Deadly Duval

26/06/2025

Jaedon Griffin's mother says she was filled with heartbreak when she recognized the motorcycle on the Mathews Bridge.

26/06/2025

Melissa Sue Irons, 35, and Scott Alan Irons, 34, were arrested on drug possession charges after their infant child died at a local hospital on Thursday, June 19.

16/06/2025

A $3,000 reward is being offered for information leading to an arrest in the death of Cassandra Brown.

16/06/2025

𝐃𝐑𝐔𝐆 𝐃𝐄𝐀𝐋𝐄𝐑 𝐂𝐇𝐀𝐑𝐆𝐄𝐃 𝐈𝐍 𝐖𝐎𝐌𝐀𝐍’𝐒 𝐎𝐕𝐄𝐑𝐃𝐎𝐒𝐄 𝐃𝐄𝐀𝐓𝐇
In March, our officers responded to the death of a 23-year-old woman. The woman died in a hotel room in the East Arlington area; the Medical Examiner’s Office ruled she died of a fentanyl overdose. Our investigation revealed the woman traveled from up north to Florida to buy drugs.

We have a team of detectives, the Narcotics Overdose Investigations Unit, dedicated to tracking down the suppliers involved in overdose deaths. Our detectives combed through evidence and identified 38-year-old Taira Mrochek as the woman’s supplier.

Our detectives arrested Mrochek last month. She is behind bars at the Duval County jail, facing a Manslaughter charge for her role in the woman’s death.

Our detectives in our Narcotics and Narcotics Overdose Investigation Units work tirelessly to get dangerous drugs off our street and arrest those to put those drugs in our community. We’ll work with the State Attorney’s Office to make sure justice is served in this case.

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13/06/2025

A man convicted of ra**ng and killing a woman three decades ago after kidnapping her from a supermarket parking lot was executed Tuesday in Florida.

13/06/2025

𝐍𝐄𝐀𝐑𝐋𝐘 𝟕𝐊 𝐋𝐄𝐓𝐇𝐀𝐋 𝐅𝐄𝐍𝐓𝐀𝐍𝐘𝐋 𝐃𝐎𝐒𝐄𝐒, 𝐎𝐓𝐇𝐄𝐑 𝐃𝐑𝐔𝐆𝐒 𝐒𝐄𝐈𝐙𝐄𝐃 𝐍𝐄𝐀𝐑 𝐂𝐇𝐔𝐑𝐂𝐇 𝐀𝐍𝐃 𝐒𝐂𝐇𝐎𝐎𝐋
If you’re peddling poison onto our streets, we will stop at nothing to shut your operation down.

We received a tip that drug dealers were using a business on North Main Street to sell a variety of narcotics. That business is next to a church and across the street from a middle school.

Our Narcotics detectives built up a case and received a search warrant for the property last month. With the help of the District 6 Task Force and the K9 Unit, our detectives found:
🚨13.9 grams of Fentanyl (enough to potentially kill nearly 7,000 people)
🚨16.1 grams of Powder Co***ne
🚨4.6 grams of Crack Co***ne
🚨1.9 grams of Oxycodone
🚨347.7 grams of Ma*****na
🚨2 fi****ms (one had been reported lost)
🚨$2,966 in cash
🚨One gold chain

We arrested 35-year-old Eyob Woldetensay and 51-year-old Adriann Hendon. The pair are behind bars in our jail, facing felony charges. Some of those charges include possessing illegal drugs with the intent to sell them within a thousand feet of a place of worship.

Shutting this operation down means a safer Jacksonville for everyone. If you see something suspicious, we’re always open to tips. Give us a call at 904.630.0500.

11/06/2025

10/06/2025

𝐒𝐄𝐗𝐔𝐀𝐋 𝐏𝐑𝐄𝐃𝐀𝐓𝐎𝐑 𝐀𝐑𝐑𝐄𝐒𝐓𝐄𝐃 𝐈𝐍 𝟐𝟎𝟏𝟕 𝐌𝐔𝐑𝐃𝐄𝐑
Our homicide detectives never stop looking for answers when a person is killed, even as the days, weeks, months and years pass.

Yesterday marked 8 years since a 39-year-old woman was found dead in the parking lot of a church on Soutel Drive in the Harborview area of Jacksonville. The man who killed her, 65-year-old Percy Johnson, is behind bars at the Duval County jail.

Johnson is a registered sexual predator, with cases in Jacksonville and St. Johns County. One case dates back nearly 30 years. He is now facing a murder charge in the woman’s death.

We will work closely with the State Attorney’s Office to bring justice to the woman’s family.