A deputy clerk or court in Orange County, California, has been arrested on federal charges of violating RICO, the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act, bribery and money laundering. According to a report in the Orange County Register, the clerk changed dispositions, marked as “paid” unpaid fines and court costs,…
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Woman in St. Johns County faces several felonies following police chase
A woman from St. Augustine is facing eleven criminal charges after allegedly fleeing from police. According to an article in The Florida Times Union, police received several 911 calls reporting a car driving erratic and aggressively. After police tried to stop the vehicle, the woman allegedly accelerated rapidly and intentionally…
Police are led to alleged St. Johns County suspect in hit and run of one of their own
A tip from an anonymous party has led to the arrest of a St. Johns County woman for a hit and run crash injuring a St. Johns County officer. According to a report on news4jax.com, early on the morning of New Year’s Day, the police car was hit from behind.…
No charges filed in fatal Jacksonville crash where tractor-trailer hit pedestrian
No charges will be filed in what police initially described as a fatal hit-and-run crash that killed a Jacksonville woman in October. The woman was hit by the back of a tractor-trailer and then dragged down the road as the driver left a Jacksonville parking lot, according to a report…
Florida Highway Patrol looking for drivers who were racing, accused of setting off chain of accidents that killed elderly man
Police are looking for two drivers accused of racing each other down Interstate 95, causing one wreck that touched off several more – including one that killed an elderly man and critically injured his wife. The series of accidents allegedly began when two cars were weaving in and out of…
Clay County man arrested on misdemeanor charge in traffic crash that killed two people
A Clay County man was arrested on several traffic violations for a May crash that killed a two people in Clay County. The defendant is accused of running a red light and crashing into a car with an elderly couple in it, according to a report in the Florida Times-Union.…
Jacksonville police investigating hit-and-run crash that killed pedestrian
Jacksonville police are investigating a recent crash as a hit-and-run after a pedestrian was killed on the Arlington Expressway. Police said the pedestrian was killed in the early morning hours, but did not release any information about the person, according to a report on First Coast News. Police said they…
Man sentenced in hit-and-run death, judge says he would’ve avoided punishment had he stayed at the scene
The decision to leave the scene of a fatal accident was very costly for a St. Johns County man, a judge reminded him during a sentencing hearing this month. But the man will spend nine months in the county jail, far less than the 30-year maximum sentence of the crime…
Police increasing presence on Clay County highway after several accidents
State and local police say they’ll be out in full force on a well-travelled Clay County highway after a string of serious accidents in recent weeks. Patrol officers and others are out along the highway, checking speeds and watching for drivers who run red lights in the area, according to…
State charges 16-year-old boy as an adult in fatal crash
The 16-year-old driver has been charged as an adult for his role in the high-speed crash that killed his 15-year-old friend. The state this month filed charges in the August crash, according to a report in the Florida Times-Union. Three teens were in the car and the driver had rear-ended…