JACKSONVILLE BEACH, Fla. – Detectives with the Jacksonville Beach Police Department’s Special Investigations Unit (SIU), along with SWAT and patrol officers, executed a search warrant at a home in the 900 block of 5th Avenue North as part of an ongoing drug investigation. During the search, officers arrested Lance KirklandContinue Reading
The Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office Community Problem Response Unit arrested 40-year-old Anthony Smokes last month following an investigation into felony charges. Detectives went to Smokes’ apartment on Tamaya Boulevard, near Beach Boulevard and Kernan Boulevard, to take him into custody. During the arrest, evidence of drug activity was found, leading toContinue Reading
Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office detectives arrested a 43-year-old man and seized several pounds of illegal drugs and a stolen firearm following a narcotics investigation in the Arlington Hills neighborhood. The investigation began after a resident reported suspicious activity on Townsend Village Lane. Detectives identified the suspect, Benjamin Crawford, as allegedly sellingContinue Reading
JACKSONVILLE, FL — The Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office (JSO) is asking for the public’s help in locating 33-year-old Shaylin Hill and her two children, 6-year-old Destiny and 5-year-old Antonio. The family was last seen in downtown Jacksonville. Shaylin Hill is described as 5’5” tall and 193 pounds, last seen wearing aContinue Reading
JACKSONVILLE, FL — Three teenagers, including an 18-year-old, a 14-year-old, and a 12-year-old, were arrested following a crash into a mattress store on Dunn Avenue over the weekend. On Sunday morning, Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office (JSO) Patrol officers in District 6 responded to the store after a vehicle smashed through theContinue Reading
JACKSONVILLE, FL – Bradley Drew, 33, has been arrested in connection with the April killing of Christopher Cam, 33, marking the second arrest in the case. On April 15, 2025, Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office District 5 officers responded to a shooting on Ernest Street near McDuff Avenue, where they found CamContinue Reading
Jacksonville, FL – Three people were arrested and a fourth juvenile taken into custody after a violent confrontation outside a charter school led to violations of Florida’s Halo Law, which protects first responders from interference while performing their duties. According to the Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office (JSO), officers responded to theContinue Reading
Jacksonville investigators are asking for the public’s help to solve the death of 36-year-old Robert Velleca, whose body was discovered floating in the Ortega River last month. On September 20, 2025, officers with the Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office (JSO) Marine Unit responded to a call about a body in the river.Continue Reading
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — A Jacksonville man has been arrested after police say he struck and killed a 13-year-old girl with his truck and fled the scene. The Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office announced that 54-year-old Andre Myers is in custody following the fatal hit-and-run that claimed the life of Genesis Webber onContinue Reading
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — The Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office has arrested a 42-year-old man accused of fatally shooting another man outside a seafood restaurant over the weekend. According to JSO, Mark Randall Gordon was taken into custody on Monday night, October 6, 2025, and booked into the Duval County Jail on aContinue Reading