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Now at least three other local agencies are following suit and prosecutors and defense attorneys said they’re reviewing current cases where certain charges might get dropped.

The Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office on Thursday announced it discovered during a drug investigation that the field-testing kits it uses to test for cocaine were indicating false positives.

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.

A man was arrested Wednesday after he was seen walking with a long gun in the San Pablo Road area, according to the Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office.

The News4JAX I-TEAM has reported on twelve in-custody deaths at the jail so far this year, including three that were just in the past month and a half. State Representatives Angie Nixon and Tracie Davis are now asking the Department of Justice for a federal investigation. The DOJ responded to their request, acknowledging the letter and referring it for review.

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.

Jacksonville Sheriff's Office has police officers on A C Skinner Parkway.

The Duval County inmate who escaped Friday, turned himself in Monday after police were unsuccessful in locating him, the Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office announced.

What started as a reckless driver traffic stop turned into a six-hour manhunt Thursday in Baker County.

A woman died Thursday after she was found unresponsive in a pool at her apartment complex on San Jose Boulevard, the Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office said.

On Monday, a 68-year-old transient man at the Duval County jail died nearly two weeks after being arrested on a misdemeanor trespassing charge. He couldn’t afford the $2,500 bond.

Residents were woken up to evacuation orders related to the chemical spill

Police are investigating an overnight shooting that left one dead.

A 35-year-old man was sentenced to life in prison for the murder of a woman found strangled to death in a Southside apartment in November, according to the court records.

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 structural engineer is expected to be on-site Wednesday to investigate a partial collapse of a parking garage at Ascension St. Vincent’s Riverside hospital.

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

Questions will be asked for several weeks if not months as to how the parking structure at Ascension St. Vincent’s hospital suddenly collapsed Monday afternoon.

A person died late Saturday night after they were hit by a car on the intersection of Kings and Davis Street, in the Riverside area, the Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office said.

The St. Johns County Sheriff’s Office has arrested former JSO lieutenant, Christopher Tyree, for sexual battery against a child under 12.

Three officers with the Jacksonville Sheriff's Office received Medals of Valor during a Thursday ceremony, honoring their actions after a fellow officer was shot in March.

Five shootings took place across the city of Jacksonville this weekend, leaving residents wanting change,

JSO is investigating a death outside a residential pool on Collins Rd.

JSO asking public for help in locating missing 8-year-old girl.

A 12-year-old boy was struck and killed by a car Friday morning on Lane Avenue in the Hyde Park area of Jacksonville’s Westside.

A woman is in the hospital after two cars crashed on Philips Highway and I-95.

The Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office is currently searching for a missing endangered adult who could be lost in the area of Highway 301 between Bradford County and Nassau County.

A child was found walking alone on Norfolk Boulevard, near Soutel Drive, around 3:43 a.m. Monday, the Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office said.

Man who officers said had to be subdued by a K-9 and was critically injured after what police described as a “random” shooting that left a Westside resident dead in November 2022 pleaded guilty to manslaughter.

The Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office released body cam video of a deadly officer involved shooting in the Lake Forest neighborhood Sunday, August 6.In the video, you can see the officer driving up to the scene, he’s immediately met by a man and woman who tell him their friend and dog were stabbed. The video is blurred where the dead man and dog are laying in the yard.

The Jacksonville Sheriff’s office found a child walking alone on the 6800 block of Normandy Boulevard, near a Panda Express, around 5:22 a.m. Saturday morning.

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

“Terrible, it breaks my heart,” an anonymous neighbor told News4JAX.

Her father, a Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office detective who was working just blocks away, came to the scene of the crash and helped keep her calm during the rush to save her.

A man was found dead near Sago Road on the Northside

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.

Police said Danny James, 40, was found unresponsive Thursday morning.

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.

The Jacksonville City Council began debating how your tax dollars are going to be spent. On Thursday, they took up two top priorities, the fire department and the sheriff's office. Each department is asking for more financial help, and it looks like they're going to get it.

The Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office is investigating after a man’s body was found in a wooded area of the Highlands neighborhood near Beckner and Doniphan Drive.

The I-TEAM is learning new details about a woman who died at the Duval County Jail on Monday. Rebecca "Becky" Faircloth was 62-years-old. Over the past two years, at least seven people have died at the Duval County Jail.

Another inmate has died in the Duval County Jail from a medical episode. Rebecca Faircloth, 62, was arrested in 2021. She was sentenced Friday to ten years in prison for attempted murder and firearms charges. She died in jail Monday. This comes weeks after JSO announced NaphCare will provide healthcare at the jail, taking over for Armor.

Investigators with the Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office Internal Affairs division have completed an investigation into a JSO traffic stop where a local veteran claims he was the victim of racial profiling.

Police have identified a man who was suspected of fatally stabbing another man and a dog in the Lake Forest neighborhood on Sunday before he was shot and killed in an encounter with an officer.

A heavy police presence has been reported in the Lake Forest neighborhood in Northwest Jacksonville.

A child was critically injured early Friday morning in a shooting in the Ribault area of Northwest Jacksonville.

According to Jacksonville’s Chief Health Officer, there could be a correlation between the large number of cases and the recent heat wave.

A man is dead after he was shot Monday morning in an apartment complex parking lot on Jacksonville’s Westside, according to the Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office.

Man was arrested for shooting a gun in the Mandarin area.

