Bradford County

Report: Walmart employee stole PlayStation to feed cat

Michael Glover, 18, of Hampton, was arrested by Bradford deputies on March 18 for dealing in stolen property and larceny. According to the arrest report, a sheriff’s deputy responded to Walmart after staff reported Glover, who was employed there, had taken merchandise without paying. Video surveillance showed Glover walking out of the store past all…

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Accused of Pocketing McDonald’s drive-through money

Shi’Kira Jones, 22, of Starke, was arrested by Bradford deputies on March 14 for 18 counts of fraud-swindle, larceny and a probation violation. According to the arrest report, the investigation began when a store computer flagged suspicious transactions at the Starke McDonald’s drive-through register occurring between Feb. 24 and March 10. The store’s director of…

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Bradford County

Cameras track shooting suspect

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…

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2 years for threatening to kill with a hammer

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…

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5 years for child abuse

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…

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Stranded mom and child on S.R. 100

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…

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Bradford County

Caught with gun 11 years after stabbing his mother to death

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…

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Bradford County

Didn’t want to watch the kids

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,…

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Bradford County

Lawtey officer awarded for detaining carjacking suspect

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…

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