A man in his 20s is hospitalized with life-threatening injuries following a shooting Sunday afternoon, December 22, 2024, at a Wendy’s on New Kings Road in Northwest Jacksonville, according to the Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office (JSO). The victim was meeting with one of the suspects in the restaurant’s parking lot aroundContinue Reading
On Friday, December 13, 2024, Jacksonville Beach Police officers responded to the 600 block of 3rd Street South after reports of an individual passed out inside a vehicle. Officers observed a firearm, a water pipe, and various drug paraphernalia in plain view. Upon the suspect’s arrest, a search of theContinue Reading
Jacksonville authorities are investigating a fatal traffic crash involving an off-duty Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office (JSO) officer that occurred early Saturday morning, December 21, 2024, in the 1400 block of Kings Road. Around 5:00 a.m., while en route to roll call in a marked patrol car, the officer struck a pedestrianContinue Reading
On Friday, December 6, 2024, the Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office (JSO) responded to a carjacking involving an Amazon delivery van along West 12th Street on the Westside. The stolen van was recovered shortly after the incident, but all the packages it contained were missing. Detectives are asking for the public’s assistanceContinue Reading
On December 19, 2024, Robert David Gulledge, 59, of Jacksonville, pleaded guilty to one count of making a false statement to a federal agency. Gulledge faces a maximum penalty of five years in federal prison. A sentencing date has not yet been scheduled. According to court documents, Gulledge created aContinue Reading
Senior U.S. District Judge Timothy Corrigan has sentenced 41-year-old Anthony Tyrone Mackey of Jacksonville to seven years in federal prison for possessing firearms as a convicted felon. A federal jury convicted Mackey on August 27, 2024. The conviction stems from an incident on March 29, 2023, when officers with theContinue Reading
Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office detectives are investigating the death of 27-year-old Jareesha Wilkerson, whose body was recovered from the St. Johns River a week after she was reported missing following a traffic crash on the Mathews Bridge on December 8. On the evening of the crash, Jacksonville Fire and Rescue andContinue Reading
On Tuesday morning, December 18, 2024, Jacksonville Sheriff T.K. Waters announced the results of a multi-agency investigation, Operation Fish and Chips, targeting illegal gaming operations in Jacksonville. Spanning from March 2023 to December 2024, the long-term undercover investigation led to the arrests of 12 individuals on charges including violations ofContinue Reading
U.S. District Judge Wendy Berger has sentenced William Earl Union, Jr., 32, of Jacksonville, to seven years in federal prison for possession of firearms by a convicted felon. The court also ordered Union to forfeit a Mossberg shotgun, a Smith and Wesson revolver, and all related ammunition. Union pleaded guiltyContinue Reading
U.S. District Judge Harvey Schlesinger has sentenced Yaquasia Delcarmen, 28, of Jacksonville, to eight years in federal prison for conspiracy to distribute 50 kilograms or more of marijuana and conspiracy to commit money laundering. The court also ordered Delcarmen to forfeit $1,760,210, the proceeds from her involvement in the drugContinue Reading