>> NEWSFOURJAX STARTS RIGHT NOW WITH THE BREAKING NEWS ALERT.
>> LOOKING LIVE POLICE
HEADQUARTERS LISTENING IN TO
SHARE A KEY WATER IS GETTING
READY TO ANNOUNCE AN ARREST
RELATED TO AN INCIDENT THAT
HAPPENED ON SCHOOL BOARD.
PROPERTY. LISTEN, THE SHERIFF
WATERS WELL SCHOOLS, POLICE
I’M SURE TAKE A WATERS.
>> I’M HERE TODAY JOINED BY
ASSISTANT STATE LISA CURTIS
AND CARSON SAY DRONE AND
MEMBERS OF JACKSONVILLE
SHERIFF’S OFFICE COMMUNITY
PROBLEM SPOTS TEAM. TO DISCUSS
A SUCCESSFUL OUTCOMES OF
OPERATION SAFETY NET. THE CUB
WAS SPOTTED MULTIPLE
JACKSONVILLE SHERIFF’S OFFICE
UNITS IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE
SCHOOL BOARD. POLICE. AND THE
STATE ATTORNEY’S OFFICE.
OPERATION SAFETY SUCCESS
STANDS AS A SHINING EXAMPLE.
COLLECTIVE COMMITMENT TO
PROTECT OUR CHILDREN. NOTHING
IS MORE IMPORTANT THAT OUR
KIDS. OPERATION SAFETY NET
RESULTED IN THE ARREST OF 3
ADULTS AND ONE JUVENILE. THESE
ARRESTS ALSO TAKES IN THESE
IMAGES. TO MY LEFT HERE OR
JAIL IN ORANGE. JAMAL COVERT
AND DOMINIQUE ALEXANDER.
ADDITIONALLY, THIS OPERATION
INVESTIGATORS SEIZED THE 6
FIREARMS. 3 RIFLES, 2 HANDGUNS
AND ONE SHOTGUN. BEGIN BY
RECOGNIZING THE INCREDIBLE
WORK, IMPORTANT COORDINATION,
JSO INVESTIGATORS. FORENSIC
FIREARMS EXAMINERS, THE SCHOOL
BOARD POLICE AND THE STATE
ATTORNEY’S OFFICE SAYS THAT
CONDUCTED THIS THIS IMPORTANT
OPERATION. THIS TYPE OF
COLLABORATIVE OPERATION
HIGHLIGHTS THE EXTRAORDINARY
WORK DONE EVERY DAY BY
MULTIPLE LAW ENFORCEMENT
AGENCIES TO KEEP OUR CHILDREN
SAFE IN THEIR SCHOOLS. AND
REMOVE HIGH POWERED FIREARMS
CRIME, GUNS AND ALSO USED FOR
ON STREETS IN LATE FEBRUARY
2023 DETECTIVES FROM JSO CPR
TEAM RESPONDED TO WEST SIDE
HIGH SCHOOL AFTER BECOMING
AWARE THAT THERE WAS A PERSON
ON SCHOOL PROPERTY ON WITH THE
HANDGUN. SHIPYARD WORK CLOSELY
WITH SCHOOL BOARD. POLICE GSO
UNIT OUR CITY ATTORNEY’S
OFFICE TO TRY TO DISPERSE.
THIS PERSON WAS ULTIMATELY
LOCATED AT A NEARBY RESIDENCE
WITH OTHER INDIVIDUALS.
INITIALLY THESE INDIVIDUALS
FLED FROM OUR FROM OUR POLICE
OFFICERS, BUT THEY WERE
QUICKLY LOCATED AND ARRESTED
VARIOUS FELONY AND MISDEMEANOR
CHARGES. AFTER A SEARCH
SECURING A SEARCH WARRANT,
THESE DETECTIVES SEARCHED THE
RESIDENCE AT WHICH THESE
INDIVIDUALS WERE FOUND. DURING
THE SEARCH. INVESTIGATORS
FOUND THESE FIREARMS RECOVERED
6, 7.62 CALIBER CASINGS. ALL
THE SEAS. FARMS IN CASINGS
WERE EXAMINED BY FORENSIC
FARMS. EXAMINER’S HOUSE WITHIN
JSO IS CRIME. GUN INTELLIGENCE
CENTER. THE RUN TONIGHT.
THAT’S THE NATIONAL INTEGRATED
BALLISTICS INFORMATION
NETWORK. THROUGH THIS
ANALYSIS. INVESTIGATORS, ONE
OF THE FOLLOWING. ONE OF THESE
HANDGUNS, ONE OF THESE
HANDGUNS WAS USED IN A
SHOOTING THAT OCCURRED IN
FEBRUARY 2022. ON
JACKSONVILLE’S WESTSIDE. ONE
OF THESE HANDGUNS WAS ALSO
READY FULLY AUTOMATIC BY MEANS
OF FIRE AND SWITCH. ANOTHER
ONE OF THE RIFLES WAS RENDERED
FULLY AUTOMATIC BY MEANS ALL
THE FARM SWITCH. RECOVERED
CASING WAS POSITIVELY MATCHED.
