BY DAN HILDEBRAN [email protected] Lamonte’ Garcia Gamble, 20, of Jacksonville, was arrested by Bradford deputies on March 13 for attempted murder. According to the affidavit prepared by Bradford County Sheriff’s Office Det. Hayley Flynn, the incident began in the early morning hours of March 2, when Lamonte Gamble was at a residence in the area … Read more
BY DAN HILDEBRAN [email protected] A Melrose man who threatened a family member with a hammer last fall has been sentenced to two years in with the Department of Corrections followed by two years of probation after entering a no contest plea to aggravated assault with a deadly weapon. According to the Bradford County Sheriff’s Office … Read more
BY DAN HILDEBRAN [email protected] A Keystone Heights woman was sentenced to five years in state prison after pleading no contest to child abuse and neglect charges stemming from videos that showed her repeatedly striking, threatening, and berating her minor children. Elani Mae Harris, 29, entered her plea Feb. 25 in Bradford County Circuit Court before … Read more
BY DAN HILDEBRAN [email protected] A 24-year-old man has been sentenced to probation and jail time after pleading no contest to domestic battery and a lesser charge stemming from a September 2025 incident in which a woman and child were left on the side of a rural highway. Tyrese Josiah Denegall, of Jasper, entered the plea … Read more
BY DAN HILDEBRAN [email protected] A Starke woman who stabbed another woman in the back during a domestic dispute last summer was sentenced to 34 months in state prison after a jury deadlocked at trial and she subsequently entered a no-contest plea. Carla Patrice Cray, 39, of Florida Street, was sentenced Feb. 25 by Bradford County … Read more
BY DAN HILDEBRAN [email protected] A Jacksonville man with a prior murder conviction was sentenced to five years in state prison after pleading no contest to a charge of possession of a firearm by a convicted felon, court records show. Mitchell Evan Daughtry, 25, was sentenced Feb. 11 in Bradford County Circuit Court by Judge James … Read more
BY DAN HILDEBRAN [email protected] Travis Henry Aldridge, 41, of Starke’s Old Lawtey Road, was sentenced to one year and seven days with the Department of Corrections after pleading to a battery that arose from an argument over who would watch the man’s children. According to an October 12, 2025, arrest report, the victim and defendant, … Read more
The Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office and the Lawtey Police Department honored a Lawtey police officer for apprehending a defendant in a carjacking incident. Cesar Rodriguez, an off-duty Lawtey officer, was riding a motorcycle in the Argyle Forest area of Jacksonville on Aug. 3 when he saw a traffic crash and was told by witnesses that one … Read more
A jury acquitted former Clay County Sheriff Darryl Daniels of all charges Thursday night after a three-day trial in Green Cove Springs. Prosecutors claimed that while sheriff in 2019, Daniels ordered deputies to arrest his mistress: Cierra Smith, for stalking him. He was charged with lying to law enforcement about the circumstances surrounding Smith’s arrest … Read more
A man who pleaded guilty to the beating death of a Lake Region man in 2019 is suing the Clay County Sheriff’s Office, claiming that deputies used excessive force when arresting him. In a federal lawsuit, Travis Roe claims he did not resist nor pose a threat to officers when he exited his truck with … Read more
