A man convicted of killing a 50-year-old man in St. Augustine in 2023 was sentenced to life in prison Friday, according to the State Attorney’s Office.

A 30-year-old woman faces over 25 years in prison after she was accused of defrauding the Small Business Administration through a Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) loan, along with stealing victims' Social Security numbers, and wire fraud.

A Jacksonville councilman has filed a class action lawsuit against a local outdoor kitchen and hot tub company.

Jacksonville Sheriff T.K. Waters, along with members of the State Attorney’s Office and FDLE, will discuss a Special Assault Cold Case that led to the arrest of a suspect.

A man who shot and killed a Nassau County deputy during a traffic stop almost three years ago will learn his fate Wednesday.

The mother of a 4-year-old girl was arrested Monday and accused of aggravated child neglect after the child accidentally shot herself last week.

A Duval County judge on Monday morning denied the motion of Mario Fernandez and Shanna Gardner to disqualify the State Attorney’s Office from prosecuting them in the Jarred Bridegan murder case.

The judge is expected to formally rule on Shanna Gardner and Mario Fernandez’ motions to have the State Attorney’s Office kicked off the case on Monday morning.

A judge was expected to rule Thursday on whether the State Attorney’s Office should be disqualified from prosecuting the couple accused of conspiring to kill 33-year-old Jared Bridegan in 2022.

A man whose arrest sparked outrage online and raised questions about the use of force policy at the Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office has pleaded guilty to one charge of resisting police without violence, a misdemeanor.

The attorneys for a 79-year-old man vindicated for a wrongful conviction in the 1970s called for the city of Jacksonville and the Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office to “right this wrong.”

Nearly two years after their son, who was wielding an ax, was shot and killed by a Jacksonville police officer, the parents of Kevin Mahan are filing a wrongful death lawsuit against the officer involved and the city of Jacksonville.

Judge William Daniel denied an 11th hour motion to delay the sentencing trial for Patrick McDowell in the murder of Nassau County Sheriff’s Office Deputy Joshua Moyers.

Almost two years after a Jacksonville teenager was shot and killed just a few hours after receiving his high school diploma, his family is still waiting to see his killer behind bars.

Mario Fernandez, the man accused of conspiring with his wife to kill her ex-husband in 2022, appeared in court Thursday as potential evidence was handed over to a judge for review.

Vergilio Aguliar-Mendez, the migrant farm worker who was charged after the death of Sgt. Michael Kunovich, has been released from federal custody in Baker County.

The News4JAX I-TEAM continues to learn more about the disturbing case of former funeral director, Elliott Maurice Graham. He was arrested in February, charged with grand theft, filing false insurance claims, and five misdemeanor counts of improper preservation of a human body. On Wednesday, the State Attorney’s Office told us two additional felony charges for grand theft and insurance fraud claims have been added, and the misdemeanor charges have been dropped. Also added is a petit theft charge, accusing Graham of stealing up to $750 from a foundation that helps grieving families pay for a child’s funeral costs.

All proceedings in the case against a couple accused in a murder-for-hire plot have been put on hold after a judge’s ruling this week.

The Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office (JSO) said it has identified the man responsible for abducting and murdering an 18-year-old woman who was found dead in Jacksonville nearly 44 years ago.

A man who spent 44 years behind bars for multiple crimes he was wrongfully convicted of in the 1970s is now free because of an investigation that led to the discovery of withheld evidence that triggered his vindication.

Several charges against Le’Keian Woods, whose arrest sparked outrage in September, were downgraded by the State Attorney’s Office, according to court documents.

Several charges against Le’Keian Woods, whose arrest sparked outrage in September, were downgraded by the State Attorney’s Office, according to court documents.

Newly released evidence from the State Attorney’s Office on Thursday includes 911 calls and photographs in the Prince Holland murder investigation.

The lawyers for one of three people charged with the murder-for-hire plot that left a St. Johns County father of four dead want the prosecutors off the case.

The State Attorney’s Office concluded Clay County Sheriff’s deputies were justified in shooting and killing a man in April 2022.

The State Attorney’s Office confirmed a third arrest has been made in connection with the murder of a 19-year-old and her baby in 2019 in Jacksonville.

The City of Jacksonville has agreed to pay $200,000 to the family of a college student killed by a Jacksonville Sheriff’s Officer during a 2019 traffic stop, local media outlet The Tributary reported on Wednesday.

The charges against a Jacksonville woman who was accused of shooting a police officer during a high-risk search warrant in 2020 have been dropped because the case involved a Nassau County detective who has since been indicted on drug charges.

The State Attorney’s Office is moving forward with a Jacksonville Beach murder case.

Shanna Gardner was booked into the Duval County Jail late last night after being extradited from Washington State

A powerful political player in Jacksonville who took his own life in an Atlantic Beach parking lot last year was under investigation for a “bizarre and fraudulent scheme” involving the promise of Taylor Swift tickets at the time of his death, according to the State Attorney’s Office.

The Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office on Thursday announced it discovered during a drug investigation that the field-testing kits it uses to test for cocaine were indicating false positives.

A 35-year-old man was sentenced to life in prison for the murder of a woman found strangled to death in a Southside apartment in November, according to the court records.

The Nassau County Sheriff’s Office announced on social media that it arrested a person who threatened to shoot up Callahan Middle School on Monday.

Police have identified a man who was suspected of fatally stabbing another man and a dog in the Lake Forest neighborhood on Sunday before he was shot and killed in an encounter with an officer.

A heavy police presence has been reported in the Lake Forest neighborhood in Northwest Jacksonville.

The owner of a Jacksonville daycare has apologized and released a statement acknowledging the incident where two children were left alone inside the building by employees.

21-year-old Holden Dodson’s lawyer asked for a bond reduction so he can be released from jail pending sentencing. That was taken under advisement.

A jury found Austin Walker guilty of attempted first-degree murder, armed burglary and aggravated assault related to a violent domestic incident against his wife, Barbara Walker. She testified against him during the trial.

The Putnam County Sheriff’s Office is advising the State Attorney’s Office to charge the owner of dogs that attacked an 86-year-old woman three weeks ago. T

Three young men who were arrested in connection with a deadly shooting in downtown Jacksonville earlier this month entered not guilty pleas Tuesday.

A man who was connected to a Broward County murder investigation was shot in Jacksonville by police Friday evening after they attempted to apprehend him, according to the Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office.

A man who was connected to a Broward County murder investigation was shot in Jacksonville by police Friday evening after they attempted to apprehend him, according to the Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office.

The man who killed 8-year-old Cherish Perrywinkle in 2013 is pushing for a new trial in a lengthy appeal.

The State Attorney’s Office on Tuesday ruled the 2022 police-involved shooting on Jacksonville’s Northside that left two people dead — and seriously wounded a Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office K-9 — justifiable.

The State Attorney's Office honored several law enforcement officers, members of the community and K9 Huk for heroic acts in 2022.

Two other teachers have also been removed from the classroom as investigations into them are underway.

Duval County Superintendent Dr. Diana Greene on Friday sent a note to families at Douglas Anderson School of the Arts detailing upcoming changes at the school to address the culture in the wake of multiple investigations into teachers at the public magnet school.

The State Attorney’s Office has filed charges against a man six months after he was involved in a road rage incident that injured two children in October.

The Women’s Center of Jacksonville, representatives from the State Attorney’s Office and the Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office came together Tuesday to educate the public on preventing sexual violence in their communities.

Patrick McDowell, the man accused of killing Nassau County Deputy Joshua Moyers in 2021, will appear in court Friday for a disposition hearing, according to the Nassau County Clerk of Courts.

The News4JAX I-TEAM has learned new information regarding a dog attack that resulted in the death of a 61-year-old mail carrier in Putnam County in August of last year.

The Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office on Thursday released footage from a shooting that involved police officers earlier this month on Lannie Road on the Northside.

News4JAX on Tuesday afternoon received a disposition notice from the State Attorney’s Office, indicating that the state will not seek charges against a Ribault High School dean that was arrested in a confrontation with a student in December.

A jury in Putnam County on Tuesday sentenced a man to life in prison without the possibility of parole for the stabbing death of his 16-year-old girlfriend, according to a news release from the State Attorney’s Office.

The Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office is closing more than a dozen homicide cases, finding they were justifiable by law.

The State Attorney’s Office has declined to file formal charges against a former Fernandina Beach Police Department (FBPD) detective, who in June was accused of drugging and sexually assaulting a woman, according to court documents obtained Thursday by News4JAX.

The State Attorney’s Office on Monday released another batch of evidence in their case against Patrick McDowell, who is accused of shooting and killing Nassau County Deputy Joshua Moyers.

The Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office, the State Attorney’s Office and the FBI all said on Monday that antisemitic messages displayed around Jacksonville over the weekend did not appear to break any laws.

The I-TEAM has learned an allegation of sexual assault among two local servicemembers that went viral on TikTok will *NOT* be prosecuted. Staff Sgt. Kacie Suchanek went public with the allegations onTikTok earlier this year… that video that now has nearly 7 million views.

Court records obtained by News4JAX show that charges against a Westside High School staff member, who was accused of having sexual conduct with a student, have been dropped.

A former Duval County teacher of the year said she is devastated and maintains she did nothing wrong after charges of child abuse were dropped by the State Attorney’s Office.

A St. Augustine man pleaded guilty during a hearing Tuesday morning to second-degree murder in the 2020 shooting death of his girlfriend, the State Attorney’s Office for the 7th Judicial Circuit said.

The State Attorney’s Office has decided not to prosecute a former Duval County “Teacher of the Year” who was accused of child abuse.

Recent reports questioning the residency of Jacksonville sheriff candidate T.K. Waters have some claiming voter fraud.