THE CASINGS RECOVERED AT A MAY
2022. HOMICIDE SCENE. RECOVER
CASING WAS POSITIVELY MATCHED
THE CASINGS RECOVERY OF THE
JUNE 20 DOG 2022. SHOOTING
SING SKEWS ME. REPUBLICANS WAS
POSITIVELY MATCHED AUGUST 20
TO 2022. SHOOTING INTO A
DWELLING SCENE. ANOTHER
PROVOCATION WAS POSITIVELY NOT
SO JANUARY 2023, SHOOTING INTO
A DWELLING SING. IT’S
IMPORTANT THAT WE RECOGNIZE
THAT THESE THE SHELL CASINGS
WERE FOUND THROUGH OUR NIVEN
TO BE CONNECTED TO MULTIPLE
CASES THROUGHOUT OUR CITY.
KNOWLEDGE THAT MANY JSO UNITS
THAT PLAYED A PART IN THIS
COURT COLLABORATIVE
COLLABORATIVE OPERATION, ALL
THE CPR DETECTIVES, MEMBERS OF
OUR AREA DETECTIVES CRIME GUN
INTELLIGENCE CENTER SIDE
DETECTIVES BUT A CRIME UNIT
DETECTIVES AND ADDITIONALLY
AGAIN KNOWLEDGE, OUR
REAL-TIME, THE BEST
INVESTIGATE SUPPORT. WHAT
ABOUT BOTH A SCHOOL BOARD?
POLICE AND STATE ATTORNEY’S
OFFICE. AGAIN, THESE AGENCY
PARTNERSHIPS CAN CONTINUE TO
BE ESSENTIAL TO ENSURE THE
SAFETY OF OUR CHILDREN.
CURRENTLY, THESE CASES ARE
BEING PROSECUTED BY THE STATE
ATTORNEY’S OFFICE.
ADDITIONALLY, POTENTIAL
FEDERAL CHARGES RELATED TO THE
SWITCH. MODIFICATIONS DONE TO
2 OF THESE FARMS ARE BEING
EXPLORED. OPERATION SAFETY NET
HIGHLIGHTS ARE ABC’S
COMMITMENT TO SCHOOL SAFETY
AND GETTING CRIME GUNS OFF OUR
STREETS AND OUT OF THE HANDS
OF THOSE, THE USE OF VIOLENCE
IN OUR COMMUNITY. TODAY. THIS
CALENDAR YEAR ARE CPR.
DETECTIVES ALONE, THEY WERE
MOVED OVER 130 CRIME, CRIME,
GUNS FROM OUR STREETS. I WANT
TO COMMEND ALL INVOLVED WITH
THIS EXCELLENT WORK ON THIS
OPERATION AND THANK THEM FOR
THEIR UNWAVERING COMMITMENT TO
MAKE WELL AS SAFER PLACE FOR
ALL ITS CITIZENS. TAKE ANY
QUESTIONS IF YOU TO
>> SO A LOT OF A LOT OF STUFF
THAT WENT ON THIS CASE IS OUR
INVESTIGATIVE TECHNIQUES. I
DON’T WANT TO REVEAL, BUT
LET’S JUST SAY THIS IS SOME OF
THIS HARDWORKING DETECTIVES,
HARDWORKING POLICE WORK WERE
ABLE TO WHERE WE GET THIS
DONE.
>> AND WITH THAT HE SAID AFTER
SCHOOL, THEY BUY THAT SCHOOL
AND OUT OF THE HOLE.
>> THEY RESPONDED. THEY
RESPONDED WHEN THEY GOT THE
INFORMATION. RESPONDED, WASN’T
THERE. THEY FOUND AT THE HOME.
>> MURDER CHARGE FOR ANYONE
THE AGE DOWNTOWN. ALL THAT
STUFF IS PART OF A CASE FILE
AND WILL USE ALL THE
INFORMATION TO BUILD STRONG
CASES AND EACH SEPARATE CASE
THAT WE DO SCHOOL SAY WITH
THAT DOUBT THAT’S EXPECTED,
RIGHT? LET ME FOR YOU SO.
>> THIS ALL STARTS IN FEBRUARY
WITH AN INCIDENT AT WESTSIDE
HIGH SCHOOL. THERE WAS A
REPORT WITH SOMEBODY ON SCHOOL
PROPERTY WITH A HANDGUN.
POLICE FOUND THAT PERSON AT A
RESIDENCE ALONG WITH 3 OTHER
PEOPLE. THOSE 3 OTHER PEOPLE
WERE FOUND TO HAVE A NUMBER OF
OTHER GUNS, 6 GUNS TOTAL
SEIZED WHEN POLICE TRACE THOSE
GUNS AND SHELL CASINGS, THEY
TRACE THE SHELL CASINGS TO
THOSE GUNS TO A NUMBER OF
OTHER INCIDENTS, INCLUDING
SHOOTINGS AND A HOMICIDE IN
AND AROUND THOSE AREAS TO 4
OTHER INCIDENTS IN 2022. SO
THERE ARE A NUMBER OF IN A
INVESTIGATIONS THAT ARE
INTERTWINED IN THIS ONE CASE
THAT STARTED AT WESTSIDE HIGH
BACK IN FEBRUARY OF THIS YEAR.
IT’S CALLED OPERATION SAFETY
NET WILL UNPACK THIS STORY
MORE THROUGHOUT THE COURSE OF
THE DAY. IT INVOLVES JSO THE
SCHOOL BOARD POLICE DEPARTMENT
AND THE STATE ATTORNEY’S
OFFICE. MORE TO COME ON NEWS.