This week's crime report for Clay County Florida, provided by the Clay County Sheriff's Office.
CCSO recover five firearms, recover stolen car at mall
ORANGE PARK – The Clay County Sheriff’s Office recovered two rifles, three handguns and more than 100 rounds of ammunition after …
This item is available in full to subscribers.
To continue reading, you will need to either log in to your subscriber account, or purchase a new subscription.
If you are a current print subscriber, you can set up a free website account and connect your subscription to it by clicking here.
Otherwise, click here to view your options for subscribing.
Please log in to continueDon't have an ID?Print subscribersIf you're a print subscriber, but do not yet have an online account, click here to create one. Non-subscribersClick here to see your options for subscribing. Single day passYou also have the option of purchasing 24 hours of access, for $1.00. Click here to purchase a single day pass. |
CCSO recover five firearms, recover stolen car at mall
ORANGE PARK – The Clay County Sheriff’s Office recovered two rifles, three handguns and more than 100 rounds of ammunition after three men from Jacksonville spotted in a car that was reported stolen on Oct. 18.
According to the arrest report, Jacoby James Beals, 18, and Jaquan Cortez Scott, 20, tried to escape after hiding in the stolen car at the Orange Park Mall near the AMC Theater on Nov. 23. The deputy was alerted the car was reported stolen from Jacksonville by his license plate reader. When deputies approached the car, three men tried to run, but Beals and Scott were apprehended.
After the Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office was notified the car had been recovered. CCSO conducted an inventory and found the guns and ammunition. All of the guns were loaded, according to the arrest report and Scott was wearing Latex gloves.
A third suspect remained at large, CCSO said.
Both Beals and Scott were charged with armed trespassing, carrying a concealed unlicensed firearm and resisting arrest. Beals bond was set at $80,008, while Scott’s bond was set at $40,008.
Man charged three years after a man was shot during drug buy
GREEN COVE SPRINGS – An Orange Park man is behind bars nearly three years after a man was shot in the shoulder during a botched drug buy.
Eddie Fredrick Griffin, 22, of Middleburg, was charged with armed robbery, aggravated battery with a deadly weapon and possession of a firearm by a convicted felon. Deputies didn’t have to go far because they arrested him the moment he was released after serving time for another crime.
According to the affidavit for an arrest warrant, two men drove to Parkwood Drive in Orange Park on Oct. 17, 2019, after setting up a meeting on Snapchat to buy marijuana from two other men. When the victims arrived, one of the men told them it was a robbery. The victim, who was sitting in the back seat, was struck after the two sellers opened fire on the car, emptying the pistol magazine.
The victim described one of the shooters, and it matched Griffin. When investigators arrived at Griffin’s home, they noticed a man, Travis Jackson, exit to a bedroom and close his door. A check revealed Jackson was on probation, so investigators contacted his parole officer to track his ankle monitor movements on the day of the robbery. The GPS showed Jackson was at the scene where deputies recovered spent shell casings at the scene.