Julio Foolio’s motion to disqualify the Assistant State Attorney accuses the prosecutor of participating in the on-scene investigation and discriminating against Foolio, who “has already suffered consequences.”

The News4JAX I-TEAM obtained body camera video showing a controversial traffic stop involving a Jacksonville rapper.

A Jacksonville man was charged with manslaughter this week after he was accused of selling drugs that led to an overdose death, according to the State Attorney’s Office.

A local service member made her voice heard on social media earlier this week after she accused another military member of rape and blamed the military and criminal justice system for not taking strong enough action.

A man’s conviction in a 1986 sexual assault of a 4-year-old girl was vacated.

Letters that were sent to the State Attorney’s Office, Fourth Judicial Circuit in Downtown Jacksonville on Tuesday were sent to a laboratory to be analyzed, according to the FBI.

A former member of a North Jacksonville church connected to a case involving more than 30 years of sexual abuse pleaded not guilty Tuesday morning to two counts of sexual battery.

A Jacksonville pastor has been arrested and charged with capital sexual battery after a raid at his North Jacksonville church, sources told News4JAX.

The State Attorney’s Office has cleared a St. Johns County Sheriff’s Office deputy of any wrongdoing after the deputy shot a man after the man took his own life during a traffic stop, according to a memo obtained by News4JAX.

A man is in the hospital after he fired at officers in Northwest Jacksonville and was wounded when they returned fire, the Sheriff’s Office said.

The I-TEAM has uncovered new documents showing that the person who dropped off voter registration applications investigators found to be fraudulent was working on behalf of the Republican Party of Florida -- but not any more.

A woman convicted of DUI manslaughter and vehicular homicide in a 2019 crash that killed a St. Augustine man was sentenced Tuesday afternoon to 15 years in prison, the State Attorney’s Office said.

A Duval County elections official tells News4Jax that the two men who are accused of fraudulently trying to register voters, some of whom had passed away, were mostly trying to register Democrats as Republicans.

Two Jacksonville men have been accused of trying to fraudulently register more than 60 people to vote and investigators said some of the people they tried to register were dead.

A St. Augustine man was found guilty Thursday evening in the 2018 killing of his cousin and was then sentenced to life in prison, the State Attorney’s Office said.

A man who shot and killed two people during an argument inside his Arlington apartment earlier this year did so in self-defense and won’t face charges, according to the State Attorney’s Office.

One of five teenagers charged in a triple murder in February at the Calloway Cove apartments appeared in court Tuesday for his arraignment on three counts of first-degree murder.

Six deaths in Jacksonville have been reported over the past four years in what have been investigated as a string of retaliation killings.

A man was indicted Thursday in the 1985 murder of a Jacksonville teenager, authorities said.

The State Attorney’s Office has disclosed more evidence it plans to present in the murder case against Aiden Fucci, the St. Johns County teen accused of killing his 13-year-old schoolmate.

A St. Johns County grand jury on Monday indicted a St. Augustine mother on charges of first-degree murder and first-degree felony arson in the death of her son.

A Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office detective accused of accessing agency databases to share confidential information with an inmate will be added to the Brady List, News4Jax learned Thursday.

A grand jury has returned first-degree murder charges in three high-profile Jacksonville cases, including two suspects charged in a 2019 murder-for-hire killing.

A Jacksonville man who was found guilty of first-degree murder in the 2019 shooting death of a 26-year-old Mayport man was sentenced to life in prison without parole, the State Attorney’s Office announced Thursday.

As President Joe Biden lays out a vision to tackle a spike in violence in numerous large cities around the country, he is also re-igniting two major political debates in the country — gun control and police funding.

There’s another call for a citizen review board to oversee police shootings and actions by the Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office.

The State Attorney’s Office on Friday filed its formal charge of tampering with evidence against Crystal Lane Smith, the mother of Aiden Fucci, the teenager accused in the stabbing death of 13-year-old Tristyn Bailey in St. Johns County.

A Jacksonville Beach mother accused in the death of her 3-year-old son was among two first-degree murder indictments announced by the State Attorney’s Office on Thursday.

The Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office has released body camera video of the moment a police officer shot and killed a 17-year-old last Fourth of July on the Westside.

The death of a teenager who was found dead of a gunshot wound in March 2020 has been ruled accidental by the State Attorney’s Office.

A psychologist who conducted a mental competency evaluation on Kimberly Kessler told a judge Thursday morning she is not competent to stand trial.

The State Attorney’s Office on Monday released evidence it has collected while investigating a deadly shooting at the Jacksonville Amazon center.

The attorney for Aiden Fucci, the teenager charged with second-degree murder in the death of Tristyn Bailey, has filed a motion to withdraw as counsel, the State Attorney’s Office confirmed Monday to News4Jax.

A jury found a Jacksonville man guilty of first-degree murder in the 2019 shooting death of a 26-year-old Mayport man, the State Attorney’s Office announced Thursday.