This week, the Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office announced it is terminating a $98 million contract with inmate healthcare provider Armor Health less than a year into the five-year contract. The termination letter obtained by News4JAX details the reasons why.

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

The Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office on Tuesday released body-camera video of a police-involved shooting from the night when a man shot at a JSO officer with an airsoft gun.

Jacksonville Sheriff T.K. Waters and Mayor Donna Deegan held a news conference on Tuesday evening to announce the end of a $98 million contract with Armor Correctional Health Services, which administers healthcare to inmates at the Duval County jail.

A newly released arrest report revealed that a 43-year-old Jacksonville mother whose remains were found on the front porch of a Westside home earlier this month was shot multiple times.

Sheriff T.K. Waters unveiled his vision for the future of the Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office on Wednesday night during a town hall at the Prime F. Osborn III Convention Center.

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.

Human remains found on the porch of a home in the Lakeshore neighborhood belong to a 43-year-old woman who was reported missing weeks ago by her family, the Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office confirmed Tuesday.

An inmate in the Duval County Jail was found unresponsive Friday night, according to the Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office.

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

A Jacksonville police officer died by suicide while on duty, the Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office announced Friday.

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

A 13-year veteran with the Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office was arrested in Clay County on Monday after he was accused of throwing an unopened beer can at a woman’s face.

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

Questions about whether inmates were getting their prescriptions here at the jail go back to at least 2018. There are also reports of medications disappearing.

The Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office is investigating after a person was found dead on West 7th Street.

Devonte Ledbetter was already in custody at the Duval County Jail for unrelated burglary charges when he was re-arrested on the murder charge Thursday, JSO said.

The Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office Narcotics Unit served a search warrant on the house Saturday, June 17, 2023, after JSO received complaints about drug activity from citizens.

Jacksonville Sheriff T.K. Waters has announced that he and his staff are holding a town hall for people to learn about new public safety initiatives, meet officers and ask questions.

The juvenile suffered non-life threatening injuries, according to JSO.

A police officer with the Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office was arrested Friday after a warrant was put out for him by Taylor County deputies, JSO announced.

The Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office released two sketches Wednesday in hopes of identifying the skeletal remains found in a wooded area.

The Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office along with U.S. Marshals on Tuesday arrested a man accused in a 2018 murder on the city’s Westside.

The Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office have identified a suspect in the deadly stabbing that happened near Value Pawn on Edgewood Avenue Sunday, June 4. After following up on evidence and interviewing witnesses, police identified the suspect as Steve Kent Ziegler, 62. A warrant has been issued for Ziegler for murder.

The Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office is investigating an incident that happened in the Riverside neighborhood.

The Jacksonville Sheriff’s office reported one person was shot on University Boulevard on the Southside.

On Thursday, Sheriff T.K. Waters said he wants to hire 80 new officers and a $35-million budget increase. Now, he is planning on changes to patrol zones.

A scary video shows the moment a driver who appeared to be fleeing from the Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office on Thursday slammed into multiple vehicles at a Westside intersection.

T.K. Waters is asking for nearly $600 million, about $35 million more than last year.

Body camera videos released Tuesday show the moment Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office officers shot and killed a man wanted for murder in South Florida.

Armor Correctional Healthcare Services denies wrongdoing and says other clinical issues likely contributed to Dexter Barry’s death

A heavy police presence was spotted on Jacksonville’s Westside near the Edgewood Avenue and Commonwealth Avenue intersection.

A 16-year-old boy was shot in the leg, after JSO said he and 5 other children ages 12 to 16 were playing with a gun, unsupervised.

For the first time since it was accused of failing to provide an inmate his essential medication — which his family says led to his death — News4JAX heard from the company that provides healthcare at the Duval County jail.

News4JAX obtained the body camera video that Jacksonville Sheriff T.K. Waters said proved a now-former officer lied when he said a man pushed him.

Two arrests have been made in connection with the Wednesday shooting death of a man on the Westside of Jacksonville.

Records from the Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office confirm a Jacksonville man did not receive any doses of an essential medication while at the Duval County Jail on a misdemeanor charge in November. After spending a weekend in jail, Dexter Barry, 54, died a few days after being released.

A man is dead after a stabbing Thursday night inside of an apartment on Lenox Avenue in the Normandy area, according to the Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office.

Not many boaters were on the water on Wednesday, but that will change this weekend.Local law enforcement agencies are bringing awareness to boating safety and manatee safety as the summer boating season approaches.

The Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office is searching for missing infant, Armoni Francis, on the City’s North-Westside.

The family of a Jacksonville man says he died in November after going two days in the Duval County jail without the medication he needed to survive.

Local sheriffs and Jacksonville’s next mayor on Wednesday evening are set to hold a news conference to discuss what they are saying is a growing issue of violence against law enforcement officers.

The Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office is investigating a case where a woman was shot and then dropped off at a local hospital overnight Wednesday.

A man who was connected to a Broward County murder investigation was shot in Jacksonville by police Friday evening after they attempted to apprehend him, according to the Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office.

Jacksonville Sheriff T.K. Waters hit the streets for the fourth time this year to show his commitment to community policing.

The Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office is responding to an officer-involved shooting Friday in Clay County.

A 94-year-old man who is reported to have Dementia is missing in Jacksonville’s westside, according to the Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office.

A Jacksonville Transportation Authority bus carrying between 10 to 20 passengers was hit by gunfire Thursday afternoon, according to the Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office.