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Police need help finding liquor store burglars
Jacksonville police need the public's help identifying three burglars who broke into a liquor store in Mandarin... JSO says the suspects broke a front window at the ABC Liquors at San Jose and Sunbeam, filled up a shopping cart with 22 bottles of booze, and left. All three suspects are ...
Possible lessons learned for local law enforcement
As the search for answers in the Boston Marathon bombings continues we're talking to local law enforcement about the lessons learned from police response. "It's way too soon for probably all of the law enforcment agencies tos it down together and conduct a debrief, but when that occurs, yes, we ...
Two dead after Friday crash on Roosevelt Blvd.
Two people are dead after a crash on Roosevelt Boulevard Friday night. JSO says a bit after 9:30 p.m. 25-year-old Sean Wieland was heading north in the 1300 block of Roosevelt in Ortega. Police say he was going too fast and couldn't negotiate the right hand curve so he careened ...
Florida teachers won't get full $2,500 raise
Governor Scott will get the $480 million he wanted for teacher pay raises, but he won't get the across the board $2,500 raise he's been championing for months. Instead, raises will be given to teachers based on performance and merit. The fine print of how that will work still has ...
Clay teachers' jobs at stake?
Teachers in Clay county received some ominous letters that could mean their jobs end when the school year does. Parents say they're concerned for their children's education "You're taking away from education from the rest of the public...that would have a great impact," says parent Wes Watson. Over 700 faculty ...
High school basketball coach charged with soliciting student
A high school basketball coach charged with soliciting sexual activity from a minor bonded out of jail on Tuesday after he was fired from Liberty High School in Osceola County on Friday. Sheriff's deputies say the parents of a 17-year-old student told them 27-year-old Bryan Lockley was texting her pictures ...
Daycare owner tricks gunman, saves kids
A quick-thinking Westside daycare owner says a masked gunman held her up and threatened to kill the children she was watching on Wednesday morning. "I'm glad to be here to tell the story because anything could have went the opposite way," says Kids in Motion Learning Academy owner Meltonia Wright ...
Clay county officially enforcing sweepstakes ban
At 12:01 Wednesday morning Clay county officially began enforcing the ban on internet gaming centers. In Clay county they've been shutting down some of the sweepstakes locations since 2007. Capt. Barry Abramowitz says calling them internet cafes is a misnomer. "One, it's not a cafe. Two, in most cases the ...
Mass Gen. student: "You didn't know if it was the end"
Three minutes before twin explosions rocked the finish line of the Boston Marathon, 23-year-old Bryant Hoard and his girlfriend had just watched her brother run by on his final stretch of the race. The two of them had just started working their way through dense crowds on Boylston Street back ...
Scam alert: Fake charities for Boston victims appearing
You'll want to be on the lookout for fake charities popping up in the wake of the Boston marathon bombings. With social media allowing people to connect with so many others at once, it's easy for scam artists to send a phony link to a lot of people that could ...
Homeland security grant money vanishing in Jacksonville
Monday's bombings at the Boston Marathon could force the feds to take a look at how grant money from the Department of Homeland Security is appropriated to different cities. Boston is annually one of the biggest recipients of homeland security grant money because it's a huge population center and holds ...
Motorcyclist dies in fatal NW Jax crash
A motorcyclist is dead after colliding with pickup truck at MLK Parkway at the I-95 entrance ramp. 26-year-old Norman Spaulding died in the accident Friday night after he was thrown from his Honda motorcycle. According to FHP, Spaulding was heading north in the outside lane of U.S. 1 when his ...
13-year-old shot by 11-year-old; Two adults charged
A 13 year-old girl was killed over the weekend after an 11-year-old boy who was playing with the gun shot her in the head. The Jacksonville Sheriff's Office says Jamarius Vining was playing with a loaded .22 caliber handgun on Saturday afternoon and shot 13-year-old Titania Mitchell, killing her instantly. ...
Police: Machete-wielding man causes serious damage to Ft. Caroline homes
Jacksonville police arrest a machete-wielding man who tried to break into two homes in the Fort Caroline area before he got into the third one and did some serious damage. According to a police report, Luis Alicea ripped the toilet from the upstairs bathroom floor, which flooded the kitchen below, ...
Woman found dead in San Pablo apartment
An 18-year-old mother found dead in her southside apartment Thursday morning. "Foul play is suspected at this time," says Sgt. Dan Larson with JSO. Larson says police were called to the San Pablo Apartments off Beach around 8:41 a.m. Thursday where they found Rosa Garcia dead. She apparently worked with ...
Police searching for wallet thief
Jacksonville police are asking for the public's help in finding a wallet thief who has 13 prior felony convictions. JSO says 48-year-old Argua Lavette Wright has been going around to various retail locations in Jacksonville and lifting wallets out of female purses. She then apparently takes the cards to ATMs ...
NAS Jax may cancel fall air show
We're hearing that the fall air show at NAS Jax could be cancelled. In a statement, a spokesperson for NAS Jax said that commanding officer Captain Bob Sanders and other officials on base are in discussions right now on whether to cancel the show which is scheduled for October 26-27. ...
Firefighters tried to save man who took them hostage
We've learned a new detail about Wednesday's firefighter hostage situation in Suwanee, Georgia that reveals the true mindset of a rescue worker. Richard Sangster with WOKV's partner WSB-TV in Atlanta joined host Rich Jones on Thursday's Jacksonville's Morning News to share the remarkable story. He says the 55 year-old suspect ...
Clay Sheriff not on board with gun control bill
The Senate is getting set to vote on whether or not to start formal gun control debate and Democrats are hoping this will be the next step toward passing their gun control bill. This morning we hear a local sheriff speaking out against that very law. "The criminals, right now, ...
Suspect in card game murder turns self in
A card game turns deadly for one man and sends another on the run for 10 days. 20-year-old Montre Richardson and 32-year-old William Hicks were among friends playing cards on March 31st at 11533 Quailhollow Drive near Dunn Avenue on the Northside. Police say for some reason Richardson and his ...
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