Erik Avanier
Broadcast and Multimedia Journalist at WJXT-TV (Jacksonville, FL)
Broadcast and Multimedia Journalist at WCWJ-TV (Jacksonville, FL)
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2 weeks ago |
news4jax.com | Erik Avanier
Published: June 9, 2025 at 11:45 AMJACKSONVILLE, Fla. – A drug raid last month at a Northside home led to an investigation into a suspected dog-fighting operation and a charge of illegal possession of an alligator, according to the Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office.
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4 weeks ago |
news4jax.com | Erik Avanier
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – A Jacksonville couple facing mounting medical bills is asking for the community’s help to bring their paralyzed son home after a gun violence incident in Memphis, Tennessee. Jameion Washington, 18, was recently transferred from the trauma ICU at Regional One Hospital in Memphis to the ICU stepdown. Washington, who was 17 years old at the time, was shot in early February while he was living with his grandmother in Tennessee.
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4 weeks 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 month 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 month 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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