Jacksonville Sheriff T.K. Waters is kicking off a series of town hall meetings to hear directly from the community and provide updates on the sheriff’s office initiatives to enhance public safety.
Jacksonville Sheriff T.K. Waters is kicking off a series of town hall meetings to hear directly from the community and provide updates on the sheriff’s office initiatives to enhance public safety.
A man found stabbed died from their injuries after an argument in a home in Atlantic Beach according to Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office.
A man is dead after a shooting police say stemmed from a fight during 4th of July festivities near Jacksonville’s Oceanway neighborhood.
The family of an 18-year-old motorcyclist is searching for answers after he was severely injured in a hit-and-run at the intersection of Faye Road and Dunn Creek Road.
A man in his 20s was shot in the leg during a dispute outside a residence on Skyler Jean Drive in Jacksonville. The suspect, who was known to the victim, fled the scene but was later apprehended by police. The victim's injuries are non-life-threatening, and the incident is not believed to be domestic- or gang-related. Investigators are collecting evidence, interviewing witnesses, and canvassing the area for surveillance footage.
A Clay County mother says she still does not have the answers she needs — and she is not backing down.
An arrest has been made on a charge of aggravated battery after a teenage girl was shot in the chest late Friday night in Northwest Jacksonville, according to the Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office.
A juvenile girl is in stable condition after being shot in the chest late Friday night in Northwest Jacksonville, according to the Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office.
A Jacksonville woman was sentenced to 20 years in prison after an infant who had been treated for multiple injuries in 2023 later died, according to a Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office arrest and booking report.
A man found stabbed Monday morning in the lower abdomen on Atlantic Boulevard, west of 295, later died at the hospital, according to the Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office.
A man in his 40s was shot in the chest during a physical altercation with a known acquaintance Friday afternoon on Westmont St. in Jacksonville. The suspect fled the scene, and the victim, now in stable condition, is cooperating with authorities. Police say the incident is isolated, not domestic related, and there is no ongoing threat to the community. Detectives are processing evidence, interviewing witnesses, and seeking information from the public.
The Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office launched its Wanted and Missing Persons web pages after the success of the Unsolved Crimes webpage.
New details were released after a 27-year-old Twin Lakes Academy Middle School guard was arrested Friday and charged with lewd or lascivious conduct by an authority figure involving a student, according to the Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office.
The Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office said that it is investigating the in-custody death of an inmate at a hospital on Wednesday.
Officer Jennifer Scott and her husband sat down with News4JAX anchor Joy Purdy for an in-depth interview about forgiveness, physical healing and the new role at the Jacksonville Sheriff's Office that Scott says has helped her find her purpose after a near-fatal attack in 2023.
Four years after 18-year-old Rashaud Fields lost his life in a shooting at a graduation party on Pine Estates Road East near Leonid Road, the Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office has yet to make an arrest in the case.
Multiple traffic incidents are tied to the IRONMAN Jacksonville Triathlon on May 16, prompting responses by the Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office, including one in which an officer was injured, according to crash reports.
A 62-year-old man is accused of manslaughter for his role in a deadly dog attack in 2024 on the Westside, the Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office said on Tuesday.
After surviving a brutal attack while on duty outside a Walmart on Philips Highway in 2023, Officer Jennifer Scott has endured physical, emotional, mental, professional and financial struggles.
A fight in Jacksonville’s St. Nicholas neighborhood led to a deadly shooting on Mayfair Road. The victim died at the hospital and the suspect fled the scene, prompting an ongoing police search. Authorities have described the incident as isolated and are seeking evidence and video footage. The public is encouraged to provide information to investigators or Crime Stoppers.
A man was shot by Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office officers and taken into custody Thursday night after police said he held a woman and her 9-month-old baby against their will for several hours, then pointed a handgun at officers in a wooded area.
The family of an Orange Park woman said a traffic stop in Jacksonville while she was delivering food for DoorDash escalated into a violent confrontation with the Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office, alleging deputies used excessive force. The sheriff’s office said its Internal Affairs Unit reviewed the incident and found the arrest and circumstances surrounding it were within policy.
A 21-year-old corrections officer with the Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office was arrested in Manatee County on an attempted sexual battery charge.
Two people were found dead Wednesday night after officers responded to a reported battery on Crossview Drive, near San Pablo Parkway, according to the Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office.
A man police say was armed with a gun when he kicked in the doors of four homes in the Holiday Hill neighborhood of Jacksonville’s Southside late Monday night was eventually shot and killed by officers after he confronted them, according to the Sheriff’s Office.
A Westside Jacksonville woman is facing 11 felony animal cruelty charges after police said she intentionally drove over a group of baby ducklings earlier this week, killing them.
