CRIME

Local lawmakers had words on Monday about the violent crime in Jacksonville and what people need to do and stressed they should work with the sheriff.

A pregnant woman is recovering after getting shot Friday morning, according to the Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office.

Jacksonville Sheriff T.K. Waters came out with strong statements during a news conference on Wednesday in the wake of a surge of shootings and child deaths. The sheriff asked where the leaders were and accused some of having selective outrage.

A man was critically injured Wednesday night after he was shot by officers when he threatened officers and showed a firearm, the Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office said.

As of right now, 90 people have been murdered in Jacksonville this year, and at least 25 children have been shot, according to News4JAX records.

Mayor Donna Deegan is in London, but she talked with News4JAX on Wednesday about the troubling violent crimes happening in Jacksonville.

The mother of a man who died after getting shot near the Jacksonville Beach Pier Sunday night spoke with News4JAX about the nightmare she’s currently living and gave more insight into her son’s relationship with the suspect.

Gun violence continues to claim lives in the River City. With nearly three months remaining in the year, Jacksonville is on pace to see the murder count climb above 100 people.

Three people, including a three-year-old, were killed Saturday night in a shooting at the JTB apartment complex on A C Skinner Parkway on the Southside, the Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office said.

A Gainesville mother and her boyfriend were arrested in Atlanta for the death of a toddler and injury to her sibling, according to the Gainesville Police Department.

Police announced an arrest in the shooting of a 12-year-old girl in Northwest Jacksonville.

A 78-year-old DeLeon Springs man was arrested on murder charges in the shooting death of his neighbor after warning him about being on his property, according to authorities.

A man was found sitting inside a vehicle with a gunshot wound to his back on Manotak Avenue.

Police are investigating an overnight shooting that left one dead.

A woman was found dead in a vehicle Thursday after a citizen reported that the vehicle was parked with what appeared to be bullet holes on Old Middleburg Rd. South, police said.

A Jacksonville Beach woman accused of orchestrating the death of her ex-husband in a murder-for-hire plot is scheduled to appear in court Thursday morning in Washington state.

The Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office investigated and made arrests in two deadly shootings on Tuesday.

An arrest warrant for a Clay County cheerleading coach accused of stealing over $32,000 from the organization details how she supposedly spent the money.

Testimony began Monday for the man accused of shooting and killing a Daytona Beach police officer. Investigators say Othal Wallace shot officer Jason Raynor in 2021. The trial was moved from Volusia County to Clay County at the request of the defense.

Jurors have been selected in the trial of a man accused of shooting and killing a Daytona Beach police officer in 2021.

A search warrant obtained by Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office Narcotics Unit, served Tuesday, Aug. 8, on Detroit Street in the Woodstock area of Jacksonville, led to the arrests of Jacari L. O’Neal, 22, and Dakari J. Robertson, 29.

Two Jacksonville brothers convicted on multiple drug charges learned their fate in court on Wednesday when a judge handed down a 30-year sentence.

A Putnam County solid waste employee is facing charges of larceny and fraud after investigators said she went on an illegal shopping spree with a county credit card. Denise Adams, 48, of Interlachen has already bonded out of jail on a $30,000 bond.

A Clay County cheerleading coach is in jail for stealing more than $20,000 from “Crush Cheerleading”, a non-profit organization she ran.

A 1-year-old girl was shot and killed in Flagler county, and there have been no arrests connected to her death. The Flagler County Sheriff said the child did not touch the gun.

Months after a judge granted a change of venue request for a man accused of fatally shooting a Daytona Beach police officer, jury selection will begin in Clay County on Tuesday in the trial of Othal Wallace.

A man was killed in a shooting Saturday evening on Old Kings Road, the Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office said.

All six people — five men and one woman — were detained and are being questioned. No one was arrested as JSO sorts out possible criminal charges, officials said.

One man is dead, and a woman is hurt after a shooting Sunday night on Moncrief Road, near West 30th Street, the Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office said.

A big break could bring closure to a Jacksonville cold case that’s been unsolved for nearly three decades.

The apartment complex is located in the Sans Souci area.

A man was stabbed Thursday night on Lane Avenue and died at a hospital after he was taken there by an acquaintance, the Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office said.

The report shows that vehicle theft rates have soared since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, though more than 85% of passenger cars stolen in 2022 were eventually recovered.

