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Jacksonville woman dead after crash in I-295 express lane
DUVAL COUNTY, Fla. – A 55-year-old Jacksonville woman is dead after another car struck the rear end of her vehicle on Interstate 295 at mile marker 57 on Sunday at 4:28 p.m. According to Florida Highway Patrol, a car was travelling south on I-295 near MM 57 in the right express lane.
JSO pursuit on I-95 ends in fiery crash near Forrest Street
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – A Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office cruiser and another car caught fire Wednesday after a brief pursuit on Interstate 95 near the Forrest Street exit in Riverside. According to the Florida Highway Patrol, the fire spread quickly from the suspect’s car to the police cruiser after the...
Video shows JSO officers in dramatic takedown of suspects accused in Dollar General robbery spree
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – Jacksonville Sheriff T.K. Waters on Tuesday shared a new video showing the dramatic arrest of four people who have been accused of using guns to steal more than $11,000 from Jacksonville Dollar General stores. “They won’t be doing that anymore. Not in our city,” Waters said....
DCPS announces arrest of Mandarin Middle School school police officer, termination of security guard
DCPS school police Officer Curtis Omarr Williams has been arrested, and security guard Nathan David Behar was terminated at Mandarin Middle School earlier today, announced in an official statement to student families.
Ex-Jacksonville sheriff's officer football star accused of aiding criminals pleads guilty
A former Jacksonville sheriff's officer and high school and college football star pleaded guilty Tuesday to sharing police information with "criminals in our community," according to court records and what Sheriff T.K. Waters previously said during an initial news conference. Christopher Barr, 28, was arrested on Jan. 27 on two...
FHP: 21-year-old critically hurt after crashing into barrier wall on I-95
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — A 21-year-old man was critically injured after crashing into a barrier wall on Interstate 95 Sunday afternoon, according to the Florida Highway Patrol. An FHP crash report states around 12:39 p.m., the man was driving an SUV traveling south on I-95 near Atlantic Boulevard. For an...
Arrest of heart transplant recipient who died wasn’t ‘the strongest,’ JSO sergeant said
A Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office sergeant deemed the arrest of a heart transplant recipient for a low-level misdemeanor as not “the strongest,” yet advised against reversing it, internal investigation documents show. Days after his release without crucial medication, the man died when his body rejected his heart. The...
Man takes ‘wrong turn’ while working on Norwegian container ship, falls to his death, police say
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – A man in his late 20s was found dead on a Norwegian cargo container ship at the Jacksonville Port Authority on Thursday afternoon, according to the Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office. Police said they responded to a death investigation around 4:30 p.m. after an employee found the...
Jacksonville police need help identifying thieves who stole new lawn equipment from a church
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – Police are searching for a trio of suspected burglars who are believed to have stolen thousands of dollars worth of lawn maintenance equipment. The burglary happened during the early morning hours of May 10 at the Greater Refuge Temple. A portion of the burglary was recorded on a surveillance camera that was also one of the pieces of church property reported stolen.
Judge rules whether to disqualify Jacksonville State Attorney's Office from Bridegan case
In the 16th hearing scheduled since Mario Fernandez Saldana’s defense team filed a motion to disqualify the 4th Judicial Circuit State Attorney’s Office from the Jared Bridegan murder case, the judge ruled there will be no change of prosecutors. Judge London Kite issued her ruling Monday but with some harsh words for the...
Ascension, FBI investigating 'ransomware' attack that disrupted hospital systems
The investigation into a cyberattack on Ascension Health Care continues this week with the help of the FBI and other agencies as the company restores services that were disrupted at its 140 hospitals nationwide, including three in the Jacksonville area. In its latest statement, the company called the attack, detected May 8, a...
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