The Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office (JSO) has announced the arrest of Jason Blount, 52, of Orlando, in connection with three cold case sexual battery incidents that occurred in Jacksonville in 2000 and 2002. Blount was linked to the crimes through DNA evidence collected after his arrest in Orange County for robbery.Continue Reading
A 22-year-old woman is in custody after allegedly kidnapping a 9-year-old boy who was selling water along the roadside in Northwest Jacksonville. The incident occurred on Friday, June 27, and was swiftly resolved thanks to the courageous actions of a nearby witness. According to the Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office, the suspect,Continue Reading
Twenty-eight members of the Mongols motorcycle gang were taken into custody today in a major joint operation involving the FBI Jacksonville Division, Volusia Sheriff’s Office, and the Seventh Judicial Circuit State Attorney’s Office. Arrest warrants have also been issued for three additional Mongols gang members, with their arrests pending. TheContinue Reading
JACKSONVILLE, FL – The Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office (JSO) has arrested Journee McGrew, 21, for Second Degree Murder and Tampering with Evidence following a fatal dispute on Manotak Avenue early Wednesday morning, July 2, 2025. JSO patrol officers responded to a dispute at approximately 3:30 a.m. Upon arrival, they found 41-year-oldContinue Reading
Bryan Harvey has been convicted by a Clay County jury of Trafficking in Fentanyl and Trafficking in Methamphetamine. With this verdict, Harvey now faces a maximum of 30 years in Florida State Prison. The Honorable Steven Whittington will set Harvey’s sentencing date later. The conviction stems from an incident onContinue Reading
A woman was safely rescued late Wednesday night after officers found her clinging to beams beneath the Hart Bridge, 141 feet above the St. Johns River in downtown Jacksonville. Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office patrol officers responded to the scene and located the woman, who had climbed over the bridge railing andContinue Reading
An 18-year-old is in custody following a double homicide early Saturday morning outside a shopping center on Baymeadows Road near Old Baymeadows Road. At approximately 3:30 a.m. on June 21, Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office patrol officers responded to a reported shooting. Upon arrival, officers located two individuals suffering from gunshot woundsContinue Reading
Jacksonville police are appealing to the public for assistance in identifying the driver of a white mid-size SUV believed to be involved in a fatal hit-and-run that claimed the life of 40-year-old Brandon Venegas on Monday, May 26, 2025. Just before midnight, officers discovered Venegas’s body in an alley behindContinue Reading
The Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office (JSO) has arrested 38-year-old Taira Mrochek and charged her with manslaughter in connection with the fentanyl overdose death of a 23-year-old woman in March. JSO officers responded to the death of the 23-year-old woman in a hotel room in the East Arlington area. The Medical Examiner’sContinue Reading
Two people are in custody after Jacksonville authorities seized large quantities of drugs, firearms, and cash from a business located near a church and across from a middle school on North Main Street. Following a tip that drug dealers were operating out of the business, narcotics detectives built a caseContinue Reading