Posts tagged ‘police’

Dec. 5 Police Beat

• Twenty-five people, including two teenagers, were cited early Sunday morning when police were called to a downtown Jacksonville bar after closing time. The citations were issued after police went to Our Bar, 216 E. State St., about 2:45 a.m. Sunday.

Man drives ambulance as EMTs treat friend

Atlanta police say a man got behind the wheel of an ambulance as emergency medical technicians took care of his drunken friend in the back.

Savannah police arrest man in taxi robberies

Police in Savannah have charged a man in the robberies of two taxi drivers.

Police say man stole car, lit victim on fire

A 39-year-old South Florida man is recovering after being lit on fire during a carjacking.

JSO SWAT Team Called to West Fifth Street

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. --  A police SWAT team is responding to a scene on West Fifth Street.

Man sentenced for shooting at officers

A man convicted of firing shots at Jacksonville police officers during a drug raid in 2007 was sentenced Friday to 40 years in prison after his third trial on charges of aggravated assault.

Jacksonville police: 20-year-old man arrested in February double-murder

Jacksonville police today announced the arrest of a 20 year-old man in the February deaths of two men shot in a yard of a home in a Westside neighborhood. Jamey Lee Edgington has been charged with two counts of first-degree murder. He was arrested

Police: Wrestler beaten by teammates at school

Police are investigating allegations that a Fernandina Beach High School wrestler was struck with a paddle more than 14 times by his teammates.

Attempted Abduction of 11-Year-Old Under Investigation

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. -- Police are looking for a man who tried to kidnap an 11-year old boy who was walking to school this morning.

February Double Murder Suspect Arrested, Was Already in Jail

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. -- Police feel they have solved a nearly-year-old murder after a tip from the suspect's father.