Judge finds migrant accused in St. Johns County deputy’s death not competent for prosecution
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – After taking time to consider testimony from a Dec. 22 mental competency hearing, Judge R. Lee Smith found an 18-year-old from Guatemala not competent for prosecution in…
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Judge denies bond reduction for wrong-way driver charged in fatal crash that killed Creekside grad
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – A Duval County judge denied a bond reduction motion on Thursday for the driver accused of killing an 18-year-old Creekside High School grad in a wrong-way head-on…
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Jailed for kidnapping a baby, Gloria Williams asks judge to throw out ruling and sentence
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – The woman who admitted to kidnapping Kamiyah Mobley when she was a baby is asking a judge to throw out her judgment and sentence. Gloria Williams pleaded…
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Judge rejects effort to dismiss case against former DA charged in Ahmaud Arbery killing’s aftermath
SAVANNAH, Ga. – A judge Tuesday refused to dismiss misconduct charges against a former Georgia prosecutor accused of hindering the investigation into the 2020 killing of Ahmaud Arbery. The one-page…
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Federal judge finds prosecutors built case against former JEA execs without using protected statements
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – A federal magistrate judge has found that the criminal case against two former JEA executives was built without the use of protected statements made by the two,…
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Man convicted of killing, raping pregnant 16-year-old niece requests ‘new and fair trial’ in letter to judge
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – Johnathan Quiles, who was found guilty of raping and killing his pregnant 16-year-old niece, sent a letter to Judge Anthony Salem arguing he didn’t get a fair…
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Colonial Forest Apartments repairs begin after judge ordered owner to take action
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – Crews from the city were out at Colonial Forest Apartments Monday – cleaning things up and repairing staircases that were recently condemned because of rotting wood and…
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Judge orders Westside apartment owner to take immediate action to address poor living conditions
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – A judge has granted the City of Jacksonville a temporary injunction requiring the owner of Colonial Forest Apartments to take immediate action at the property. The News4JAX…
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Jacksonville judge throws out defamation case Celebration Church
Circuit Judge Marianne Aho ruled she couldn’t decide the case without joining “a doctrinal squabble involving the church’s biblical standards.” JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — A defamation lawsuit that Jacksonville minister Stovall Weems…
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DeSantis executive order reveals child abuse allegations against Florida judge who was an attorney in Casey Anthony case
ORLANDO – Jeff Ashton, the prosecutor who handled the Casey Anthony case and who is now a judge in Orange and Osceola counties, is a subject of allegations related to child abuse,…
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