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JSO: Armed dispute near I-10 and McDuff

Saturday, February 21st, 2015, 1:26pm

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — Deputies were on scene at an armed dispute near the intersection of Summer Street and Nolan Street midday Saturday, authorities confirmed.

Jacksonville Sheriff Office's Violent Crimes Task Force is investigating the incident.

First Coast News is at the scene and will update this story as more information becomes available.

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Saturday, February 14th, 2015, 10:45am

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — A body was found in the 3000 block of College Street early Saturday morning, according to JSO.

The cause of death is still under investigation, and details have yet to be released, but JSO says there were no signs of foul play.

Around 3 a.m., a citizen saw a person lying on the ground from her porch, allegedly sick. JSO arrived on scene and found the victim to be unresponsive, according to reports.

Authorities then determined that the victim had already passed.

The story will be updated when more information becomes available.

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Submitted by Ken Amaro, Ken Amaro, Community Reporter

Friday, October 10th, 2014, 4:42pm

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. -- It was another week of making repairs to the driveway of Cedar Creek Baptist church. The Lane Avenue church has had a problem with a manhole leaking water from the roadway to its property.

"We tried to resolve it with AT&T and they claim it is not theirs," said Earl Mckee.

It hasn't rained in a week, even so the water runs continuously from the manhole; identified by the label as Bell System property.

"I contacted JEA and they said that belongs to Bell South," he said.

McKee does the maintenance at Cedar Creek Baptist. He also makes repairs caused by erosion from the running water.

"It seeps down and it gets in this area over here, as the school traffic comes in and out, it keeps breaking up the driveway," said McKee.

This week he repaired six areas and there's still a large area that needs to be filled with asphalt.

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Monday, May 19th, 2014, 5:50pm

JACKSONVILLE, Fla.- Not happy at all. Residents reached out to First Coast News in total frustration after more than a dozen cars were towed from their Ortega Village trailer park.

Some said their cars were taken from their own driveways.

Walter Wood didn't want to show his face, but he was happy to show FCN his bills after his car was towed twice from near home.

"Not very well. I'm telling you," he said when he described how he was feeling. "This is $278. Then they're going to want the lot rent."

He is not alone. Several others, like Hector Duran, told FCN his friend's car was also towed.

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Wednesday, April 2nd, 2014, 5:20pm

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. -- You have probably heard the phrase "No shoes, no shirt, no service" before.

But now, a longtime Jacksonville business is adding saggy pants to that list.

Dreamette in the 3600 block of Post Street now has a sign by its service window that says customers won't be served if they are wearing saggy pants.

The owner did not want to appear on camera with First Coast News for personal and professional reasons.

But, he said the sign went up this year after his frustration hit a breaking point.

He said in his six years of owning Dreamette, this past year was the worst for customers showing up with their underwear clearly visible.

So, he decided to put them all on notice. They can either pull up their pants or go home without ice cream.

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Wednesday, March 12th, 2014, 4:19pm

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. -- After a fatal shooting in February, an illegal drug raid on Saturday, shrinking crowds and a disconnected phone - it looks like Fat Kat nightclub in Murray Hill may be closing.

Len Burroughs, vice president of the Murray Hill Preservation Association, tells First Coast News the crowds have thinned out since the shooting in the early morning hours of February 16. Several hundred people were at the club on the morning of February 16, when one person was killed and four others were shot.

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Monday, March 10th, 2014, 11:17pm

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. -- Westside residents are speaking up about violence in their community. Monday night the residents gathered to hear from Jacksonville Sheriff John Rutherford.

"I lay in the bed every night and I hear gunshots," said Pamela Miller, a long-time resident on Remington Street.

Miller says in the last few years she's seen an increase in violence crime.

"I do not go outside after dark," said Miller.

That's the same case for Keely Kopp. She moved back to the Murray Hill area after going to college in Tallahassee and it's nothing like what she remembers.

"I remember when I was little I never really felt unsafe, but the house in our neighborhood got broken into around 11 in the day," said Kopp.

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