NEIGHBORHOOD CRIME ALERT

Some Murray Hill residents are speaking out about what they call an increase in crime where they live.

A 9-year-old dog was shot while trying to protect his owners from an armed burglar that broke into their house while they were fast asleep, the family told News4JAX on Wednesday.

The general manager of March Motors, a dealership on Atlantic Boulevard in Jacksonville, said Tuesday that his business was targeted by thieves, who were caught on surveillance cameras cutting the catalytic converters from eight pickup trucks on his lot.

Pet owners in the Springfield area who were already on edge following the recent disappearance of multiple cats are even more on edge after an incident involving a family cat was caught on video.

A family of five is lucky to be alive and still have a home after the state fire marshal said someone purposely ignited an explosive device in their driveway.

Residents of Miramar and Avondale told News4JAX that their security cameras recorded what appears to be the same man breaking into homes in both neighborhoods.

We’ve discovered in the last two years more than half the number of cars that have been burglarized in Duval County involved cars that were unlocked. Among the valuables stolen from vehicles in 2020 and 2021, 192 guns.

The Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office is investigating after a man dressed in a reflective vest, who claimed he was delivering a package, carried out an armed robbery with another man at a home in the Beauclerc neighborhood.

A neighborhood crime alert has many people asking: “Who would steal from children?”

Following reports of a man who repeatedly exposed himself in the Murray Hill neighborhood, Jacksonville police have made an arrest.