Crystal Gerhold, aunt of Asia Bennett, speaks at a news conference Friday, Sept. 4, 2026. Attorney Ben Crump is shown on the right. | News4Jax

St. Johns County Sheriff Rob Hardwick, who confirmed this week that the county will remove at least some of its Flock license plate readers. | Noah Hertz, Jacksonville Today

A sign shows the speed limit in the school zone at Neptune Beach Elementary School. | News4Jax

A woman blows into a Breathalyzer on Sept. 21, 2015, in this file photo at the county jail in Sioux Falls, South Dakota. | Jay Pickthorn, AP

Gov. Ron DeSantis signed an immigration bill during an appearance in Jacksonville. | Tom Urban, News Service of Florida

A Flock camera is shown along a road in Putnam County. | Putnam County Sheriff's Office

Jacksonville City Council member Jimmy Peluso at a Duval County School Board meeting in December. | Will Brown, Jacksonville Today

A Flock camera at the Mezza Premier Apartment complex is seen in this composite image | Elizabeth Caldwell, Jacksonville Today

A Flock Safety license plate reader is seen along a public road, Thursday, Oct. 16, 2025, in Houston. | David Goldman, AP file

Florida House of Representatives candidate Diana Jordan-Baldwin says she was attacked this week at a polling place in World Golf Village. | Photo courtesy of Diana Jordan-Baldwin

U.S. Attorney Gregory Kehoe speaks at a news conference Monday, Aug. 10, 2026, about the arrests of 12 gang members in Jacksonville. | News4Jax

A Student Transportation of America school bus. | News4Jax

Sgt. Gene Tolbert with the St. Johns County Sheriff's Office demonstrates a makeshift gun confiscated during an investigation into two local teenagers. The gun, made of piping and wood, was part of a cache that included other makeshift firearms and explosive material. | Noah Hertz, Jacksonville Today

This Flock camera on Hendricks Avenue has a solar panel on top to power it, plus electronics and the actual camera underneath. | Dan Scanlan, Jacksonville Today

A Jacksonville City Council member is proposing tighter rules for e-bikes like this one. | News4Jax

Detectives Malik Daricaud, left, and Thomas Strickland pilot a drone in a re-creation Wednesday, July 22, 2026. The screen above them shows an officer finding a missing 15-year-old with autism. | Dan Scanlan, Jacksonville Today

Discharged U.S. Marine William L. Upham, as seen in a Facebook video threatening President Trump. | William Upham, Facebook

Sheriff T.K. Waters announces the arrest of a Jacksonville police officer on a battery charge on Tuesday, July 14, 2026. | News4Jax

Police investigate the death of a man on State Road 16 who was running from ICE agents. | St. Johns County Sheriffs Office

A Jacksonville Fire and Rescue Department unit is parked at the scene of a traffic crash on Hogan Road. | Dan Scanlan, Jacksonville Today

Undated booking photos show, from left, Dusty Ray Spencer, Dennis Sochor and Dominick Occhicone. | Florida Department of Corrections via AP

Jacksonville Sheriff T.K. Waters speaks with Jacksonville Today on Thursday, July 9, 2026. | Dan Scanlan, Jacksonville Today

Melissa "Missy" Ellison and her then-baby daughter, Casie, in a photograph taken just before she was murdered in 1987 in her Westside home. | Project Cold Case/Ellison family

Former Florida Democratic gubernatorial nominee Andrew Gillum speaks to supporters during a gathering at the Florida Democratic Party state conference, June 7, 2019, in Orlando. | John Raoux, AP file