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Local Stories for September 2012
Stories for Thursday, September 20
Man convicted for attempted murder of stepson
A Jacksonville man has been found guilty in the attempted murder of his stepson and in looking to hire someone to kill his wife and her two sons. Alva Fleming and his wife were arguing in January 2008 when Fleming’s stepson, Trey Byrd, intervened. Fleming went outside and returned with ...
Clay County teen pleads in assault case
A former Orange Park high school football player has pled guilty to multiple battery counts. 18-year-old Kiari Nathan Hill entered the plea while the jury was still deliberating. Once the deliberations started, Hill’s defense attorney approached the prosecutors with a plea in the current charge he was standing trial for- ...
Business move on path for Downtown vision
Another step in the greater picture for Downtown Jacksonville. Mass Mutual Financial Design Associates has moved its 50 employees from the Southside in to the BB&T building downtown. With the move comes a plan to double their business and add 25 new jobs in the next two years. “I really ...
No one hurt when concealed gun fires at St. Vincent's patient room
No one was hurt when a gun accidentally fired in a patient room at St. Vincent's Health Care in Jacksonville, and we now know who was involved in the incident. 68-year-old Kyle Bragg out of Glynco, Georgia is listed as the subject of the JSO inzcident report filed today. The ...
Funeral Thursday for teen who accidentally shot himself
The family of a 16-year-old who accidentally shot himself in the head will lay him to rest today after he died from his injuries on Sunday. Zachery Willis was taken to Orange Park Medical Center on Friday after he apparently was trying to demonstrate something with a revolver. "It's very ...
Romney, Obama campaign in Florida Thursday
One of the key battleground states in You Decide 2012 takes center stage Thursday as the Commander in Chief and the man trying to replace him are both stumping in south Florida today trying to shore up votes with just 47 days until the election. Mitt Romney will be campaigning ...
Stories for Wednesday, September 19
Price of crude oil falling, gas prices may be next
The price of crude oil per barrel has fallen significantly. Last week it traded between $95 and $100 per barrel, and this Wednesday it traded close to $92 and still falling. Gregg Laskoski, Senior Petroleum Analyst for GasBuddy.com, said September 11th of last week seems like a long time ago ...
Police need your help identifying cigarette burglar(s)
Jacksonville police are looking for unknown suspects who burglarized the Quick Way Food Store located at 770 N. McDuff Avenue and Safari Food Store located at 8940 Lem turner Rd. Police said the suspects cut the roll up door, smashed the glass and took cigarettes from the Westside and Northside ...
FSCJ President to unveil administrative consequences
With the amount of money Florida State College at Jacksonville owes the Department of Education all but finalized, college administrators are starting to turn their attention to lessons learned and changes for the future. “There have to be consequences when employees make errors that cost the institution $4.7 million,” says ...
Police say Bunnell parent started fight with student (video)
Flagler County deputies arrested a Bunnell woman Wednesday morning, saying she started a fight with a Flagler Palm Coast High School student at a bus stop at County Road 13 and Railroad Street in Bunnell. Deputies say Felicia Phillips, 35, of 60 Knox Jones Road, was booked into Flagler County ...
Attorneys debate early voting law
We don't know when it will be, but we are expecting a ruling from U.S. District Judge Timothy Corrigan at some point in the future on a motion to file a temporary injunction against Florida's new early voting law. Corrigan told legal counsel he couldn't rule from the bench and ...
UPDATE: SJC toddler death ruled accidental drowning
The Medical Examiner has ruled the death of a two-year-old St. Johns County boy an accidental drowning. The Department of Children and Families and the St. Johns County Sheriff's Office continues to investigate the incident, but it appears Jet Gonzales wandered out of his home Wednesday morning. He was later ...
Boortz: Romney is right
Mitt Romney's self-described "off the cuff" remark about 47-percent of Americans believing that they're victims who are entitled to government assistance is certainly getting a lot of reaction from the superstars of talk on WOKV. Neal Boortz says Romney was not only factually correct, but he's finally taking the issue ...
Orange Park red light cameras raise eyebrows, questions
Coming soon to Orange Park: Red light cameras. Orange Park is the latest community to partner with a private company to police red light runners. The first camera will go up next May at Park Avenue (U.S. 17) and Kingsley Avenue. One driver, Mike, says he thinks they're intrusive, and ...
Stories for Tuesday, September 18
Duval Teachers Union chooses bargaining over striking
The President of Duval Teachers United told WOKV they're going to the bargaining tables Wednesday and Thursday to argue for Duval teachers and office professionals. Terrie Brady said they’re asking for “fair and equitable” money for salaries, to maintain their health benefits package, and for people to stay employed. She ...
McCain stumps on military issues
The latest big name to come through Jacksonville on the campaign trail is Arizona Senator John McCain, a name the military town was happy to see. “He’s just got so much knowledge, and you can’t ask for a better person if you support Romney,” Eleanor Richmond, whose husband served in ...
Judge throws out Fernandez statements, prosecutors won't appeal
The State Attorney's office decided it will not appeal the ruling by the judge that threw out statements Cristian Fernandez gave to Jacksonville police in both of his cases. Fernandez is the young Jacksonville boy accused in the beating death of his 2-year-old half brother, David Galarriago, and sexually abusing his ...
JSO will absorb workers' comp costs into budget
City council’s finance committee met Tuesday for its weekly meeting but the elephant in the room was the unpaid workers comp claims that have been a thorn in the side of the Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office since they found out they might be held accountable for paying up. Sheriff John Rutherford ...
Man who witnessed highway sex act threatened with gun
He witnessed a sex act on the highway, and became the victim of an assault. Louis Carr saw a couple going at it in their car on I-95 at Duval Road/Airport Road Sunday afternoon. According to a police report we obainted from the Nassau County Sheriff's Department, Carr and his girlfriend ...
Ga. police offer $10K for killer's arrest
Police in Glynn County, Georgia are still searching for a shooter that killed a 49-year-old Jacksonville man while he changed a tire alongside Interstate 95. Richard Hollis, a former executive with Bubba Burger, was doing some quick maintenance on his car near exit 42 on I-95 in Glynn County when ...
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