In the News

As part of its mission to further public safety, fairness, and trust in the role of the prosecutor, the State Attorney’s Office, in partnership with Florida International University and the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation, is proud to release the second part of its Advancing Prosecutorial Effectiveness and Fairness Report Series.

Shorstein grew up in the Riverside area with “the greatest mother in the world” and his brothers Jack and Bud, went to Lee High School, and earned his undergraduate and law degree from the University of Florida in 1965.

Juvenile Director Laura Lothman Lambert is the headlining author in the summer 2019 edition of the American Bar Association’s Criminal Justice publication.

State Attorney Melissa Nelson announces Doug Cercy, Ray Jones, and Jennifer Schulte, all of Jacksonville, were sentenced by the Honorable Angela Cox to the maximum penalties provided by their plea agreements for the murder of Melvin Clark.

State Attorney Melissa Nelson announces that Breon Anthony Hollings, 24, of Jacksonville, was found guilty by a jury of Second-Degree Murder and Aggravated Assault.

State Attorney Melissa Nelson announces that Lowell Sloan Erlandson, of Baldwin, was found guilty by a jury of two counts of Lewd and Lascivious Molestation.

After nearly two years of dedicated work, the Juvenile Justice Advisory Committee on Thursday presented State Attorney Melissa Nelson with its findings and recommendations.

State Attorney Melissa Nelson announces the return by a Duval County grand jury of indictments charging five defendants with First-Degree Murder.

State Attorney Melissa Nelson announces that William Junior Barber, of Jacksonville, was unanimously committed by a jury as a Sexually Violent Predator. He will be confined at the Florida Civil Commitment Center in Arcadia, Florida, for long-term control, care and treatment.

State Attorney Melissa Nelson announces that Donald Wayne Martin Jr., of Jacksonville, was found guilty by a jury of Possession of a Firearm by a Convicted Felon. Martin was sentenced on June 19, 2019, by the Honorable Angela Cox to nearly two years in the Florida State Prison.