Erik Avanier
Broadcast and Multimedia Journalist at WJXT-TV (Jacksonville, FL)
Broadcast and Multimedia Journalist at WCWJ-TV (Jacksonville, FL)
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1 week ago |
news4jax.com | Erik Avanier
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – Surveillance video at a Jacksonville pet store caught a man putting a ferret worth $600 in his shorts before leaving the store. According to the Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office, the incident happened at Pet Land on Beach Boulevard. The video above shows the ferret nestled in the man’s hands while he was petting it. The man kneels, takes a look around and then slips the ferret into his gym shorts before leaving the store. The pet store had six ferrets. Now it’s down one.
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1 week ago |
news4jax.com | Marcela Camargo |Ashley Harding |Erik Avanier
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – After Mayor Donna Deegan said that changes will be implemented to enhance security at City Hall following the arrests of three people during Tuesday’s City Council meeting, a knife expert explained how a knife could have gone undetected at security checkpoints.
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1 week ago |
news4jax.com | Erik Avanier |Aleesia Hatcher
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – New details released by the Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office on Wednesday describe what led up to a woman getting shot twice in a Jacksonville Dunkin’ Donuts drive-thru on Tuesday evening.
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1 week ago |
news4jax.com | Erik Avanier
Published: May 27, 2025 at 11:52 PMJACKSONVILLE, Fla. – A woman was struck twice in a shooting at Dunkin’ on Gate Parkway after an argument, according to the Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office. The incident happened at 5:35 p.m. JSO said two people were riding through the drive-thru line at the Dunkin’ when they started to argue. The woman tried to exit the vehicle, but the suspect shot her in the back of the head and the shoulder, then drove off, according to JSO.
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1 week ago |
news4jax.com | Erik Avanier
ATLANTIC BEACH, Fla. – An Atlantic Beach woman has become the latest person in Florida to be arrested under the state’s Drug-Induced Homicide Law. Taira Mrochek, 38, was charged with manslaughter and remains in the Duval County jail. According to Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office narcotics overdose death detectives, Mrochek was responsible for someone else’s fatal overdose.
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