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Robert Rahn III, 36, a former behaviorial health assistant at Middleburg High School until 2022, has been arrested by the Clay County Sheriff’s Office on seven counts of possession of child sexual abuse material. His arrest comes after past concerns were raised by his former girlfriend, Mariah Jarrett, who is the mother of his 3-year-old son.
A Lake City home is destroyed after a fire ripped through it just before 10 p.m. Saturday. It happened off Southwest Fairfax Glen. Kayla and Jon-Michael Borzeka said they were watching the show Cops when they noticed the sirens weren’t coming from the TV.
The Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office is planning on spending $1.9 million on a partnership with Penegrine AI. The technology allows agencies to capture footage, detect objects, adds context, analyze risk factors, and alert those at risk.
A Mandarin High School father says he’s concerned after he was shown videos of what appears to be students gathering inside the school’s bathroom to watch a pre-planned fight.
A Ridgeview High School parent says she’s worried about future school social events — like prom — after an incident at the homecoming dance last night sent at least two students to the hospital.
Florida’s Attorney General James Uthmeier is proposing legislation aimed at cracking down on spam calls. It’s called the Florida Anti-Spam Communications Act. The bill would try to tackle these calls by upping criminal charges for fraudsters and scammers — elevating the misdemeanor charge to a felony with mandatory jail time.
Florida’s Department of Children and Families is being sued after several civil rights groups claim the agency is failing to transfer county inmates deemed incompetent to stand trial to state hospitals within the legal timeframe.
Some Baldwin Middle-Senior High School parents tell Action News Jax they’re fed up with the scandals.
St. Johns residents and deputies are still looking for an endangered 16-year-old with autism and schizophrenia who went missing over the weekend.
It appears that several schools are showing their support for Andrew Jackson’s volleyball team after an alleged racist incident earlier this week. The incident happened during Thursday’s varsity game against Fernandina Beach High School.
The Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office is investigating a shooting that happened on the city’s Westside.
The Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office headquarters has officially closed its downtown location to the public. In a news release, a JSO spokeswoman said Thursday was its last day open to the public before it reopens on Sept. 28 at its new facility in Brooklyn.
Fernandina Beach city commissioners filed a motion to revisit their initial vote on paid parking during Tuesday’s meeting. The measure failed in a 2-2 vote, but it raised the question of whether the city’s controversial parking policy is really dead.
A St. Johns mother is speaking out after she says a man who preached at her church sexually abused her son. Action News Jax confirmed 25-year-old Deshawn Keith Collier was arrested Sunday morning after that mother went to police.
The family of a woman murdered almost 40 years ago is coming together to celebrate her life. Melissa Taylor Ellison, more commonly known as Missy, was found beaten to death in her Westside home back in 1987.