St. Johns County juvenile inmate escapes, captured the same day in Central...
A 16-year-old St. Johns County juvenile inmate likely made his stay significantly longer after he was caught about 200 miles away the same day. Syllas McMillan was caught after he took a cab from St....
View ArticleJuveniles arrested in St. Johns County crime spree
Two teens were arrested last week on a slew of theft and more serious charges after a failed attempt to flee from St. Johns County police. A 15-year-old and a 13-year-old were initially sniffed out by...
View ArticleBill proposed to help provide judges with clarity for sentencing juveniles in...
A Clay County legislator has again filed a bill to bring the state’s sentencing of juveniles in line with two Supreme Court rulings that have altered that landscape in recent years. One 2010 ruling...
View ArticleJacksonville high school student arrested after school officials find a gun...
What school and police officials say was a random check in a Jacksonville high school classroom turned up a loaded gun in the sock of a 16-year-old boy. The student was arrested on the felony charge of...
View Article15-year-old Jacksonville boy charged as an adult in March murder
Prosecutors have charged a 15-year-old as an adult in the shooting death of a Jacksonville man. The teen and two others were not invited to a March party in a Jacksonville apartment, but showed up...
View ArticleBoy charged as an adult in Jacksonville arsons
Prosecutors have changed course and are now charging a 15-year-old boy as an adult in four fires police say were deliberately set in a Jacksonville neighborhood. Fire officials were investigating the...
View ArticleJuvenile arrests made in Jacksonville murder of taxi driver
Jacksonville police announced that they have arrested more than one juvenile in the murder of a Duval County cab driver late last year, according to an article in the Florida Times Union. The victim...
View ArticleFive gun arrests at Jacksonville high school in a month
First Coast High School has had an dramatic increase in weapon related arrests at their school this month. According to an article on News4Jax, there have been 5 weapon related arrests at the school...
View ArticleLocal students arrested in Jacksonville on juvenile charges of battery on a...
The Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office arrested two minors earlier this week after a fight at Ribault High School, according to an article in the Florida Times Union. A fourteen year-old and thirteen...
View ArticleArrested juveniles in Jacksonville not being prosecuted as adults as much as...
The rate that children are being treated as adults in our criminal justice system has plummeted since State Attorney, Melissa Nelson, has taken over the office. According to an article in the Florida...
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