Two men were shot on the 7700 block of Southside Boulevard, in Baymeadows, around 8:08 p.m. Wednesday, the Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office said.

The shooting took place in the middle of the afternoon near Lenox Avenue and Plymouth Street.

Waters said the juveniles were hot-wiring cars as portrayed in viral social media videos. He said the younger kids were being “groomed by the older teens” to do the thefts.

A photo of a North Florida angler holding a dolphin several feet out of the water is prompting outrage online and investigations by state and federal agencies. A marine biologist told News4JAX his first reaction to seeing that picture was horror. It’s not clear exactly where that photo was taken but harassing or feeding wild dolphins is against federal law.

Two teenagers were shot in the Settlers Landing neighborhood, around 1:30 a.m. Saturday, the Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office said.

The Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office is investigating a police-involved shooting Friday night on the Northside, according to multiple sources.

The mother of a Jacksonville woman who died after being shot on I-95 in January is keeping the memory of her daughter alive.

Shanna Gardner, Jared Bridegan’s ex-wife, is scheduled for a first appearance in court in Washington State Friday.

In the first official move looking into moving the Duval County jail, a city council committee met Wednesday to talk about the possibility of putting the jail somewhere else after 31 years at the current site.

A man was found dead outside of Stockton Food Mart on Stockton Street around 3:20 a.m. Sunday, the Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office said.

A man walking down Ridgecrest Avenue, just off Beach Boulevard in the Spring Glen neighborhood, was shot in the neck early Sunday morning, the Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office said.

A man was killed, and another man was injured in a shooting Thursday night in the Panama Park area, the Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office said.

An employee at Dos Gatos in downtown Jacksonville has been identified by people at the bar as one of the two women who were killed in a double shooting early Wednesday morning near train tracks in San Marco.

A man was injured Thursday evening during a shootout between two vehicles on Lem Turner Road, according to the Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office.

An employee at Dos Gatos in downtown Jacksonville has been identified by people at the bar as one of the two women who were killed in a double shooting early Wednesday morning near train tracks in San Marco.

According to police, investigators still don’t have any information on who fired the fatal shots.

Flagler County officials have a reminder for those in Florida looking to pick up some free palmetto berries — don’t.

Ten individuals — most between the ages of 15 and 17 — were arrested after an investigation into a shooting at James Weldon Johnson Park in Downtown Jacksonville, Sheriff T.K. Waters announced Tuesday.

A 24-year-old Bunnell man was arrested Monday morning after a Lyft driver said he pointed a gun at their head and pulled the trigger. Fortunately the gun clicked, but didn't go off.

A 35-year-old man and a 17-year-old boy are each facing second-degree murder charges after Jacksonville police said the man killed someone July 20 in a double shooting on Lane Avenue South and the teen retaliated later that day, shooting and killing someone else on the same street.

Seven juveniles were taken into JSO custody in connection with a police pursuit involving a stolen red Kia last week. The police report says the Kia was involved in a robbery the same day it was stolen.

A woman was grazed in the head by a bullet that was fired at her car early Monday morning while she and a man were driving on Kona Avenue in the Woodland Acres neighborhood, the Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office said.

The Florida Highway Patrol is searching for a sport utility vehicle that was involved in a fatal hit-and-run crash.

The Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office is investigating a double shooting at an apartment complex on Old Kings Road in the San Jose area.

A 2019 Kia sedan that was stolen from a Westside home ended up on fire in a ditch next to a Northwest Jacksonville gas station on Wednesday following a chase involving the Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office.

Terrell Lewis pleaded guilty Thursday to the triple murders of the mother of his son and her siblings and a road rage murder that happened a month before.

Mayor Donna Deegan made promises during her campaign to bring back a popular crime-fighting tool in Jacksonville that was dumped or changed by past administrations: The Jacksonville Journey.

A 2019 Kia sedan that was stolen from a Westside home ended up on fire in a ditch next to a Northwest Jacksonville gas station on Wednesday following a chase involving the Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office.

A woman in her 20s was taken to the hospital after a shooting on Jacksonville's Westside.

A man was killed and a woman was seriously injured in a shooting Sunday night on Union Street, the Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office said.

A man was shot in the stomach Friday night on Moncrief Road, the Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office said.

As part of her campaign promises, Mayor Donna Deegan called for changes in how Jacksonville handles public safety. Now members of her transition committee are working to make that happen.

Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office detectives are using the agency’s website to post pictures of suspects in local crimes big and small.