Months after Sheriff T.K. Waters announced that a Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office employee had been claiming overtime pay while he was actually having a romantic relationship with his supervisor, News4JAX has learned what happened to the supervisor.
A Jacksonville man accused of shooting a security guard at an illegal gambling operation in August 2023 was sentenced Thursday to 15 years in prison after pleading guilty to attempted first-degree felony murder and armed robbery, according to the Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office.
The Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office is investigating a shooting that left one person dead and another in critical condition early Wednesday morning on Jacksonville’s Westside.
Nearly four years after Rashaud Fields was shot and killed at a graduation party, his family and community are still seeking justice, with no arrests made in his case.
A man was grazed on the top of his head by a bullet after a physical altercation in front of a Springfield home on Wednesday evening, the Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office said.
A man was fatally shot Tuesday morning by an officer with a rifle outside a Gate gas station on Bowden Road after Jacksonville police say the man pointed a gun at officers while walking toward them.
The Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office Cold Case Unit is investigating the death of a 64-year-old former inmate who died at a local hospital Friday, the agency said.
Nationally known civil rights attorneys Ben Crump and Harry Daniels will be returning to Jacksonville on Friday to talk about yet another case concerning the use of force by members of the Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office.
More details are coming out about the multiple arrests made by the Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office during a “Senior Skip Day” event at Jacksonville Beach last Friday.
The Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office said it made 13 arrests, seized over 100 grams of marijuana, and recovered nine guns at a “Senior Skip Day” event in Jacksonville Beach.
A man was taken to the hospital with non-life-threatening injuries after he was shot in the leg and chest early Tuesday morning, the Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office said.
Ronald Lillard, a Navy veteran, father of five, and grandfather of ten, was killed in a road-rage shooting on Edgewood Avenue West and I-95 in Jacksonville Sunday. Family and friends gathered at a vigil to honor his life.
Civil rights attorney Benjamin Crump said he is investigating what he describes as a possible pattern of excessive force by the Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office, following the release of video showing a violent arrest in Clay County.
The family of a Middleburg man who said undercover Jacksonville officers used excessive force during a November arrest has retained two high-profile civil rights attorneys and is speaking exclusively with News4JAX.
The mother of a teenage boy who was punched and taken to the ground by a Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office officer during an arrest at a McDonald’s says her son did not deserve the force used by police.
Officer Timothy Prince, a Traffic Patrol Officer with the Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office, gave News4JAX a behind-the-scenes look at how police target problem areas on the roads to try to prevent serious crashes.
Nationally known civil rights attorneys Ben Crump and Harry Daniels will be returning to Jacksonville on Thursday to talk about yet another case concerning the use of force by members of the Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office.
A Jacksonville man was arrested after police said he fired a shot during an argument with his brother in the McDonald’s parking lot at Oakleaf Town Center, officials said.
A body-worn camera video showing the arrest of a Jacksonville man during an undercover drug and gang investigation has gone viral on social media, prompting questions about whether officers used excessive force.
Months after a man was hit and died from injuries sustained in a September hit-and-run, the Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office arrested and charged a driver accused of leaving the scene without offering aid.
A police report from the Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office is shedding light on an incident that happened following a teen takeover at Blue Cypress Park in Jacksonville last week.
A man was arrested and accused of fatally shooting his father on Friday at a Jacksonville home, the Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office said.
The Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office is searching for a suspect who fled after an adult man was shot early this morning in the 1600 block of Hammond Boulevard, officials said.
A man was fatally shot Tuesday morning by an officer with a rifle outside a Gate gas station on Bowden Road after Jacksonville police say the man pointed a gun at officers while walking toward them.
After a six-month investigation, the Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office said it dismantled a drug-trafficking organization operating out of the Grand Park area, leading to the felony arrests of a 52-year-old man and five brothers.
A woman accused of driving drunk in Jacksonville on early Thursday morning crashed her pickup truck into a police car while an officer was inside, according to the Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office.
Two Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office police officers quickly rescued a toddler who was accidentally locked inside a car on March 2.
Three people were killed and another four were injured Sunday afternoon in a head-on, chain reaction crash on Atlantic Boulevard near Empire Point, the Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office said.
Four vehicles were set on fire in the parking lot of an apartment complex in Mandarin on Friday, the Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office said.
A driver died early Monday morning when their truck ran over a curb into the parking lot of a Starbucks on San Jose Boulevard and slammed into a light pole, according to the Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office.
Three people were killed and another four were injured Sunday afternoon in a head-on, chain reaction crash on Atlantic Boulevard near Empire Point, the Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office said.
News4JAX reviewed the Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office code of conduct after Officer Christian Madsen was arrested on felony charges tied to alleged false overtime claims, and found policies that speak directly to private conduct, professional representation and sexual-misconduct limits.
