Four Jacksonville residents received long federal sentences after pleading guilty in a 2024 string of armed Dollar General robberies that ended in a Brentwood chase.

Two Gulf Coast men were federally indicted on conspiracy and distribution counts; their trial in Pensacola is scheduled for July 6. The charges carry decades in prison if convictions follow.

A 15-year-old from Rusk died after trying to rescue a 5-year-old at Lake Jacksonville; a boater pulled him from the water but he was later pronounced dead at UT Health Jacksonville.

Specialist Adrian Bonsey, 29, was killed at Fort Irwin after being struck by an M2 Bradley. Army investigators have opened multiple inquiries into the training accident.

Friends of a missing diver helped locate the body about seven miles off Fort Pierce; deputies say the St. Lucie County Sheriff’s Office is investigating.

A 31-year-old man died after driving the wrong way on I-295 and colliding head‑on near Baymeadows Road. Two people in the other car survived and troopers are investigating.

A heavy JSO response, including a helicopter, briefly closed Pritchard Road near I‑295 Saturday after an incident at a RaceTrac in Picketville.

A Fruit Cove couple stopped a courier scam that nearly cost them $18,000; deputies arrested a Jacksonville man and recovered cash as detectives probe the ring.

Bulloch deputies recovered four motorcycles stolen from Statesboro Yamaha early Sunday and arrested two Florida men after finding the bikes inside a U‑Haul trailer.

A Jacksonville man who admitted killing his father was sentenced to 45 years after a plea deal; arrest and court records detail the Nov. 20, 2024 shooting.

A Jacksonville man was sentenced to 210 months after pleading guilty to driving the final leg of a cross-country shipment that hid kilos of fentanyl and meth in an SUV.

An inmate at Florida State Prison near Starke attacked two corrections officers with a contraband weapon; the FDOC's OIG is investigating and officers' conditions are unknown.

A Lake City shooting suspect was taken into custody in Washington, D.C.; he faces attempted murder and a weapon-enhancement charge and is awaiting extradition.