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A Jacksonville-based comprehensive youth development and support organization is addressing the arrest of a now former employee, who faces multiple felony charges related to possession of child sexual abuse material.
The Polk County Sheriff’s Office on Thursday announced the arrests of two out-of-state teenagers accused of swatting a Poinciana kid in back-to-back days after they became upset with the way he played Fortnite.
The Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office has released the name of an armed robbery suspect who shot an officer and was killed with return fire Wednesday morning following a foot chase in Northwest Jacksonville.
The officer who was shot in the leg by an armed robbery suspect on Wednesday morning in Northwest Jacksonville was released from the hospital.
An officer has been shot and a suspect is dead after an incident near Soutel Drive and Norfolk Boulevard in the Sherwood Forest area of Northwest Jacksonville, according to multiple News4JAX sources.
An armed robbery suspect who shot at an officer was killed Wednesday morning following a foot chase near Soutel Drive and Norfolk Boulevard in the Sherwood Forest area of Northwest Jacksonville, the Sheriff’s Office said.
Mariah Carter, 32, was charged with DUI on April 20 in St. Johns County, nearly a year after she faced the same charge in Jacksonville. Carter was then charged on July 2 with battery on a person 65 or older after officers said she pushed her mother into a wall and threw a stool at her during an altercation while she was intoxicated.
Two customers fired shots at robbers during a heist Saturday at the Cash America Pawn shop on Blanding Boulevard, according to the Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office.
As the Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office kicks off its summer town hall series, one Northside resident is urging the department to focus more on young people, especially during the summer months.
A man was found shot late Sunday night inside his apartment in the Jacksonville Heights area of the city’s Westside, police said.
The Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office said a woman accused of attempting to kidnap a 9-year-old boy in Northwest Jacksonville last Friday has been arrested.
The Jacksonville Beach Police Department has been working for months to prepare for the surge of thousands of people expected over the Fourth of July holiday weekend.
Less than 50 homicides have been reported in the first six months of the year, a similar number to the first half of 2024, putting Jacksonville on track to match last year's historic low for homicides.
A 31-year-old St. Petersburg woman, accused of the death of a 9-month-old child in her care nearly a year ago, was arrested on Tuesday by the St. Petersburg Police Department, officials said.
The Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office addressed a video circulating on social media that shows the moment an officer accidentally struck his partner with a Taser during a struggle with a suspect.
Councilman Reggie Gaffney said the River City Inn has been declared a public nuisance, and he will ask the Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office to increase area patrols and surveillance.
Back-to-back shootings just a few hundred feet apart are raising concerns along Harts Road in Jacksonville, and now, a city councilman is stepping in with plans to increase safety in the area.
A Jacksonville mother is pleading for answers after her 23-year-old son, Michael Easter, was shot early Friday morning and later died at the hospital.
The Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office is investigating a shooting that occurred early Sunday morning in the 10000 block of Harts Road. According to JSO, officers responded around 3 a.m. and found an adult man with a gunshot wound to the groin.
The Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office is investigating a fatal shooting that occurred Saturday night in the 1100 block of Grothe Street. According to JSO, a ShotSpotter alert was activated around 9:30 p.m., prompting a nearby patrol officer to respond
A man convicted of second-degree murder in the death of a Columbia County teenager was sentenced this week to life in prison.
A man in his 20s who was found shot outside a car on Norwood Avenue early Friday morning died at the hospital, the Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office Said.
New4JAX has obtained new information that sheds light on a suspected dog-fighting investigation involving an alligator.
An 18-year-old was killed and three other young adults were injured in a shooting Wednesday night at a Cleveland Road apartment complex in Northwest Jacksonville, according to the Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office.
There was a heavy Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office presence at a northside complex on Wednesday night after a shooting incident.
The first installment of Florida Justice looks at how investigators uncovered police corruption in Jacksonville 27 years ago.
A 59-year-old man who was in the custody of the Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office on charges of violating his probation on an aggravated assault charge died Tuesday in the hospital, JSO said.
As of Monday, Phillips was being held in the Duval County jail after being transported from Suwannee County Correctional, according to court records.
A 21-year-old woman who was believed to be in danger was reported missing in Jacksonville, and a phone call to First Coast Crime Stoppers likely saved her life.
New details released by the Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office on Wednesday describe what led up to a woman getting shot twice in a Jacksonville Dunkin’ Donuts drive-thru on Tuesday evening.
