NEPTUNE BEACH, Fla. A man accused of fleeing the scene of an injury crash in Neptune Beach has been arrested following an investigation by the Neptune Beach Police Department. According to police, officers responded July 1 to a crash at the intersection of Florida Boulevard and Kings Road. Investigators saidContinue Reading
ST. JOHNS COUNTY, Fla. The St. Johns County Sheriff’s Office is disputing claims circulating on social media that deputies were pursuing a Tesla before a fatal crash Wednesday evening, saying the vehicle crashed before a traffic stop could be initiated. According to the sheriff’s office, the incident began just beforeContinue Reading
LAKE CITY, Fla. Two Lake City residents were arrested Wednesday after Columbia County deputies found a young child wandering alone in a neighborhood and discovered suspected methamphetamine and drug paraphernalia inside the child’s home, according to the Columbia County Sheriff’s Office. Deputies responded at approximately 9:27 a.m. on July 8Continue Reading
ST. JOHN’S COUNTY, FL – On the afternoon of Friday, June 29, 2026, 20-year-old Connor Andrew Gooding of St. John’s County was arrested by detectives with the Columbia County Sheriff’s Office after traveling from St. John’s County to Columbia County to meet a child with the intention of having sex.Continue Reading
EDGEWATER, Fla. A Volusia County Public Works employee remains in critical condition after being electrocuted Wednesday morning while responding to a fire involving heavy equipment that had come into contact with an energized power line, according to the Edgewater Police Department. Emergency crews responded at approximately 11:30 a.m. on JulyContinue Reading
PALM COAST, Fla. A months-long investigation into a November 2025 shooting at a Palm Coast apartment complex has ended with the arrest of an 18-year-old man on multiple felony charges, according to the Flagler County Sheriff’s Office. The shooting occurred on Nov. 16, 2025, at an apartment complex on BeachContinue Reading
TAMPA, Fla. A Lakeland man who admitted to illegally possessing the firearm used in a 2020 Christmas Eve shootout that killed a 70-year-old grandmother and wounded three others has been sentenced to 30 years in federal prison, federal prosecutors announced. U.S. District Judge Kathryn Mizelle sentenced 29-year-old Taqiy Lewis ofContinue Reading
RANGE PARK, Fla. A 20-year-old man was shot by a Clay County sheriff’s deputy Wednesday afternoon after authorities said he pointed a firearm at deputies during a standoff near the Orange Park Mall. Clay County Sheriff Michelle Cook said the incident began shortly after 1 p.m. on July 8 whenContinue Reading
FLAGLER COUNTY, Fla. A new Florida law aimed at reducing cryptocurrency kiosk fraud will take effect Jan. 1, 2027, following years of advocacy by the Flagler County Sheriff’s Office and Sheriff Rick Staly. House Bill 505 requires cryptocurrency kiosk operators across the state to register with the Florida Office ofContinue Reading
YULEE, FL — A 33-year-old man faces severe felony charges after a multi-agency, multi-year investigation utilizing DNA evidence confirmed he impregnated a juvenile victim on two separate occasions during an ongoing illicit relationship. John Andrew Jones was taken into custody following a coordinated sweep by regional task forces and bookedContinue Reading