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Local Stories for January 2013
Stories for Wednesday, January 30
Red light cameras up and running
If you’re a southside Jacksonville commuter, you’ll have a few more eyes on your daily drive. The first red light cameras are active in Jacksonville Wednesday, although these first 30 days are still a warning period where you will not actually be fined for a violation. By the end of ...
How Navy budget cuts will hit home in Jacksonville
Even with the threat of sequestration on the horizon, we're learning about major cuts the Navy is already making to their budget. And projects at Jacksonville bases are on the chopping block. "So, U.S.S. Farragut, one of our destroyers, was due to have some maintenance done there in Mayport, to ...
Stories for Tuesday, January 29
Police looking for up to four suspects in Arlington shooting
Jacksonville police are looking for as many as four men wanted for an Arlington shooting this afternoon. Patrol responded to the area around the Townsend Food Mart around 2:30 today. After talking to witnesses and reviewing video, police have determined two groups that seemed to know each other met in ...
Jacksonville to host Florida Sports Hall of Fame
One of Jacksonville’s greats will be honored just a short walk away from the arena he built his reputation. Former Jaguars running back Fred Taylor is among the 10-member class of inductees in to the Florida Sports Hall of Fame. This year’s ceremony will take place at the Veterans Memorial ...
Palm Coast man uses samurai sword to try to destroy child porn evidence
A Palm Coast man will spend the next ten years in prison for receiving child pornography over the Internet and trying to destroy the evidence with a samurai sword. 21-year-old Kamil Mezalka was caught in an undercover FBI investigation in to a file sharing program being used to share and ...
Man killed by Jacksonville Police had long criminal record
We’ve learned more about the man fatally shot by Jacksonville police at a Springfield home Monday night. Police first responded to a home at 2115 Pearl St N in reference to domestic violence between a father and two teenagers. JSO Chief Tom Hackney says they received enough information to arrest ...
Mayor: $11 million to be invested in downtown, economic growth
Mayor Alvin Brown announces a big investment into downtown and the Jacksonville economy, $11 million to be exact. "We've seen so much energy and passion about downtown, a lot of ambition and ideas. But we've lacked capital," said the Mayor at a Tuesday news conference along the St. Johns River ...
Family of 19 year-old: "He shouldn't have gone like this"
We hear the mother of 19-year-old Ryan Ford sharing her son's story after he died from injuries sustained in a fight at a bonfire Friday night. Police say 22-year-old Robert Cline and 25-year-old Christopher Hoffman beat Ford at a bonfire Friday night. Family members tell our news partner Action News ...
Rep. DeSantis declines federal pension and health plan to set example
Your Republican Congressman Ron DeSantis is turning down a taxpayer funded pension and federal health insurance benefits. He's also co-sponsoring a bill in Congress that would end pensions for politicians altogether. "I don't think politicians, generally, should be getting pensions," DeSantis tells WOKV. "Particularly members of Congress who a lot ...
2 Jacksonville men arrested in Nevada
State troopers near Reno, Nevada arrest three people including two men from Jacksonville after a traffic-stop leads to two carjackings, a high-speed chase, and ultimately a suicide. Manuel Alejandro Rodriguez and Christian Magllano Alzurua, both of Jacksonville, were taken into custody along with another suspect. Nevada Highway Patrol deputies say ...
Stories for Monday, January 28
WOKV INVESTIGATES: Red tape ties up vacant building investors
It was red tape and ambiguity that moved one Springfield resident from potential investor to frustrated businessman. With some high value commercial property sitting vacant on Jacksonville’s property rolls, Marlon Hubbard told me he was ready to do his part for his neighborhood. “I think it would have been received ...
Suspect dead, officer injured in police-involved shooting
One man is dead, and a Jacksonville Police Officer is injured after an arrest attempt got violent. Investigators say Officer Kevin Kilcoin and Officer Scott Williams responded to a domestic battery incident at a home off of 2100 North Pearl Street. As police attempted to handcuff the suspect, he reportedly ...
FBI: Duval teachers victims of investment scheme
The FBI says some Duval County teachers and administrators were the target of an investment scam. Investigators say 48-year-old Anderson Hall of Jacksonville reeled in as much as $5-million over the course of five years. He could now face several decades in prison for 10 counts of mail and wire ...
Florida activists rally in support of immigration reform
Some of the most vocal support for immigration reform came from activists in Florida. "This isn't about bad people breaking good laws. It's about bad laws breaking good people," shouted Executive Director Maria Rodriguez during a rally by the Florida Immigrant Coalition in Miami. Those in attendance shared their struggles ...
JAXPORT chooses CEO search committee
In fewer than 90 days we will see candidates emerge to take over Jacksonville’s Port Authority. During it’s Monday meeting, JAXPORT’s Board of Directors selected Heidrick & Struggles, based out of Chicago, as the firm to conduct a search for JAXPORT’s new CEO. A spokeswoman with JAXPORT tells WOKV the ...
FSCJ joins Governor's challenge with degree catered to Jacksonville's needs
Florida State College at Jacksonville is one of the latest colleges to take on Florida Governor Rick Scott’s $10,000 degree challenge. And it could mean good things beyond just the education opportunity. The degree will be in Logistics, which applies to efficiency of movement of materials and goods and overall ...
Congressman DeSantis turns down pension, health insurance
Following through on his campaign promise, newly seated Congressman Ron DeSantis is turning down his pension and federal health insurance benefits. The Republican, whose district includes St. Johns County, says he bought health insurance that is less generous and more costly than the congressional health plan. "I ran for office ...
Jacksonville Police: 10 year-old girl's death undetermined
We have learned new information about the weekend death of a 10 year-old girl in her home. Jacksonville Police were called Saturday night to the home north of Oceanway, on Devan Lee Drive East. The JSO Public Information Office tells WOKV News the cause of death is "undetermined" but they ...
Man stabbed in face during attack in Atlantic Beach
A man was stabbed in the face during a struggle inside an Atlantic Beach home early Sunday. According to a police report, the fight started just after Midnight Sunday at an apartment on Orchid Street. Police found 49 year-old Noel McNeil lying in a pool of blood, going in and ...
St. Augustine officer hit by vehicle, condition improving
A St. Augustine Police Officer suffers serious injuries when he's hit by a car while jogging. We have been checking with Shands Jacksonville the condition of 44 year-old Richard Warner. We spoke around 5:15am with the nursing supervisor, who told us Warner is in stable condition. Warner was hit by ...
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