A man was detained Sunday after he was accused of shooting his wife five times inside a Southside apartment complex, according to the Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office.
The Nassau County Sheriff’s Office said it arrested a 41-year-old man Wednesday night who is accused of stabbing three people after a fight broke out.
A woman who helped her fiancé pose as a nurse in Clay County was arrested along with the fiancé in Michigan on Monday, Clay County Sheriff Michelle Cook announced Tuesday. While posing as a nurse, according to investigators, the fiancé oversaw the care of an elderly man who died of natural causes less than six months ago.
Nearly seven months after an off-duty corrections officer with the Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office was shot and killed, the man suspected of pulling the trigger has been extradited to Florida following a lengthy stay in North Carolina, where he was arrested.
A man was killed and a woman was wounded early Monday morning in a double shooting outside a Kings Avenue bar, the Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office said.
The Jacksonville Beach Police Department released on Thursday a six-page report detailing the key events, strategies and results of this year’s spring surge period.
A man was found fatally shot Thursday night after officers responded to reports of a crash on Herlong Road, about a half-mile east of Normandy Boulevard, the Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office said.
What began as an investigation into a stolen piece of mail containing a check morphed into a major investigation involving a financial fraud operation in Nassau County.
The Jacksonville Beach Police Department released on Thursday a six-page report detailing the key events, strategies and results of this year’s spring surge period.
A 68-year-old woman has been arrested for her role in a fatal stabbing at a senior living facility on Jacksonville’s Northside, according to the Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office.
The Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office (JSO) has reported a total of nine officer-involved shootings this year, surpassing the total of eight from all of 2024. News4Jax’s Briana Brownlee asked Sheriff TK Waters about the increase in officer involved shootings.
The Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office said a man was fatally stabbed in a senior living facility on Tuesday morning.
More than a month after skipping her sentencing, a woman involved in the death of a Beauty Max employee in December is back in custody, court records show.
Nearly seven months after an off-duty corrections officer with the Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office was shot and killed, the man suspected of pulling the trigger has been extradited to Florida following a lengthy stay in North Carolina, where he was arrested.
A man caught wielding 6- to 9-inch butcher knives after a Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office officer responded to a call regarding a fight was shot and killed.
The Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office is looking to identify a vehicle involved in a Westside hit-and-run that left a 24-year-old man critically injured.
Latroy Montgomery shot and killed Maurice Anderson on Oct. 28, 2020. Anderson was one of four people shot that night. One other victim also died. Montgomery has been convicted of both murders and is scheduled to be sentenced Thursday.
Latroy Montgomery shot and killed Maurice Anderson on Oct. 28, 2020. Anderson was one of four people shot that night. One other victim also died. Montgomery has been convicted of both murders and is scheduled to be sentenced Thursday.
Police said a man died Tuesday night after he was found with multiple gunshot wounds on Lane Avenue, just south of Park Street in the Hyde Park area of Jacksonville.
A man was charged with murder in connection with the death of a woman found dead in a lot on Jacksonville’s Westside in 2024, according to the Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office."
A man was shot and killed after a confrontation at a Jacksonville gas station early Friday morning. Police say suspects are at large.
The pastor of an East Palatka church is facing a charge of sexual battery of a minor in connection with an ongoing sexual relationship with a teen, the Palatka Police Department announced this week.
A 35-year-old Jacksonville woman is facing charges of organized fraud and identity theft after investigators said she embezzled more than $142,000 from a local business.
Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier will hold a news conference Monday in Orlando.
After a former financial secretary for Amelia Baptist Church was charged with grand theft and accused of embezzling more than $570,000, the church’s pastor called the situation “incredibly hurtful and difficult.”
The Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office announced Monday the arrest of an 18-year-old who is accused of murder in the death of three people on Jacksonville’s Northside.
Among the community, other faith leaders and Jacksonville Sheriff T.K. Waters, Mayor Donna Deegan sat as a guest in the front row of the Abyssinia Mssionary Baptist Church on Jacksonville’s northside.
In addition to addressing affordable housing in the city, the Interfaith Coalition for Action, Reconciliation and Empowerment (ICARE) plans to acknowledge Sheriff T.K. Waters and the efforts of the Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office Gang Unit to significantly reduce the city’s murder rate.
Attorney General Pam Bondi announced the solving of four Florida homicides connected to MS-13 gang activity, along with federal murder charges against several MS-13 gang members.
