A man was found shot to death Friday at the Metro Inn and Suites on Golfair Boulevard. The Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office says the incident appears isolated while detectives investigate.

New industry reports put Florida among the nation’s cargo‑theft hotspots while Jacksonville carriers say fake pickups and stolen loads are disrupting operations.

Detectives say a Taiwanese man convinced an elderly St. Johns County woman to hand over cash and $226,000 in gold after contact through a messaging app. The suspect is jailed and the probe is ongoing.

A year after a chaotic City Council meeting, one organizer was jailed and another given community service as the courts closed this chapter. Sentences include jail time, no‑contact orders and required apologies.

A Charlotte father of 10 says a Jacksonville facial‑recognition match led to an arrest that cost him his job, home and freedom. The case renews calls for stricter AI guardrails.

Two Lake City men were sentenced to long federal terms after authorities recovered multiple kilograms of near‑pure meth and cash during traffic stops and a home search.

A St. Johns County man received a 15-year sentence after a jury convicted him of holding his wife and son at gunpoint and assaulting his wife. Prosecutors say the attack lasted more than an hour.

The brother of A.J. Laguerre Jr. says he has reached a settlement tied to the 2023 Dollar General shooting and will dismiss his wrongful‑death suit once paperwork is final. The deal is the first announced resolution from families who sued after the racially motivated attack.

A wrong-way pickup struck an SUV on J. Turner Butler Boulevard Thursday night, killing two Ponte Vedra Beach residents and seriously injuring two others.

Deputies searched a Keystone Heights neighborhood Friday after a man fled a traffic stop; the local junior/senior high was briefly secured before the suspect was arrested.

A Chesterfield man was arrested in Flagler County after investigators say his wife's December 2021 death was staged and has been reclassified as a homicide.

Three people were charged after a Martin County burglary probe uncovered an alleged retail-theft ring that prosecutors say stole tools across 13 counties and fenced them in Miami-Dade.

A Pack da Park community event in Woodbine ended in gunfire in April; one man died and Camden County deputies are asking attendees to check video and submit tips.