Jacksonville police arrested a man with a saw and what they said was a stolen catalytic converter – and there may be plenty more where that came from, according to a report in the Florida Times-Union. Police suspect Torre Ludwig in at least seven thefts of the converters, which reduce vehicle emissions as part of…
Continue reading ›The man police found unresponsive in the passenger seat of a Nissan Altima that had been crashed into a light pole and an abandoned house died at the hospital last week. But doctors say he didn’t die from the car accident and detectives told News4Jax.com he had a bullet or stab wound – and that…
Continue reading ›Clinton Deloach Jr. was convicted of DUI manslaughter and sentenced to the maximum 15 years in prison, according to a report from The Florida Times Union. Deloach had passed a large truck in a rainstorm and crashed head on into Doreen Karen Meyers, a child abuse investigator from Brunswick, GA, killing her in the impact.…
Continue reading ›A St. Johns County judge expects to decide in two weeks whether a 96-year-old woman is competent to stand trial in the shooting death of her nephew. Amanda Stevenson has been in the St. Johns County Jail since September, when she was charged with fatally shooting her 53-year-old nephew with a .357 magnum, according to…
Continue reading ›A man whose trial made national headlines and was convicted of shooting his wife to death on a St. Johns County beach is seeking a new trial, claiming his criminal defense attorneys didn’t do their job. Among Justin Barber’s chief complaints – that his first criminal defense team was focused solely on a trial and…
Continue reading ›Julian White, Jacksonville native and former FAMU band director, claims he is not responsible for the hazing related death of band member Robert Champion in November, according to a Florida Times Union report. Champion was severely beaten aboard a chartered bus after a FAMU football game as part of a hazing ritual and died of…
Continue reading ›A Duval County judge dismissed the case against a former Raines High School principal charged with giving false statements to police. George Maxey admitted that he initially intentionally gave police wrong information to protect students who stole items from the locker room of a visiting football team, the Florida Times-Union reported. But his Jacksonville criminal…
Continue reading ›Last month the Jacksonville Beach Municipal Golf Course turned into a battle field as two golf parties laid into each other. A group of young men were celebrating a bachelor party with a day at the links. Meanwhile a group of elderly men and women were playing behind them, trying to have a serious game.…
Continue reading ›A traffic stop on the West side of Jacksonville led the Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office to confiscating 45 pounds of marijuana on Wednesday afternoon, according to a report from The Florida Times Union. A man was pulled over for a traffic violation in Jacksonville and the officer said he smelled marijuana smoke emanating from the vehicle.…
Continue reading ›It would seem the city of Jacksonville is plagued with car burglaries. According to a report from News4Jax in just the first three months of 2012, over 900 Jacksonville car burglaries have been reported. The zip codes with the highest reported incidences were 32210 with 79, 32244 with 77, 32246 with 67, and 32218 with…
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