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Jacksonville opioid-related overdose deaths have jumped 2,000% in 6 years Updated:  Opiod cases rise during covid-19 pandemic “I don’t care what neighborhood, I don’t care what financial background, education, it doesn’t discriminate one bit,” said Jacksonville Fire And Rescue Department spokesperson Eric Prosswimmer. “It’s a daily event. Some stations they say that’s all they go on.” Prosswimmer said overdoses were once considered a “big call” because they did not happen every day, but that’s no longer the case. Prosswimmer said first responders prepare for almost al...

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78-year-old driver seriously injured after JSO officer ran red light, police say Traffic signals in the area knocked out for hours Updated:  Tags:  JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – A police officer might face a citation after running a red light early Tuesday morning, causing a crash that seriously injured a 78-year-old man, police said. A Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office spokesman said a 78-year-old driver was headed west on Town Center Parkway in a Jeep SUV, attempting to turn onto St. Johns Bluff Road, when an officer traveling east on Town Center Parkway ran the red light while detouring around co...

JSO searching for armed burglary, sexual battery suspect who rode unique scooter Staff, News4Jax.com Updated:  Tags:  Photos: Jacksonville Sheriff's Office JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – Investigators with the Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office are searching for a man who is wanted in connection with a reported armed burglary and sexual battery on the city’s southside. JSO said the incident happened around noon on Friday in the area of Beach Boulevard and St. Johns Bluff Road. The suspect involved has been described as a man in his early 20′s with black hair and facial hair and about 5-foot-9. He...