Who gets the rent? Landlord or HOA?

Submitted by Ken Amaro, Ken Amaro, Community Reporter

Tuesday, December 2nd, 2014, 12:01am

ID=19765885 ORANGE PARK, Fla. -- Oakleaf Plantation is a community where property owners pay homeowners association dues. But what if the property owner rents his home and fails to pay those dues?

"I'm kind of caught in the middle here," said Kay Ferguson.

Ferguson, 54, has been renting the same Orange Park house for two years. A few weeks ago she was hit with a demand of payment letter from the HOA.

"The association wants the rent and if I don't pay them the rent, they want to evict me," said Ferguson. "At the same time, if if I don't pay the landlord, he wants to evict me."

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Shopping center evacuated after threat called in

Submitted by FirstCoastNews Web Staff

Friday, July 25th, 2014, 5:23pm

ORANGE PARK, Fla. -- A threat was called in to an Orange Park store Friday afternoon.

According to the Clay County Sheriff's Office, a phone threat was called in to the Save-A-Lot in the 300 block of Blanding Blvd.

The CCSO found no signs of a legitimate threat, but brought in the Jacksonville Sheriff's Office bomb squad and a K9 unit as a precaution.

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Wednesday, July 23rd, 2014, 4:14pm

ORANGE PARK, Fla. -- A major sewer line broke in a residential Orange Park neighborhood Wednesday afternoon.

The break happened on Gano Avenue, according to a Town of Orange Park Facebook post. The town is blaming the break on old clay pipes between DeBarry Avenue and Grove Park Drive.

"This is a complicated, very deep repair that will take up to two weeks to fix," according to the Town of Orange Park Facebook page.

First Coast News contacted Orange Park public works Wednesday. A spokesperson said there is a bypass system in place and no sewage was spilled. The main concern, according to spokesperson, was traffic.

Traffic has been diverted from the area.

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Tuesday, July 22nd, 2014, 11:22pm

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JACKSONVILLE, Fla. -- The decision of whether or not to prosecute two teenage girls accused of torturing a state-protected tortoise is now in the hands of the State Attorney. But some outraged locals are taking a plea for maximum punishment to the internet.

Two petitions both asking the underage teens be prosecuted for allegedly burning and stomping a gopher turtle to death are circulating on change.org.

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Bank robbery suspect caught in 4 minutes

Submitted by FirstCoastNews Web Staff

Thursday, July 3rd, 2014, 6:29pm

ORANGE PARK, Fla. -- A bank robbery suspect was arrested four minutes after he allegedly took money from an Orange Park bank Thursday.

The Clay County Sheriff's Office responded to the Compass Bank at in the 500 block of Blanding Blvd. in Orange Park after receiving a call about a robbery at 4:50 p.m.Thursday. By 4:54 p.m. the unidentified suspect was in custody.

According to CCSO, the suspect entered the bank and told the teller he was armed. He left the bank with an undetermined amount of money and was seen leaving the area on a bicycle that witnesses then saw placed into the bed of a truck.

The truck was spotted by CCSO on Blanding Blvd. not far from the bank. Deputies conducted a traffic stop in a parking lot and the suspect was arrested without incident, according to CCSO.

The investigation is ongoing.

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Submitted by FirstCoastNews Web Staff

Friday, June 27th, 2014, 8:54pm

CLAY COUNTY, Fla. -- A portion of College Drive in Orange Park was closed Friday afternoon.

The Clay County Sheriff's Office responded to the 300 block of College Drive after 39-year-old James King claimed to have a grenade, according to a release from the CCSO.

King was later taken into custody.

The Jacksonville Sheriff's Office bomb squad also responded to examine the device King had in his possession.

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Beach driving victim recalls devastating accident

Submitted by Anne Schindler on Thursday, June 26th, 5:19 pm

ORANGE PARK, Fla. -- The case of a woman badly injured when she was run by a truck over on Daytona Beach is being heard by a Volusia County jury this week.

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