CRIME & SAFETY
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.
Orange Park man dies in Levy County collision
A 67-year-old Orange Park man died and two other people were seriously injured in a two-vehicle collision north of Inglis in Levy County on Saturday night. According to a Florida Highway Patrol (FHP) release, a 37-year-old Williston man was driving north on US Highway 19 at 11:24 p.m. when the Orange Park man driving an SUV pulled out in front of the pickup from the median crossover.
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...
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...
Jacksonville lawyer says someone holding a gun doesn’t necessarily mean they’re a threat
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – A Jacksonville-based lawyer said someone holding a gun doesn’t mean that they are a threat after Black U.S. Air Force airman Roger Fortson was fatally shot six times in his apartment hallway. Civil rights attorney Benjamin Crump said the Okaloosa County deputy knocked on 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...
After back-and-forth, ICARE says it met with Sheriff Waters to talk about violent crime in Jacksonville
A Jacksonville community group of faith leaders — “ICARE” — held a prayer vigil Monday to end violence in the city. “The shootings must stop,” leaders said. The group held the vigil inside Historic Mount Zion AME the day after Mother’s Day and prayed for grieving mothers, Sheriff T.K. Waters and his office.
‘Always watch your kids’: Mother sends warning to other parents after her daughter drowns at pool party
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – A mother described how her life will forever be changed after her 7-year-old daughter drowned at a party held at a community pool in Argyle Forest on Saturday. Wynter Mitchell’s mother, Tyra Mitchell, was completely devastated when she heard about her daughter. She said her...
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...
Judge: Prosecution stays on Bridegan murder case despite ‘poor judgment’
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (Court TV) — A Florida judge dealt a blow to the attorneys representing a married couple accused of murdering a software executive, ruling that the prosecution can stay on the case. Mario Fernandez Saldana and his wife, Shanna Gardner, are charged with masterminding a murder-for-hire that killed Microsoft executive Jared Bridegan in 2022.... Read more » Fore more crime and trial news coverage, visit Court TV
13 of 16 protestors arrested at UNF enter not guilty pleas
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – Monday was arraignment day for 16 people arrested on UNF’s campus while they protested against the war between Hamas and Israel. The group of protestors are now known as the Jax 16. They and their supporters have said they see the war as the genocide of innocent people in Palestine.
There has been a 45% decrease in Jacksonville homicides so far this year compared to the same time frame last year
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – A Jacksonville community group of faith leaders, known as ICARE, is planning to hold a prayer vigil Monday morning to call for an end to violence in the city. The group plans to gather at Historic Mount Zion AME Church on East Beaver Street. ICARE will...
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