Truck crashes into home again

Submitted by Ken Amaro, Ken Amaro, Community Reporter

Tuesday, June 24th, 2014, 8:16pm

ORANGE PARK, Fla. -- Jennifer Beaudry and her family love their home but they fear living in their home.

"My biggest fear is that we get a drive that comes down in the afternoon and I'm in the yard with my children and one of us get hurt," said Beaudry.

Beaudry lives in the Doctor's Lake Estate community; near Bay Street and Cedar Road.

"it is terrifying," she said.

Last Friday night a truck lost control in the turn near Doctors Lake Drive and Bay street and flew through the wooded area and landed in the Beaudrys backyard.

"I was sitting on the couch watching the news and all of a sudden I heard a loud bang,' said Beaudry.

The Ford ranger hit one of the columns holding up the back porch ceiling.

"I came to the door and I noticed the vehicle was backing up and he was driving toward the house again," she said.

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Meth lab bust lands 4 in jail

Submitted by FirstCoastNews Web Staff

Monday, June 9th, 2014, 12:54pm

CLAY COUNTY, Fla. -- Discovery of meth lab equipment in an Orange Park hotel room Sunday led to four arrests.

Authorities were called to the Orange Park Rodeway Inn Sunday to investigate reports of a chemical smell coming from room #165.

On Monday morning, the Orange Park Police Department and the Clay County Sheriff's Office announced the following arrests:

46-year-old Michael Anthony St. Angelo and 33-year-old Jessica Lynn Carpenter were charged with conspiracy to traffic methamphetamine.

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Tuesday, June 3rd, 2014, 4:30pm

ORANGE PARK, Fla. -- A car chase following an attempted robbery ended Monday morning when police shot a robbery suspect four times on a busy Orange Park highway.

The shooting and a car crash occurred around 10 a.m. Monday morning in the 600 block of Park Avenue.

It started when Jarvis Tyrone Lee, 27, allegedly robbed the Check Casher at 644 Park Avenue. Officers with OPPD responded, saw Lee's vehicle fleeing the scene and tracked him down.

According to OPPD, Lee fired at the pursuing officer several times, hitting his patrol vehicle in the process. Lee then took off down Plainfield Avenue to Blake Avenue then to Highway 17. The suspect eventually crashed his vehicle into two OPPD vehicles in the 800 block of Park Avenue.

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Friday, May 30th, 2014, 12:09am

ORANGE PARK, Fla. -- A stand-off between police and a man barricaded in his home for hours ended in Orange Park Thursday night.

The man was in stand-off with police on Grove Park Drive off Kingsley Avenue. Authorities declined to give any more information. Tonight, neighbors have been allowed to return home after having to be evacuated.

Police were called to a home on Grove Park Drive around 5:30 this evening, where a man was barricaded inside. The standoff ended without shots fired around 9:30 p.m. this evening.

No word on whether the suspect was arrested.

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Missing 11-year-old found

Submitted by FirstCoastNews Web Staff

Thursday, May 29th, 2014, 4:01pm

CLAY COUNTY, Fla. -- An 11-year-old, who was reported missing by his mother Thursday morning, has been found.

The Clay County Sheriff's Office reports Ethan Rainey was spotted inside the WalMart on Blanding Boulevard Thursday afternoon.

He is in custody and will go home with his family after questioning.

Rainey's mother reported him missing around 8 a.m. Thursday. According to deputies, Rainey did not go to school and did not return home during the day.

Deputies say Rainey's mother believed her son may have run away. Because of his age, CCSO assigned a large team of deputies to the search, which centered in the Doctor's Lake area.

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Tuesday, May 27th, 2014, 3:05pm

ORANGE PARK, Fla. -- The Clay County Sheriff's Office is seeking the public's help identifying and locating two shoplifting suspects.

According to a police report from the Clay County Sheriff's Office, a man and woman went into the Children's Store in the Orange Park Mall May 15 and started picking up merchandise and shoved it into a large bag they were carrying. The couple was caught on surveillance video, but left the store before mall security could catch them in the act. The value of the items stolen from the store totals almost $800.

The same store was hit by three females shoplifting suspects in January who were able to get away with a little over $600 of merchandise.

Anyone who has any information about the identity of the shoplifting suspects is asked to contact the Clay County Sheriff's Office at 904-264-6512.

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Monday, May 26th, 2014, 8:45am

ORANGE PARK, Fla. -- Officials found the man who went missing following a canoe accident early Saturday morning.

According to Karen Park with Florida Fish and Wildlife, the body of 26-year-old Richmond Gard-Chambers was found Monday morning around 6:30.

Gard-Chambers was canoeing in Wells Lake in Orange Park with two other people when the canoe capsized.

Two males and a female went in the water. The female made it out safely. The two men were wearing heavy boots. One of the men was able to get his boots off and held on to a cooler until he was rescued.

Gard-Chambers allegedly panicked. FWC said hydrilla on the lake hindered search efforts. There is only 6 foot visibility in the lake.

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