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Prosecutors want prison time for former local corrections officer who pleaded guilty in Capitol riot
Read full article: Prosecutors want prison time for former local corrections officer who pleaded guilty in Capitol riotA former corrections officer at Union Correctional Institution in Raiford who pleaded guilty to misdemeanor charges related to the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol wants to be sentenced to probation. But prosecutors are asking for more than that.
Prison truck involved in hit-and-run crash outside Union Correctional Institution, FHP says
Read full article: Prison truck involved in hit-and-run crash outside Union Correctional Institution, FHP saysA Department of Corrections vehicle was involved in a hit-and-run crash Wednesday morning outside Union Correctional Institution, the Florida Highway Patrol said.
Corrections officer from Raiford faces charges connected to Capitol riot
Read full article: Corrections officer from Raiford faces charges connected to Capitol riotJACKSONVILLE, Fla. – A corrections officer from Florida faces charges connected to the Jan. 6 riot at the U.S. Capitol. Jonathan Carlton, of Raiford, faces two misdemeanor charges of unlawful entry into a secure government building and disorderly conduct while making threats to impede government process. Carlton appeared Thursday afternoon in the downtown Jacksonville federal courthouse before Judge Patricia Barksdale. After Carlton walked out of the courthouse, News4Jax asked him if he was in Washington, D.C., on the day of Capitol siege, and he remained silent. It’s OK. No comment.”News4Jax reached out to the Florida Department of Corrections for comment on Carlton’s charges but had not received a response as of Thursday evening.