Park + King merchants, city pool resources to increase overnight patrol
By Jennifer LogueResident Community News More JSO officers will patrol Riverside’s Park and King area overnight on Friday and Saturday evenings, thanks to a partnership between the city and area merchants. Announced at a July 29 community meeting held at Riverside Church at Park and King and organized by the Park + King Area Association, […]
Yannuzzi and Patriot: Bringing Home the Missing
By the time local news stations began reporting that an 11-year-old child was missing, Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office (JSO) Officer Anthony Yannuzzi and his tracking bloodhound K9, Patriot, were already on the hunt. “When we arrived, the child’s scent was already over an hour old. Once K9 Patriot was given the scent, he took off and […]
JSO Increases Presence in Ortega
St. Mark’s Episcopal Church donates space for a new Stop Station St. Mark’s Episcopal Church of Jacksonville has partnered with the Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office (JSO) to assist law enforcement in Ortega and surrounding communities of Avondale and Westside. The church donated space in its Grace House resource center for JSO to use as a field […]
Suspect Charged in River Road Shooting
The Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office (JSO) has a suspect in custody following a fatal shooting on San Marco’s River Road on Sunday, Jan. 21. According to the police report, officers were dispatched to a River Road residence at 1:32 a.m. in response to a shooting. When they arrived, they found 30-year-old Austin Fitzgerald suffering from a […]
Investigation Underway Following Avondale Shooting
Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office (JSO) Homicide and Crime Scene Unit detectives were on scene in Avondale following a Saturday night shooting last month that left one man dead. At roughly 8:45 p.m. on Saturday, Nov. 18, officers responded to the 3800 block of St. Johns Avenue, near Montgomery place after a 911 call was received reporting […]
City Council Approves Florida Blue Office Space for JSO
The Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office’s (JSO) Homeland Security Division will soon be getting new office space in Brooklyn’s Florida Blue office tower. Currently, 135 of the division’s 205 employees are housed at a JSO facility at the intersection of Liberty and Beaver streets while the remaining officers are at additional off-site locations. At a Sept. 5 […]
Award Increases in Hendricks Avenue Double Homicide
The Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office (JSO) continues to investigate the Aug. 9 double shooting that took the lives of 28-year-old Paige Pringle and 53-year-old Tara Baker. On Monday, Aug. 14, JSO shared an update on the investigation, announcing that the reward in the case had increased to $13,000 for information leading to the arrest of the […]
Special Committee Begins Hard Look at Improvements for JSO Facilities
In August, the City of Jacksonville kicked off a series of special committee meetings that will take a hard look at how best to address the critical issues facing Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office (JSO) facilities on a day-to-day basis. The Special Committee of the Council to Review JSO Primary Facilities met on Wednesday, Aug. 16, for […]