Investigators are searching for a suspect they say robbed a mail carrier at gunpoint.

Sheriffs in two local counties are asking you to give them access to your security cameras to solve crimes faster and make communities safer.

A man was found dead with a gunshot wound early Thursday morning in the parking lot of an apartment complex in the Hyde Park area of Jacksonville’s Westside, police said.

Two young St. Johns County men accused in connection with the murder of a man in downtown Jacksonville in May have been indicted.

Multiple fire engines responded to the fire at the Hilton Ocala on 3600 SW 36th Avenue and — with help from the Ocala police department — evacuated guests from the nine-story hotel.

A 9-year-old child was shot in the throat while they were inside a home on West 19th Street, the Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office said.

The Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office was investigating a case on Lane Ave around 8 p.m. Thursday when officers were alerted to several gunshots inside the front parking lot of a nearby business.

Investigators are searching for a suspect they say robbed a mail carrier at gunpoint.

A double shooting in the Hyde Park area of Jacksonville’s Westside left one man dead and another with life-threatening injures early Thursday morning, the Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office said.

The Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office is investigating a shooting off of Lem Turner Road, just north of the Ribault River.

A woman was critically injured just after midnight Thursday when she was hit multiple times by gunfire inside her Longbranch area home on Jacksonville’s Eastside, police said.

Donating your body to science could help solve crimes in Virginia and all over the country.

Sheriff T.K. Waters is hosting a town hall Wednesday to explain how he plans to spend the nearly $600 million outlined for his department in the city's nearly $1.7 billion budget.

Anyone who has seen or knows the whereabouts of this suspect is asked to contact the Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office at 904-630-0500.

21-year-old Holden Dodson’s lawyer asked for a bond reduction so he can be released from jail pending sentencing. That was taken under advisement.

A 61-year-old man who admitted to driving drunk in a July 2021 crash that killed a University of North Florida student was sentenced Friday to 12 years and four months in prison as part of his plea deal.

The North Palatka community is sick of the increase in violence after two men in their early-20s were injured in a Wednesday late-night shooting.

This week the city has been learning more about Jacksonville Mayor Donna Deegan’s plan for Jacksonville’s future.

A man has been arrested and accused in a deadly stabbing that happened right outside the Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office pre-trial detention facility.

The man brought Harry Potter books, $20, and some muffins from a gas station, PCSO said.

A man convicted of killing his ex-girlfriend was sentenced Friday to 30 years in prison.

The State Attorneys Office says Zakariya Clarke, 29, was sentenced to 25 years in prison for attempted murder and human trafficking. Clarke was accused of pimping multiple young women into prostitution, getting them addicted to drugs.

Two Ocala men have pleaded guilty in connection with a robbery spree of postal carriers in Florida.

A convicted sex offender from Jacksonville has been indicted for committing multiple child exploitation offenses. Kevin John Merritt, 61, has been indicted on charges of producing, distributing, and possessing child sexual abuse materials.

Shuronda Thomas was arrested last week, accused of taking $70,000 from a St. Johns County man, 85, while working as his caregiver.

A pair of independent operations targeting fentanyl traffickers in Jacksonville netted a slew of guns, more than $370,000 worth of drugs and two arrests, Sheriff T.K. Waters announced Wednesday.

A shooting in Northwest Jacksonville on Monday night left three people injured, including a pregnant woman.

Attorney General Ashley Moody's Medicaid Fraud Control Unit and the Orange Park Police Department are announcing the arrest of the former office manager of a nursing and rehab facility. Priscilla M. Sluder is accused of stealing nearly $30,000 from resident trust fund accounts for personal benefit.

An officer with the Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office was arrested Monday and faces charges following a fight in Clay County.

A 12-year-old Jacksonville girl who sparked an Amber Alert Monday has been found safe, police say.

The Baker County Sheriff’s Office said it killed a man Thursday night after he was accused of holding someone hostage with a knife in Sanderson.

One man is dead after a shooting on West 45th Street in Moncrief early Thursday morning, according to the Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office.

A Jacksonville man has been charged with domestic murder after detectives said he strangled a woman in October and then staged her death to look like a suicide.

A man was sentenced to 24 years in Florida State Prison Tuesday after a series of BB gun shootings that occurred on I-95 and I-4 back in January, according to the 7th Judicial Circuit State Attorney’s Office.