JACKSONVILLE, FL – A 27-year-old former Jacksonville charter school teacher and dean, James Tellis, has been arrested on multiple felony charges related to child sexual abuse. Tellis is facing felony charges of sexual battery on a child, offenses against students by an authority figure, soliciting a child online, and unlawfulContinue Reading
JACKSONVILLE, FL – The Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office has arrested 24-year-old Josiah Luis Martinez in connection with the June 11, 2025, shooting death of Kenneth Mobley Jr. outside Copeland’s Restaurant on Southside Boulevard. Mobley, 38, was shot in the chest in the restaurant’s parking lot and rushed to the hospital, whereContinue Reading
In August 2024, Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office District 6 officers responded to a shooting on Park Avenue, where suspects opened fire on an occupied home, fatally striking a Great Dane named Naomi on the front porch. Through ballistic evidence and information from the National Integrated Ballistic Information Network (NIBIN), detectives identifiedContinue Reading
On Saturday night, Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office officers dispersed a crowd of approximately 600 to 700 juveniles near Friendship Fountain on the Southbank. JSO had been monitoring planned “takeover” events circulating on social media, where organizers attempted to use multiple locations to avoid detection. Officers issued prior warnings to event organizersContinue Reading
JACKSONVILLE, FL — Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office (JSO) Narcotics detectives and SWAT operators executed a search warrant last week at a suspected drug house on Wright Avenue, resulting in the seizure of a significant amount of illegal drugs, firearms, and cash. The search led to the following seizures: As a resultContinue Reading
JACKSONVILLE, FL — Detectives with the Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office VICE Unit made a life-saving stop last week while on their way to serve a warrant, after witnessing the immediate aftermath of a serious crash on Collins Road near Shindler Drive. The incident occurred when an SUV flipped over during aContinue Reading
JACKSONVILLE, FL – The Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office (JSO) has announced a significant development in the murder case of 14-year-old Micah Thomas, with the recent arrest of an eighteenth individual bringing the total number of people facing charges to ten. JSO emphasized its commitment to seeing every person responsible for theContinue Reading
STARKE, Fla. – The Florida Department of Law Enforcement (FDLE) has arrested Roby Emory Catrett, Jr., 56, of Starke, on multiple felony counts related to child sexual abuse material. This arrest is part of FDLE’s ongoing statewide effort to identify and apprehend individuals targeting children and sharing illicit files. Catrett,Continue Reading
The Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office (JSO) has released body-worn camera footage and a detailed arrest report following a February 19, 2025, traffic stop involving William Anthony McNeil Jr., whose viral cellphone video showed officers breaking his window and forcibly removing him from his SUV. According to the arrest report, Officer BowersContinue Reading
JACKSONVILLE, FL – The Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office (JSO) has released details and graphic video footage from an officer-involved shooting that occurred on Norfolk Boulevard on Wednesday, July 9, 2025, which resulted in the death of 20-year-old Jamari Akins. (Viewer discretion is advised: the videos are graphic) According to JSO’s preliminaryContinue Reading