saw two students trading marijuana, according to a report…
Continue reading ›Two months after trying to flee a beating and then running over and killing a man with his truck, a driver was charged with Duval County DUI in the crash. Brian Patterson was arrested on a Jacksonville DUI charge last month after tests showed he had a blood-alcohol level of .127, above the legal limit…
Continue reading ›A receptionist and office manager for a Jacksonville foot doctor are accused of running a massive prescription drug ring and a sixth woman was arrested last week in connection with the scheme. Kathleen Smith was arrested last week on Duval County drug trafficking charges after admitting she filled her name and her two sons’ names…
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