- Robert Lewis has been convicted of manslaughter in his son’s death. Read the news. Photos from the trial are at the end of this post. I have covered every murder trial in Jacksonville in the last five years. I have seen some good lawyering on both sides, but I honestly think Ernie Wright put on [...]

- James Eric Marslender is serving his first full day of 12 to 15 years in prison. Read the news. Photos from the trial. Click on the thumbnail for a larger image. J.B. Askins, a senior assistant district attorney, reads from a lab report while questioning a witness Thursday: Marslender on the stand Thursday talking [...]

- A Louisiana man convicted earlier this month of killing a Camp Lejeune Marine home on leave will find out April 21 how long he will be in prison. Bryce Perkins was convicted a few weeks ago of second-degree murder in the July 2009 shooting death of 20-year-old Lance Cpl. Daniel Cole Gueringer who was on [...]

- An off-duty deputy sheriff shot and killed an off-duty fireman in Swansboro late Thursday night. An SBI investigation will determine whether this was a law enforcement officer stopping a threat, a case of suicide-by-cop, or something personal. – Photos by Daily News photo chief John Althouse from the trial of Marine Sgt. Bryan Gullett, convicted [...]

- As I posted earlier, the information changes in the Hulsman homicide flew like crazy beginning Tuesday. The main thing that changed was the spelling of the poor woman’s name. At first the Sheriff’s Office reported her name as Hulsman. Then incident reports and a recheck of her mailbox had here name as Hulsmann. Then her obit was [...]

I haven’t posted for a few days because I’ve been very busy. Here are a few of the articles I’ve been working on and some extra information on each story. – Fred the goat died a terrible death. It was not a pretty scene. It was clear he tried to escape the two dogs that killed [...]