From a destructive fire at a luxury apartment complex in downtown Jacksonville to the approval of the “Stadium of the Future,” 2024 brought dozens of significant events that impacted our communities.

A former member of the Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office Gang Unit who pleaded guilty in July to enticement of a minor to engage in unlawful sexual activity is expected to be sentenced on Thursday.

A former member of the Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office Gang Unit who pleaded guilty in July to enticement of a minor to engage in unlawful sexual activity was sentenced to more than 24 years in federal prison on Thursday.

A former member of the Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office Gang Unit pleaded guilty on Tuesday to enticement of a minor to engage in unlawful sexual activity.

A man whose arrest sparked outrage online and raised questions about the use of force policy at the Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office has pleaded guilty to one charge of resisting police without violence, a misdemeanor.

Former Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office officer Josue’ Garriga III has been charged with the federal crime of using a cell phone/internet to coerce a minor.

Multiple groups are set to rally on the steps of City Hall on Wednesday evening to call on the Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office to get rid of the department’s gang unit.

The mother of Le’Keian Woods is reacting to the recent arrest of a former Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office officer facing several charges after he was accused in a sex crime investigation with an underage teen.

Jacksonville Sheriff T.K. Waters on Thursday addressed the recent arrest of Josue Garriga, a JSO officer who resigned after he was accused in a Clay County sex crime investigation involving a 17-year-old girl he met at church.

News4JAX is learning more details about the sex crime investigation involving a 17-year-old girl that led to the arrest of a 34-year-old now former officer with the Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office.

Bond was denied Thursday morning for the former Jacksonville Sheriff’s Officer who was arrested in connection to a sex crime investigation involving a teenage girl, one of the incidents allegedly taking place at the victim’s church.

A former 34-year-old Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office officer was arrested in connection to a sex crime investigation involving a minor.

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – The family of a 22-year-old man shot and killed by a police officer is suing the Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office. However, Johnson’s family attorney disagrees and is suing Sheriff Mike Williams and Officer Josue Garriga, the officer who pulled the trigger. “His sworn testimony, versus the medical examiner’s report, versus the video, versus the eyewitness.”AdDaniels claims Johnson was not a threat and that Garriga’s testimony would’ve positioned Johnson to be shot right-to-left. Daniels said Jamee exited the vehicle with his hands raised above his head surrendering and the autopsy report show bullets struck him “left-to-right,” contradicting Garriga’s testimony. Now the Johnson family will wait to see if the federal court agrees or disagrees with their lawsuit.

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – A family is seeking legal action after a State Attorney’s Office investigation concluded a Jacksonville sheriff’s officer was justified in shooting Jamee Johnson during a traffic stop in 2019. The State Attorney’s Office released its investigation report on Monday, as well as body camera footage of the police-involved shooting. After he is pulled over, the video shows Johnson explaining he has a gun inside of a jacket in the car. Another officer’s body camera captured what happened next. “Looking at the body camera footage and looking at the state of Florida’s finding so far, but that’ doesn’t’ mean that it’s impossible.

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – A State Attorney’s Office investigation concluded a Jacksonville sheriff’s officer was justified in shooting Jamee Johnson during a traffic stop in 2019. The State Attorney’s Office released its investigation report on Monday afternoon, as well as body camera footage of the police-involved shooting. According to the investigation report, Johnson was pulled over for driving without a seat belt. Toward the beginning of the body camera video, Garriga asks: “Why are you so nervous?” Johnson responds: “I’m not. “At the time Officer Garriga shot Johnson, he had a reasonable belief, under Florida law, that Johnson posed a deadly threat to him and his fellow officer,” the investigation report said.

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – Agriculture Commissioner Nikki Fried on Friday requested that the Florida Department of Law Enforcement review the use of deadly force in the Jacksonville officer-involved shooting of Jamee Johnson last year. Johnson, a 22-year-old Florida A&M student, was shot and killed by a Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office deputy during a traffic stop in Dec. 2019. The Sheriff’s Office said Johnson was reaching for his gun while Garriga was trying to gain control of him, while hanging onto the car. After that, the Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office’s Response to Resistance Board will begin an internal review. Legislators including State Rep. Ramon Alexander and Jacksonville District 14 Rep. Kimberly Daniels have also called for state review of the circumstances surrounding the shooting.

The Jacksonville Sheriff's Office says Johnson was shot after officers pulled him over at East 21st and Buckman streets. "My family recent lost a 23-year-old and his murderer is still not caught," said Jacksonville District 14 Rep. Kimberly Daniels. "So, I understand what this family needs. This family needs truth, this family needs justice and this family needs closure." After that, the Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office’s Response to Resistance Board will begin an internal review.