A Jacksonville man who served his sentence after pleading guilty to sexual battery charges should be freed and the state did not file proper procedures in attempting to have him committed after his release, an appellate court ruled this month. A state law, known as the Jimmy Ryce Act, allows…
Police arrested a 26-year-old school employee on St. Johns County Sex Crimes charges, after the accused of kissing a student last month. The woman, who works at the Florida School for the Deaf and Blind, is accused of sitting on a couch across from the student, when the two then…
A Nassau County teacher is facing a felony charge, accused of having a sexual relationship with a former student – beginning when she was 17 years old. Police started looking into rumors of the relationship earlier this year, but made the arrest after more information was brought forward, including from…
A former Jacksonville school security officer originally charged with two serious felony sex crimes pleaded guilty this month to significantly reduced charges. The guard, 25, was fired and charged after a 17-year-old high school senior went to police about her sexual relationship with the man, according to a report in…
Police arrested a St. Johns County man on 20 counts of possession of child pornography, following a months-long online investigation. The man was arrested after police served a warrant at his home, according to a report in the Florida Times-Union. He remained in jail on a more than $200,000 bond…
Nassau County police took to social media to pose as johns in a prostitution sting that led to 10 arrests. The detectives arranged meetings thorough a website and the women agreed to exchange sex for money, according to a report in the Florida Times-Union. Not all of the arrests are…
Police arrested an Army recruiter accused of arranging for a high school student to sneak out of her parents’ house and come to his hotel room to have sex. The man, 34, was arrested two days later, according to a report in the Florida Times-Union. The man was often inside…
Jacksonville police announced the arrests of 12 men accused of setting up a potential sexual encounter with what they thought was a child they chatted with online. But when the men arrived, they were greeted instead by police and arrested, according to a report in the Florida Times-Union. Detectives were…
An undercover prostitution investigation in Nassau County led to the arrests of three women this month and a fourth will be summoned to appear in court. Detectives said they contacted the women who were advertising their services on the internet and asked to meet them at a Nassau County motel,…
A Jacksonville man is in jail without a bond on a Jacksonville Sex Crimes charge after going to police headquarters to discuss accusations against him, then changing his mind and choosing not to speak with detectives. The 29-year-old man is now facing a first-degree felony charge of lewd and lascivious…