In the News

When the unimaginable happens to crime victims in Nassau County, those who enter the criminal justice system know they can count on Victim Specialist Renae Lewin to be there as a pillar of support.

An officer who did not know how to swim but saved a drowning baby. A brave K9 shot in the line of duty. And numerous criminals taken off the streets through great investigations. Those were just a few of the efforts honored during the State Attorney’s Office 5th Annual Daniel E. Watts Outstanding Law Enforcement Officer Awards.

Following a successful career at the Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office, Jackson Short joins the State Attorney’s Office as its chief investigator.

In a move that will improve the State Attorney’s Office service to crime victims, State Attorney Melissa Nelson announces Nicholas May as the office’s first Victim Services Director.

Employees of the office again went above and beyond to support local families of those who have served with a Wounded Warrior Project holiday party. The office adopted a dozen veterans through the nonprofit and built baskets filled with clothes, sporting goods, electronics, gift cards, and more to say ‘thank you’ for their service.

The State Attorney’s Office will again pay homage to the group of people who have made the office the respected, preeminent fixture of the local criminal justice system.

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.

State Attorney Melissa Nelson has been appointed as a trustee to the Council on Criminal Justice, a new national criminal justice organization.

State Attorney Melissa Nelson has been appointed by Gov. Ron DeSantis to the state Criminal Punishment Code Task Force.

After more than a decade serving the people of the Fourth Circuit, Chief Assistant State Attorney Mac Heavener will return to federal practice and join the United States Attorney’s Office in the Eastern District of Tennessee. His last day with the State Attorney’s Office will be July 5, 2019.