Nine years after former Public Defender Matt Shirk’s many foibles first came to light, the Florida Supreme Court has taken action to discipline him, suspending his law license for a year.
Monthly Archives: August 2022
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Five takeaways from Tuesday’s elections in Jacksonville
Jacksonville voters ousted a Duval School Board member, sent the sheriff’s race to a runoff and nominated a batch of freshmen legislators.
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Jacksonville sheriff election: Republican T.K. Waters and Democrat Lakesha Burton head to November runoff
Republican T.K. Waters and Democrat Lakesha Burton both earned enough votes Tuesday night to advance to a November runoff in the special election for Jacksonville’s sheriff.
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Jacksonville state attorney says T.K. Waters and wife, who works for state attorney, didn’t violate voter registration law
State Attorney Melissa Nelson’s office said that Jacksonville sheriff’s candidate T.K. Waters and his wife, who is an employee of the State Attorney’s Office, did not violate voter registration laws when they continued voting in a precinct where they didn’t live.
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Reggie Gaffney Jr. registered to vote at his dad’s nonprofit. He didn’t live there.
Reggie Gaffney Jr., a Jacksonville City Council District 7 candidate, registered to vote at a nonprofit where he works, which may be illegal.
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Jacksonville sheriff’s candidate T.K. Waters registered to vote in Nocatee. But he doesn’t live there.
T.K. Waters, a candidate in Jacksonville’s special election for sheriff, registered to vote in Nocatee, but his campaign said he doesn’t live there, raising concerns he may have committed voter fraud.
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Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office arrest slowdown continues for a second day
Jacksonville’s policing slowdown continued Monday despite the city saying “all systems are functioning properly,” with about one-third of the normal number of defendants brought to court following an initial arrest.
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Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office systems knocked out for part of Sunday, limiting officers’ ability to arrest
The Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office has reported “citywide internet outages” affecting police officers’ ability to file arrest reports, according to three sources and the narrative from an arrest report.