First Coast Crime Stoppers has paid over $1.1M in 20 years โ and only 60% claim reward
Itโs been 20 years since First Coast Crime Stoppers was created in our area, and over the last two decades, the anonymous crime-fighting tool has paid out more than $1.1 million in reward money and helped bring closure to so many local families.
First Coast Crime Stoppers pleads with public to help solve 13-year-oldโs murder
It has been five days since 13-year-old Prince Holland was gunned down inside an SUV in Northwest Jacksonville while riding home from football tryouts. Since the drive-by shooting, First Coast Crime Stoppers has received only three tips from the public about the investigation.
Jacksonville wonโt โtolerate violence 1 more dayโ: Sheriff focusing additional resources to combat crime
Joined by city and state leaders, Jacksonville Sheriff T.K. Waters on Monday addressed a deadly drive-by shooting that occurred over the weekend, saying that the city is not defined by โsenseless violenceโ and announcing a workforce to better target violent crime.
Crime Stoppers now offering $13K reward for information leading to arrest in father of 4โฒs murder
The Jacksonville Beach Police Department on Monday announced an increased reward of $13,000 from First Coast Crime Stoppers for information leading to an arrest in the deadly shooting of a 33-year-old father of four children.
Man shot and killed outside Southside apartments
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. โ Police are searching for a gunman after a man was shot and killed late Saturday night outside of an apartment complex on the cityโs Southside, the Jacksonville Sheriffโs Office said. After receiving at least four 911 calls about a shooting just before 11:30 p.m., the Sheriffโs Office said, police found a man dead outside of the Bennett Creek Apartments on Bennett Creek Drive near Salisbury Road at Bowden Road. Police said the man had been shot at least once. The Sheriffโs Office said it believes the shooter fled from the scene but it has no information about that person at this time. Detectives ask anyone with information about the investigation to contact JSO, either by phone at 904-630-0500 or by email at JSOCrimeTips@jaxsheriff.org.
Family grieves 17-year-old Ribault student killed in shooting
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. โ A Jacksonville family is mourning the death of a Ribault High student who was shot and killed Thursday night. Loved ones say Inandi Wyche, 17, was a good student and cheerleader who planned to study at Florida A&M University. They identified Wyche as the young woman found dead about 7 p.m. Thursday following a shooting near Portsmouth Avenue and Norfolk Boulevard. According to the Jacksonville Sheriffโs Office, a grey car pulled up in front of Wycheโs vehicle, then two men got out of the vehicle and opened fire. The Sheriffโs Office said a young man was also shot, but he was hospitalized with injuries that were not deemed life-threatening.