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Eight arrested in Christmas night fight outside a Clay County mall

Police arrested eight people following a fight they say involved more than 100 people in a Clay County parking lot.  Many of the people involved were juveniles, according to a report on News4Jax. Police were called to the scene because of a massive fight and then made several arrests. Many…

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State drops several felony drug charges in marijuana grow case, St. Johns County couple sentenced to probation

Once facing multiple felonies and decades behind bars in a St. Johns County Drug Case, a couple accused of growing massive amounts of marijuana in their home agreed to a deal that puts them on probation but keeps them out of prison.  Police initially charged the couple with trafficking in…

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Jacksonville student arrested, accused of calling in bomb threat to school

A Jacksonville teen was arrested on charges of making a false bomb threat that forced police and school officials to put his high school on lockdown earlier this month.  After the threat was called in, police searched the campus but did not find anything on the property, according to a…

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Man arrested in St. Johns County after police find alleged mobile meth lab in Wal-Mart parking lot

Police arrived on the scene of what they thought was a theft investigation, but came upon what they now say was a mobile methamphetamines lab.  Officers were called because of a man stealing items from a Wal-Mart, but say they discovered more than $1,700 worth of stolen items used to…

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St. Johns County man arrested, accused of traveling to meet a minor for sex

A St. Johns County man was arrested when police say he arrived to meet someone he thought was an underage girl for sex.  Police said the man arranged the meeting online and detectives were waiting for him when he showed up, according to a report in the Florida Times-Union. The…

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Jacksonville man charged with DUI manslaughter and vehicular homicide for October crash

Two months after a Jacksonville man lost control of a sport-utility vehicle and crashed, killing a passenger in his car, the man was arrested on multiple charges.  The man was arrested this month for his role in the October crash, according to a report in the Florida Times-Union. Police said…

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15-year-old girl charged with felony, accused of bringing loaded gun into high school

A 15-year-old high school student was arrested this month, accused of bringing a loaded gun onto school grounds.  Schools officials were tipped off to a picture posted on social media of a student holding a gun in a school restroom, according to a report in the Florida Times-Union. School officials…

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State changes mind on charges, rearrests man in Jacksonville DUI case and adds an attempted murder charge

A man thought to be facing a felony DUI charge after hitting a woman with his car is now facing the far more serious charge of attempted murder.  The Jacksonville man was originally arrested in October for the July incident where police thought a woman had been hit by a…

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St. Johns County teacher arrested, accused of having sexual contact with a studen

A female St. Johns County high school teacher has been arrested, accused of having a sexual relationship with a 16-year-old male student in one of her classes.  The investigation began with a tip to school officials last month and the teacher was suspended, according to a report in the Florida…

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50 arrested as part of painkiller medication sting; Jacksonville man accused of being a “large-scale supplier”

A nearly yearlong investigation into painkillers being distributed among state prison employees has led to the arrest of 50 people on varying degrees of drug charges.  Nine of the people charged work for the Florida Department of Corrections and all nine have been fired, according to a report in the…

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