Specialists can upload pictures and evidence of spent shell casings and bullets to a national database called the “National Integrated Ballistic Information Network” also known as NIBIN.
A Florida mother faces a manslaughter charge after her 5-year-old son died after ingesting methamphetamine, according to an arrest report.
The ex-boyfriend of a woman burned alive at a Golden Corral restaurant in 2016 will spend the rest of his life behind bars for her horrendous murder.
A woman pleaded guilty to accessory after the fact on Tuesday in connection with the murder of an off-duty Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office corrections officer in October 2024.
The State Attorney’s Office for the 18th Judicial Circuit on Tuesday filed charges against two Brevard County educators related to a teenage house party in Cocoa Beach. Police said the January party was attended by more than 100 juveniles, many of whom had been drinking and had access to alcohol available in coolers at the home owned by Elizabeth Hill-Brodigan, the former principal at Roosevelt Elementary School.
In a continued effort to provide transparency, the Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office released body cam footage in an officer-involved shooting of a 53-year-old woman in Oceanway.
An 11-year-old Florida resident was recently arrested after pointing a gun at two separate groups of people and demanding their car, according to the Alachua County Sheriff’s Office.
A man who Jacksonville police said they believe was not the intended target was shot while leaving a convenience store in the Magnolia Gardens neighborhood.
A lawsuit filed against Walt Disney World last week alleges an incident that happened in March 2023 involving a former employee accused of taking up-skirt videos of people over the course of his employment should never have happened and that the company “failed to take appropriate action.”
The Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office announced the second arrest in the case of an individual found dead in a burnt vehicle nearly two years ago.
In a bizarre case unfolding in Clay County, authorities have arrested a local woman and her fiancé following the investigation of an elderly man’s death. The couple, identified as Alexiea Irwin and Julien Williams, are accused of posing as a nurse and will face charges in Clay County.
A Clay County couple was arrested in Michigan on Monday after a woman helped her fiancee pose as a nurse who oversaw the care of an elderly man who died less than six months ago, the Clay County Sheriff’s Office said.
A Clay County couple was arrested in Michigan on Monday after a woman helped her fiancee pose as a nurse who oversaw the care of an elderly man who died less than six months ago, the Clay County Sheriff’s Office said.
Following years of crime issues along Youngerman Circle new hotels in the area are taking action
Two people were arrested and charged with murder on Friday in the 2023 shooting death of a 34-year-old man in Durkeeville, according to the Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office.
Jacksonville parents were charged with child neglect after their daughter overdosed on fentanyl, landing her in the hospital in critical condition.
One man is dead and another is injured after two unrelated shootings overnight, the Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office said. A third shooting involved officers and left a woman in critical condition. No officers were hurt.
Officers shot a 53-year-old woman overnight who fired a gun at them after they were called to a home near the Oceanway area by the woman’s husband, the Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office said.
While Allen Lee Davis’ execution was historic for Florida as the last to use the electric chair, we want to tell the story of the Jacksonville case that landed him on Death Row in the first place: the murder of 37-year-old Nancy Weiler and her two young daughters, Kristina and Katherine.
St. Petersburg police say a man and a woman face charges in the alleged kidnapping and killing of a 16-year-old girl who was reported missing last month.
A 31-year-old man was fatally shot Tuesday night when he broke into a Lake City home, police said.
Two men who were convicted of supplying kilograms of cocaine into Georgia and Florida for a major drug trafficking conspiracy have been sentenced to federal prison, according to the US Department of Justice in the Southern District of Georgia.
A Florida dentist has been sentenced to serve two years in prison after law enforcement discovered him threatening public figures, an election official, and others based on their political views between 2019 and 2024.
The Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office said it has arrested a 60-year-old woman for murder and arson after she set a 67-year-old man on fire in Jacksonville’s Northside about four months ago.
A Texas man is facing charges after Orlando police say he stole $800,000 worth of luxury jewelry at the Mall at Millenia before swallowing it during his arrest days after the crime, according to News4JAX sister station WKMG.
Another teen was arrested in connection to a shooting near a soccer field in Oakleaf Plantation that left a juvenile victim injured.
A woman is facing charges after Volusia County deputies said she vandalized a car she thought belonged to her ex-boyfriend -- but it was the wrong car, News4JAX sister station WKMG reported.
A man accused of causing a multi-vehicle pileup on Interstate 295 earlier this month that killed a 66-year-old man is expected to plead not guilty Thursday morning at his arraignment.
