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Local Stories for March 2013
Stories for Sunday, March 31
Ex-cop charged in shooting of Flagler firefighter
A former Flagler Beach police officer is charged with attempted murder. The St. Johns County Sheriff’s Office tells me 40-year-old Nathaniel David Juratovac, St. Augustine, is being held on no bond for the apparent road rage shooting near St. Augustine Shores. Juratovac was driving north on US 1 near Watson ...
Stories for Friday, March 29
Main Street Bridge closes for music video
The Main Street Bridge will be lit with more than just blue lights this evening. Rapper Rick Ross is filming a music video on the bridge Friday night, which means it will be closed to traffic from 8 PM to 5:30 AM. Ross will also film for the video for ...
Woman crashes through Ulta store in Markets at Town Center
Police say a woman accidentally slammed on her gas when she crashed through Ulta's display window at the Town Center. Investigators say she was backing out of a space when she hit another car in the parking lot. JSO says after she hit that car, she accidentally pressed the accelerator instead ...
Jacksonville man indicted for taking explicit images of a child he was babysitting
A Jacksonville man has been indicted for producing child pornography. 29-year-old James Kasper faces 15 to 30 years in federal prison if he’s convicted. Court records say the Tennessee bureau of Investigation and FBI were investigating several people for trading child pornography when they found emails depicting child porn being ...
FHP: Hilliard man, 22, wasn't wearing seatbelt in fatal accident
The Florida Highway Patrol says a 22 year-old Hilliard man wasn't wearing his seatbelt when he died in a crash just before 1 a.m. on Friday. According to the report, Brett Goodwin was traveling southbound in the northbound lanes of US-1 in his 1993 Chevy Silverado when he traveled off ...
Tulsa dentist accused of exposing 7,000 patients to HIV and Hepatitis C
The Tulsa Health Department, the Oklahoma State Department of Health and the Oklahoma State Board of Dentistry just announced why they are investigating a Tulsa County dentist. KRMG has learned that a patient of Dr. Scott Harrington may have contracted Hepatitis C during a visit to the dentist in March ...
Stories for Thursday, March 28
Arrested city commissioner says he was duped
Another bizarre twist in the tragic murder of a one-year-old boy in Glynn County, Georgia. Brunswick City Commissioner James Henry Brooks Senior has bonded out of jail after charges of obstructing law enforcement and influencing a witness in the investigation of a 13 month old baby who was shot and killed in ...
Furloughs scaled back, Floridians still at risk
It’s a cutback Florida workers can get behind- civilian defense furloughs have been reduced. The Department of Defense announced Thursday the furloughs would be cut from 22 days to 14, and they would not begin until June, instead of next month. “That certainly isn’t gunna return then to where they ...
FL Guardsmen coming home
A homecoming for 25 Florida National Guard soldiers. About 25 soldiers are returning to Camp Blanding through JIA Saturday after a 10-month deployment. They were working in several overseas locations in support of Operation Enduring Freedom. The soldiers are with the 221st Explosive Ordinance Disposal.
Victims of early SJC crash identified
We’ve learned new details about the early morning crash that killed two people and injured three others. The Florida Highway Patrol says a driver ran off a curve on County Road 208 and hit a group of trees in the wood line just north of the road as it was ...
St. Johns deputies arrest inmate for cold case
A Jacksonville man already in jail is charged in a St. Johns County cold case. 55-year-old Willian W. Browning is now charged with the death of 38-year-old Ralph Whittemore from more than 30 years ago. Whittemore’s body was found near the intersection of Solano Road and TPC Boulevard in Pote ...
Jerry Bass released from the Seminole County jail
The former leader of the National Commander of Allied Veterans has bonded out of Seminole County jail. Bass was arrested and booked in Duval County jail on March 12th. Police say his arrest was the result of a six-year long investigation that led to multiple arrests in Florida and other ...
Brunswick baby killing update: Sister of suspect arrested
WOKV has confirmed the sister of a suspect in the killing of a Brunswick 13 month-old has been arrested for tampering with evidence. Glynn County Police Chief Matt Doering says 19 year-old Sabrina Elkins was arrested on a bench warrant. She is the sister of 17 year-old De'Marquise Elkins, who ...
Two dead in SUV crash in St. Johns County, one related to Ryan Ford
At least two people have died in a single vehicle crash in St. Johns County. It happened around 1:30am on County Road 208 and County Road 13A, which is west of I-95. WOKV has learned five people were in a red SUV that ran off the road and hit some ...
Stories for Wednesday, March 27
Next batch of red light cameras giving fines
Driving in to the weekend means more chances for you to get a fine. Overnight Thursday, the red light cameras monitoring Beach Boulevard at Southside Boulevard and eastbound Atlantic at Southside will start issuing notices of violation rather than warnings. That means if you run a red light, you face ...
Smokey conditions expected around Ponte Vedra
Don’t be too concerned if you smell smoke around Ponte Vedra through tomorrow, several large prescribed burns are taking place. On Wednesday, 265 acres near Baymeadows and the East Beltway are burning. While the wind will carry that smoke to Ponte Vedra, Wildfire Mitigation Specialist Annaleasa Winter tells us most ...
Brunswick teen's attorney questions timeline, witness stability
Shocked and appalled. That’s the only way the attorney for one of the Brunswick teens suspected of fatally shooting a 13-month-old toddler could describe his reaction to how quickly the District Attorney is moving ahead with the case. 17-year-old De’Marquise Elkins and 15-year-old Dominique Lang were indicted today for first ...
One-year-old died in day care that was refused a license by the state
Investigators said the owner of the day care claimed the boy's death was an accident, but doctors said the boy's injuries don't match that story. It's a misdemeanor criminal offense to operate a day care without a license and officials said the woman was doing it for over two years. ...
Jax Rep: "Disturbing" to find any special treatment for state lawmakers
One of your representatives has sparked an investigation in to whether law enforcement favors state lawmakers. Representative Charles McBurney tells WOKV he was pulled over by a trooper while driving from Jacksonville to Tallahassee. The trooper told him he was speeding- 87 MPH in a 70 MPH zone. “I said ...
Former FL GOP Chair sentenced for stealing party funds
The former chairman of the Republican Party of Florida has been sentenced to one-and-a-half years for stealing more than $125,000 in party funds. Jim Greer was sentenced in Orlando Wednesday, more than a month after he pleaded guilty to four counts of theft and a single count of money laundering. ...
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