Three men wanted for liquor store robbery

Tuesday, April 23rd, 2013, 11:08am

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. - The search is on for three suspects accused of breaking into a liquor store, filling a shopping cart full of liquor and leaving.

Jacksonville Sheriff's Officer deputies responded to the ABC Fine Wine and Spirits Liquors on the 9400 block of San Jose Boulevard Friday in reference to a burglar alarm, according to a release from the Jacksonville Sheriff's Office.

When police arrived they allegedly found a front glass window broken, along with broken bottles of alcohol behind a register, the release detailed.

According to JSO, surveillance video shows three suspects allegedly wearing gloves with their faces covered. The suspects are accused of breaking into the store and filling a shopping cart with 22 bottle of alcohol and leaving.

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Mandarin track coach returns to work after running in Boston Marathon

Submitted by Chad Cushnir, First Coast News sports photojournalist

Wednesday, April 17th, 2013, 7:41pm

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. -- Mandarin High School assistant track & field coach Hope Treece was glad to be a part of the district championship meet on Wednesday afternoon, not just because her girls team was looking to win a 4th district title in a row, but also because it allowed her focus on something else besides her traumatic experience at Monday's Boston Marathon.

The bombs went off not too long after she finished the race. When the explosions happened, Hope was a couple blocks away. She and her family were close enough to the chaos that they are still shaken up by it.

Monday marked the third time that Treece has finished the Boston Marathon, but when asked if she'd consider running it again, she said, "I don't know."

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Pet store owner hopes stolen puppies will be turned in

Submitted by Mike Lyons, First Coast News Reporter/Multi-Media Journalist

Sunday, April 14th, 2013, 7:39pm

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. -- A Mandarin pet store owner and her employees are hoping they can recover two stolen puppies.

Burglars smashed in the front door Friday night, and ran off with two valuable animals.

"When I got here this door was busted out," said Lynn Lamereaux, owner of Pet World on San Jose Boulevard.

Lamereaux has owned Pet World for 25 years. Friday night, shortly before 11 p.m. a burglar alarm went off. She was contacted and police responded to her business.

Inside, she found that two of her puppies were missing.

"It makes me angry, it makes me wonder what people are thinking," she said.

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Pet store seeking its stolen puppies

Submitted by FirstCoastNews Web Staff

Saturday, April 13th, 2013, 7:20pm

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. -- A Mandarin pet store is asking for the public's help in finding two puppies that were stolen from the store on Friday night.

A nearly three-month-old male "Morkie" (a cross between a Maltese and a Yorkshire Terrier) and a two-month-old female English Bulldog were taken from Pet World on San Jose Boulevard just before 11 p.m. Friday, according to store manager Kathleen Easterling.

Surveillance video from the neighboring Verizon Wireless store is being examined by the Jacksonville Sheriff's Office and a police report has been filed, Easterling said.

The male "Morkie" has black and light tan coloring and the English Bulldog is white and light brown. Additionally, the English Bulldog has a mole on the outside of her upper left ear and a hernia scar on her stomach.

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Paxon student is Miss St. Augustine Outstanding Teen

Submitted by Lewis Turner, Reporter, Meteorologist FCN

Wednesday, April 10th, 2013, 8:28pm

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. -- Claire Washburn's cello talent alone is enough to be considered outstanding.

It was a skill the 17-year-old Paxon student used to win her crown: Miss St. Augustine Outstanding Teen.

"I had to choose an instrument in 3rd grade. I chose the cello and have stuck with it for 9 years," she said.

Coupled with her talent, she also had to nail an interview during the process.

She focused on how she would use her musical ability to help in life.

"I'll go to hospitals and retirement homes and I'll help the elderly, the sick, the disabled with music, which I feel like really heals."

Next up for Washburn is the Miss Florida pageant in July.

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What is that smell?

Submitted by Ken Amaro, Ken Amaro, Community Reporter

Monday, April 8th, 2013, 7:24pm

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. -- On Monday if you wanted to find the seniors who use the Moncrief Senior Center, you would have went to the Clanzel Brown Community Center to find them.

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Man arrested, charged with girlfriend's murder

Submitted by FirstCoastNews Web Staff

Monday, April 8th, 2013, 12:35pm

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. - A Jacksonville man is in police custody for the stabbing death of his girlfriend Sunday night.

57-year-old Thomas Webster is facing murder charges for allegedly using what police believe was a kitchen knife to stab his girlfriend in the back at their Mandarin home.

It happened in the 3800 block of Millpoint Drive. An exact time is unknown, but the Jacksonville Sheriff's Office believes it was within a two hour time frame of around 7 p.m.

The victim is 54-year-old Patricia Burner.

Lt. Rob Schoonover said she and Webster had been living together for three years, but that Burner was in the process of moving out and relocating.

He said it is unclear at this time if Webster was going with her.

He reportedly went to a nearby Kangaroo gas station on Old St. Augustine Road and told the clerk on duty to call 911.

JSO officers responded and received what Schoonover likens to a confession from Webster.

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