Nichole Manna

Jacksonville

Senior Investigative Reporter at The Tributary

Senior investigative reporter at @TheJaxTrib. Tips: [email protected]

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Sergeant suspended after Duval jail death broke use of force policy before

2 weeks ago | jaxtrib.org | Nichole Manna

The sergeant who was among nine guards suspended by Jacksonville Sheriff T.K. Waters after a Duval County inmate was allegedly brutalized to death in April was reprimanded in 2021 after he pepper sprayed a restrained inmate at close range. That is the second instance of a corrections officer involved in the controversial in-custody death found to have a black mark on their record, according to The Tributary’s review of partial disciplinary histories provided by the agency.
Death Row attorneys fight state for records in case highlighted by The Tributary

1 month ago | jaxtrib.org | Nichole Manna

Lawyers for Kenneth “Kip” Hartley, a Jacksonville Death Row inmate convicted of murder more than 30 years ago on the word of a known liar and three jailhouse snitches, are fighting to pry loose records they hope will undo the case, which was the subject of a recent investigation by The Tributary called “Cold-Blooded.” And in another legal development, Hartley’s co-defendant Sylvester “Duck” Johnson, whose conviction and life sentence hinged largely on the same testimony, filed a motion in...
Medical records shed new light on controversial jail death, contradict JSO account: The Tributary

1 month ago | news4jax.com | Nichole Manna

Published: May 6, 2025 at 10:46 AMTags: Charles Faggart, JSO, Jacksonville, Duval CountySign up for our NewslettersPublished: May 6, 2025 at 10:46 AMTags: Charles Faggart, JSO, Jacksonville, Duval CountyJACKSONVILLE, Fla.
Medical records in controversial jail death contradict JSO account

1 month ago | jaxtrib.org | Nichole Manna

Doctors at UF Health who evaluated a broken, bruised and unresponsive Charles Faggart after he’d arrived from the Duval County jail on April 7 concluded he did not have fentanyl in his system or suffer a seizure, contradicting key details released by the Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office about the controversial in-custody death.
JSO jailers said she had no visible injuries. Photos say otherwise

1 month ago | jaxtrib.org | Nichole Manna

Allison Fierro’s face was unmarked when she was booked into the Duval County jail on a DUI.
Officer suspended in recent Duval jail death was previously reprimanded

1 month ago | jaxtrib.org | Nichole Manna

One of the nine Duval County jail officers suspended earlier this month in connection with the death of 31-year-old Charles Faggart was reprimanded last year in an unrelated internal affairs investigation centered around the death of a different inmate, according to documents obtained by The Tributary. Matthew Sullivan landed in hot water last year after David Given, 68, was found dead in September 2023 from what an autopsy later determined was lobar pneumonia.
Duval jail death a grim reminder of lingering problems

1 month ago | jaxtrib.org | Nichole Manna

The still-unexplained death of a 31-year-old father at the Duval County jail last week was a searing reminder of the perils that lurk within the decades-old building: Jacksonville’s jail is a dangerous place, and often not because of its inmates.
Man injured in 'incident' involving 9 Jacksonville jailers dies

1 month ago | jaxtrib.org | Nichole Manna

The 31-year-old father who was hospitalized after an “incident” in the Duval County jail this week, which Sheriff T.K. Waters has refused to detail, has died, according to his family’s attorney. Waters has only described it as a “bad” incident. The agency has also never disclosed that Faggart was the man at the center of the undisclosed incident, which prompted Waters to suspend eight corrections officers and one sergeant.
Man in critical condition after 'incident' with 9 officers at jail, Jacksonville sheriff says

1 month ago | jaxtrib.org | Nichole Manna

A judge on Tuesday reduced the bond of a Jacksonville man who was “seriously injured” after an “incident” at the Duval County jail so the man’s family could visit him while he was hospitalized, according to court documents obtained by The Tributary. Jacksonville Sheriff T.K. Waters requested the bond reduction and announced Tuesday he’d suspended nine of his jail staff in connection with the incident, though he declined to elaborate on any further details.
Duval County: The Tributary challenges Kenneth Hartley's conviction (Part 1)

2 months ago | fladeathpenalty.substack.com | Nichole Manna |Melanie Kalmanson

The following was reprinted with permission from The Tributary, a nonprofit newsroom covering Florida. It is part 1 of a 3-part series. The rest can be found here. By Nichole Manna/The TributaryOn its surface, the prosecution of Kenneth Hartley was like hundreds of others that unfolded in the Jacksonville courthouse in the 1990s, when the violent deaths of young Black men had become a disturbingly routine occurrence.