JACKSONVILLE, FL – The Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office (JSO) has released preliminary details and video of an officer-involved shooting that resulted in the death of 71-year-old Lawrence Sullivan on Saturday, July 19, 2025. The incident is currently under review by the State Attorney’s Office and JSO’s internal affairs. The incident beganContinue Reading
JACKSONVILLE, FL – The Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office (JSO) has announced the results of recent efforts to combat “teen takeovers,” large gatherings of juveniles organized through social media that have led to fights, vandalism, and other illegal activities. The operations resulted in a total of nine arrests and the recovery ofContinue Reading
JACKSONVILLE, FL – The Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office has arrested 36-year-old William Hutchins in connection with the theft of three vehicles from Wolfson High School’s driving track earlier this month. According to authorities, Hutchins broke into a portable classroom at the school, located on the Southside, where he stole three setsContinue Reading
On Thursday, the Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office announced the results of a recent narcotics investigation that led to a major drug bust in Mixon Town. Acting on community tips, JSO Narcotics Unit detectives obtained a search warrant for a residence on Clemente Drive suspected of drug trafficking activity. The warrant wasContinue Reading
JACKSONVILLE, FL (July 16, 2025) – The Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office (JSO) has released a detailed account of a fatal officer-involved shooting that resulted in the death of 26-year-old Amir Bradsher, a North Carolina resident visiting family in Jacksonville. The incident occurred just after midnight on July 16 in the 11700Continue Reading
On Sunday, July 27, 2025, at a motel on Harts Road in Jacksonville’s District 6, officers with the Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office responded to a report of a domestic battery. Upon arrival, patrol officers located the victim, who identified 52-year-old Aaron King as the individual who attacked her during a domesticContinue Reading
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