A 24-year-old who Jacksonville Sheriff’s officers beat after he fled during a traffic stop avoided jail time by pleading guilty to a non-violent misdemeanor Monday morning.
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Nichole Manna reports on the criminal justice system in Jacksonville. She has previously covered criminal justice at newspapers in Texas, Kansas, Nebraska, North Carolina and Tennessee, but is originally from Ocala. Nichole likes to cook, read novels and spend time with her dogs, Opie and Oliver. You can reach her at nichole.manna@jaxtrib.org.
New federal charges against JSO officer reveal inappropriate text messages, alleged sexual coercion
A Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office gang-unit officer who has found himself at the center of repeated controversy, including two fatal shootings, was arrested Friday by federal agents for allegedly coercing an underage teenager into sending nude photographs and performing sexual acts.
Jacksonville correctional officer accused of pepper spraying, hitting inmate, JSO says
A Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office correctional officer has been arrested and accused of battery after he pepper sprayed and beat a Duval County inmate who was not resisting him, the Sheriff’s Office said Monday.
Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office disciplines officers for publicly stripping man
Two JSO officers violated the agency’s strip search policy and a third violated the body camera policy when they stripped a man on a public road.
In 2 months, Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office has already reported 4 inmate deaths
A 24-year-old who was incarcerated at the Duval County jail died on Tuesday evening at a local hospital after a medical episode, according to a news release from the Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office.
For decades, Jacksonville ignored its decaying jail. Can the city learn from past mistakes?
Today’s jail was opened in 1991, and in the 30 years since, the city and the Sheriff’s Office fought over who should be responsible for the jail’s upkeep, resulting in today’s crisis, a former corrections director told The Tributary.
Charge dropped against man subjected to public strip-search by Jacksonville police
The drug charge against a man who was strip searched by Jacksonville police officers in the middle of the street was dropped Wednesday.
Death of 66-year-old in Duval jail marks third this year
Leroy Beckett died on Wednesday while being treated at the hospital, according to a news release from the Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office.
Drug verdict overturned by Jacksonville prosecutor’s improper statements
A conviction in a drug case was reversed after the Fifth District Court of Appeal said that two Duval County prosecutors made numerous improper statements during a 2022 trial.
Jacksonville City Council passes Sheriff T.K. Waters’ bill restricting lawsuit settlements
Jacksonville City Council on Tuesday voted in favor of legislation that will make it harder for the city to settle lawsuits against some employees, possibly putting those employees in jeopardy if a trial doesn’t end in their favor.