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Police officer arrested for domestic battery in St. Johns County
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A St. Johns County police deputy was recently arrested. According to an article in the St. Augustine Record, the officer was arrested for domestic battery, which is a first degree misdemeanor in Florida. The deputy allegedly hit a woman in the face at his house. His St. Johns County bond was set at $500.00 and…

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Police officer under scrutiny for stopping citizen for “crossing a crosswalk on a red hand” in Jacksonville
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A Jacksonville Sheriff’s officer’s actions are being evaluated after detaining a young man for jaywalking and threatening to put him in jail. According to an article in the Florida Times Union, the man did not obey a walk signal and the officer detained him. After being stopped, the man began to record the interaction on…

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Jacksonville school aide arrested on two child abuse charges
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A teacher’s aide with the Duval County Public School system has been arrested on two counts of child abuse. According to an article on Jacksonville.com, the woman was arrested in Jacksonville on Mother’s Day for the two felony charges. In the arrest and booking report, police say they were called out to a “domestic dispute”…

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Jacksonville JEA employee arrested for grand theft and falsifying official documents
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Last week, an inspector at the Jacksonville Electric Authority was arrested for charges of employee theft and being a public servant that falsified official documents. According to an article in the Florida Times Union, the employee is accused of lying on his time sheet, billing for hours he did not work. Police say the man…

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Jacksonville preacher sentenced in Georgia sex case
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Controversial Jacksonville preacher, Kenneth Adkins, has been sentenced after being found guilty of several child sex charges in Brunswick, Georgia. According to an article on News4Jax, Adkins was sentenced to thirty-five years in prison followed by sex offender probation for his natural lifetime. Adkins was accused of having sexual contact with both a teenage girl…

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Sixty drug arrests in Jacksonville in “Lockdown in O-Town”
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Sixty people have been arrested in Duval County as a result of four month drug sting operation. According to an article in the Florida Times Union, there are eleven others that have pending arrest warrants in Jacksonville. Because of citizen complaints in the area, “Lockdown in O-Town” is a Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office drug operation that…

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Jacksonville man charged with exposing himself to North Florida students
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A local man is facing three separate criminal cases related to him allegedly exposing himself to the University of North Florida students. According to an article on news4jax.com, the man showed his penis to two woman students on the actual campus and two women off campus. The man is facing one count of misdemeanor stalking…

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Five gun arrests at Jacksonville high school in a month
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First Coast High School has had an dramatic increase in weapon related arrests at their school this month. According to an article on News4Jax, there have been 5 weapon related arrests at the school in just under a month. The most recent case was a student who brought a gun to school last week. The…

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Wrong person released from Clay County jail
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The wrong woman was released from the Clay County Jail last week. According to an article on Jacksonville.com, Jessica Davis’ family posted her bond for her to be released while her misdemeanor simple battery case is pending. Instead of being released once the bond was processed, Clay County released another woman, Jessica Arnott. Arnott was…

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