Accused serial rapist back in Duval court for second trial
An accused serial rapist was back in a Jacksonville courtroom Wednesday as prosecutors opened the second trial against him since a 2009 DNA match linked him to a series of sexual assaults. read more
View ArticleProsecutors concerned about possible visit between Cristian Fernandez, mom
A 12-year-old boy charged with murdering his toddler half brother in a Jacksonville apartment might be allowed to visit with his mother. But prosecutors are concerned about granting contact, because...
View ArticleSerial rapist loses another Jacksonville trial
Jacksonville prosecutors have won a second trial against an accused serial rapist. James Waverly Steel, 50, who already is serving 30 years from his first trial, now faces up to life when Circuit Judge...
View ArticlePolice: Man who stopped on San Pablo to pick up items is struck
A man who got out of his pickup on San Pablo Road to retrieve some building material that had fallen out was struck this morning and is in life-threatening condition. The unidentified man was south on...
View Article2 prominent Jacksonville attorneys die
Family, friends and colleagues are mourning the deaths of Mark Hulsey Jr. and Ernst Mueller, two prominent members of Jacksonville's legal community. Hulsey, 88, died this morning of natural causes....
View Article2 ID'd in separate motorcycle fatalities in Jacksonville
Jacksonville police have identified two people killed in separate motorcycle crashes this week. Harold Vincent, 53, of Jacksonville and Brian S. Jelle, 42, of St. Augustine were each pronounced dead at...
View ArticleErnst Mueller, 1942-2011: Jacksonville lawyer's fairness inspired others
Ernst Mueller, a prominent figure in Jacksonville's legal community who had prosecuted Medellin cartel co-founder Carlos Lehder, died Thursday after a three-year struggle with Lou Gehrig's disease. He...
View ArticleNo ruling after arguments in lawsuit against Jacksonville's restrictions on...
A federal judge heard about two hours worth of arguments Monday in the ongoing debate about runway extension at Jacksonville Executive at Craig Airport but no decision has been made. A lawsuit filed in...
View ArticleJacksonville man pleads guilty to Beach Boulevard fatal hit-and-run
A Jacksonville man is spending his 21st birthday in jail after pleading guilty to a hit-and-run crash that killed a woman on Beach Boulevard in February. Adam Lee Allred is awaiting sentencing on a...
View ArticleNeptune Beach man pleads no contest to Navy pilot's hit-and-run death
A Neptune Beach man faces up to 15 years in prison after pleading no contest to the 2010 hit-and-run crash that killed a Navy pilot. Gregory Matthew Jacobs, 29, avoided a trial scheduled for next week...
View ArticleJacksonville police seek man after morning robbery at Arlington bank
Jacksonville police are looking for a man in the Arlington area after a robbery at the Atlantic Coast Bank near the Arlington Expressway. Police said the robber was a white man dressed in cargo shorts...
View ArticleSunday Jacksonville Beach hit-and-run driver turns self in
Jacksonville Beach police have charged a woman after a Sunday night hit-and-run crash that hurt two pedestrians. Jamie May Nichols, 27, is charged with leaving the scene of an accident involving...
View ArticleJacksonville police release photos of bank robbery suspect
Jacksonville police are asking for the public's help to capture a man who robbed a bank in Arlington. Investigators were called to Atlantic Coast Bank on University Boulevard North near the Arlington...
View ArticlePolice identify Atlantic Beach murder victim
Police have released the identity of a man killed Thursday in Atlantic Beach. Andrew Larry Swift, 36, was taken to Shands Jacksonville and pronounced dead after the 4 p.m. shooting at Singleton Trailer...
View ArticlePolice: Man tried to sneak gun into Duval County Courthouse
A man is in jail after authorities say he tried to pass through a security checkpoint at the Duval County Courthouse with a concealed handgun and three small bags of marijuana. Timmy Hagans Jr., 21, is...
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