The FBI’s Jacksonville Field Office is warning the public to be cautious this Valentine’s Day after more than 550 people across Northeast Florida reported losing a total of $22.2 million to romance scams in 2025.

A Jacksonville pastor has been named the recipient of the FBI Director’s Community Leadership Award for 2024 by the FBI’s Jacksonville Field Office.

FBI Jacksonville said the agency and its partners made over one hundred local arrests, including dozens of “violent gang members,” during a three-month operation dubbed “Summer Heat.”

FBI Jacksonville officials will hold a news conference on Tuesday morning to alert parents, guardians and school leaders about a sharp increase in sextortion cases and online predators targeting children in Northeast Florida.

The Jacksonville FBI is now offering a reward of up to $15,000 for information as it assists the Tallahassee Police Department in the search for missing 12-year-old Lori Paige.

The FBI has received multiple complaints, including legitimate email addresses of Israel-based individuals being hacked or spoofed to solicit donations.

FBI Jacksonville and the Duval County Public Schools’ Parent Academy is hosting the “Be Smart with your Kids’ Smartphone” program for the fall semester.

National data shows a rise in children being sexually exploited online and many of the adults responsible for exploiting the children are doing it solely for money.

Human trafficking can happen anywhere and to anyone — that was the message Tuesday morning from the Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office, the State Attorney’s Office for the Fourth Judicial Circuit and the FBI during a news conference in recognition of National Human Trafficking Awareness Month.

There’s a safety alert for parents: The FBI is wanting about a growing trend of online extortion cases targeting teens.

FBI Jacksonville announced the arrest of Sean McKinnon, 36, of Ocala, in connection with the jail beating death of James "Whitey" Bulger.

The FBI Jacksonville Division announced Monday that it has identified and located at least seven potential human trafficking victims, including one adolescent. It’s part of a nationwide effort called “Operation Cross Country”.

Wanted by FBI Jacksonville since 2020, Nelu Onica is now in custody. Onica was the final suspect wanted in a large Romanian ATM skimming ring.

Special agents from FBI Jacksonville arrested a man and his adult son on a criminal complaint charging them with possession and transfer of firearm silences not registered to them in the National Firearms Registration and Transfer Record, the United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Florida.

Special agents from FBI Jacksonville arrested a man and his adult son on a criminal complaint charging them with possession and transfer of firearm silences not registered to them in the National Firearms Registration and Transfer Record, the United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Florida announced Tuesday.

If you are looking for a job, FBI Jacksonville is warning about scammers posing as legitimate businesses to steal your money and personal information.

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – With the November election just two weeks away, the stakes are high — and so is the tension. The possibilities for corruption in the digital age are endless: from social media interference and misinformation to mail-in voting and ballot fraud. Obviously with COVID-19 now, pulling in mail ballots, mail fraud possibly.”The FBI is preparing for any and all possibilities. “We’ve had allegations of different types of crimes, voter fraud, ballot fraud,” said Hoffman, who could not discuss details about active investigations. If it’s found to be a possible federal crime, the FBI would get involved.