A prominent member of the Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office Motor Unit has been arrested after he claimed more than 200 hours of overtime for traffic enforcement shifts that he never worked, Sheriff T.K. Waters announced Thursday.
Hours after a quadruple shooting sent young people scattering from a “takeover” in Jacksonville Beach, another four people were injured in a shooting at a completely separate street party on Jacksonville’s Eastside, according to authorities.
A 72-year-old Jacksonville woman has been missing for more than a week, and her family is praying for answers about her whereabouts.
A Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office police officer was arrested by Clay County Deputies early Saturday morning after an altercation at a bar, according to JSO.
A Jacksonville mother, pulled from a burning car by police, forgives the carjacking suspect who nearly killed her. She finds strength in her children's smiles.
On Thursday night, the Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office said a man, later identified as 62-year-old Jose Cabrera, was shot and killed by three of its officers following a domestic disturbance call in the Dinsmore area. The incident marked the fifth officer-involved shooting in the city this year, including the second time that it ended with someone’s death. Throughout all of last year, the agency was involved in 11 deadly officer-involved shootings and 17 overall.
A 36-year-old man and a 23-year-old woman were recently arrested after they brought a 14-year-old to a strip club and gave them “multiple alcoholic drinks,” according to the Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office.
There’s more fallout following a weekend quadruple shooting inside the Paxon Shopping Center parking lot off Edgewood Avenue.
A woman who was injured in a shooting Wednesday night said that she and two relatives were shot after they went to break up a fight near the intersection of Wisteria Street and Begonia Road.
Three women and a 17-year-old girl were shot on Wednesday evening after a large group of people met up at a Northwest Jacksonville location to fight each other over a “romantic relationship” that some of the individuals were involved in, according to the Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office.
Sol and Nelson Lopez have called Jacksonville police several times about speeders in their neighborhood, but they said the problem persists. On "Justice 4 All," News4JAX anchor Jennifer Waugh gets answers from JSO and a city councilmember on what you can do if this is happening where you live.
An off-duty officer with the Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office is facing misdemeanor battery charges after an incident at a Jacksonville Beach skate park, where he slammed a child to the ground.
The Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office needs help identifying a car involved in a fatal hit-and-run crash on Vernon Road between Edgewood Avenue and West 45th Street on Jan 10.
The Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office released details and video from the Jan. 5 officer-involved shooting of a man who pointed his rifle at police, then barricaded himself inside his Arlington home for three hours.
An attorney for a Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office officer charged with battery after pulling a teenager off a bike at a skate park says the officer intervened because the teen was riding an electric motorcycle capable of dangerous speeds, not a standard e-bike.
The Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office on Friday released details and some bodycam footage from the fatal officer-involved-shooting that happened on Jan. 5 at an apartment complex on Egrets Nest Drive.
JSO says veteran officer Stephen D. Hicks was accused by a teenager and multiple witnesses of grabbing the teen off an e-bike and throwing him to the ground inside a Jacksonville Beach skate park.
A mother, who lost her son almost nine years ago, is transforming her grief into acts of service to help others.
Two men were found dead behind a Springfield home after a dog walker discovered them Thursday. Police confirmed evidence of gunfire but many questions remain unanswered.
A corrections officer with the Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office was arrested on Wednesday in Flagler County and is accused of battery and witness tampering, according to police.
Jacksonville's National Baptist Convention plans to challenge ICE operations today while Sheriff TK Waters defends agents' safety measures as necessary law enforcement practices.
Jacksonville Sheriff T.K. Waters defended his department’s response to three officer-involved shootings this year, saying officers faced armed suspects in each incident and had to act in self-defense.
A veteran Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office officer was arrested in St. Johns County and charged with a DUI on Friday, marking the first employee arrest of the year.
A woman is in critical condition after being shot multiple times early Sunday morning on Jacksonville’s northside, according to the Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office.
Although the total number of homicides in Jacksonville ticked back up over 100 in 2025, including 11 fatal police-involved shootings, one number the Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office reported was remarkably low: As of Dec. 9, only one of the city’s homicides was considered gang or group-affiliated, according to Sheriff T.K. Waters.
A Jacksonville comic shop owner says thieves distracted employees and stole about $2,000 in merchandise while he was away at a Jaguars game—but the items were later returned after community involvement.
The Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office said it took teamwork on land and water to save a soaked and shivering French bulldog last week when it got stuck on a small island in the Ribault River.
The Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office is searching for a 12-year-old last seen on Thursday in the Argyle Forest Boulevard and Staple Mill Drive area.
Two teens and an adult were shot at an intersection in the Sandalwood area after a drug deal gone wrong on Friday night, and one of the teens later died at a hospital, the Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office said.
