An 18-year-old now faces an aggravated assault charge after the Neptune Beach Police Department said he “brandished a machete” in an armed disturbance incident.

Fletcher High School students in Neptune Beach will notice extra security on Thursday after police were notified about a threat made toward the school on social media.

Another school shooting claimed the lives of four students and injured at least nine others on Wednesday in Georgia.

The agency said it was because of an off-campus incident and that it was out of an abundance of caution.

FHP DUI Wolfpack was out at the beaches with the Jacksonville Beach Police and Neptune Beach Police to crack down on people drinking behind the wheel.

NEPTUNE BEACH, Fla. – Neptune Beach Police have arrested several people, including teenagers, involved in recent crimes that range from speeding to a home invasion robbery on Marsh Point Road. A 16-year-old is charged in connection with the home invasion robbery on Feb. 7. Ad“We are seeing more teenagers involved in violent crimes, more felonious types of crimes,” said News4Jax crime and safety expert Ken Jefferson. “They are getting guns, breaking into homes and businesses, robbing people, going into businesses with weapons, going into businesses and stealing weapons, so there is an uptick in juvenile crime going on right now. We try to look at the cause of it, and we don’t know, other than we are in a pandemic.”

NEPTUNE BEACH, Fla. - The Jacksonville Fire and Rescue Department responded to car fire on 3rd Street North and Seagate Avenue near Fletcher Middle School in Neptune Beach early Saturday morning. Neptune Beach Police confirmed that no one was injured, and the vehicle was towed to allow JFRD to clear the scene. Copyright 2019 by WJXT News4Jax - All rights reserved.