JACKSONVILLE BEACH, Fla. \u2014 Jacksonville Beach Police arrested a convicted felon last week after officers located a loaded AR-style pistol during a proactive check of beach end-zones. <\/p>\n
The arrest occurred in the area of 10th Avenue South, where two individuals were found in a vehicle, according to the police department<\/a>.<\/p>\n The driver, Tedrick B. Crockett, a convicted felon from Georgia, was taken into custody without incident for possession of a firearm by a convicted felon.<\/p>\n Officers initially made contact with the vehicle occupants regarding a city ordinance violation. During the interaction, additional observations prompted a further investigation by the police.<\/p>\n Crockett was found to be in possession of an open container of alcohol. He also admitted to officers that there was a weapon inside the vehicle.<\/p>\n The Jacksonville Beach Police said the driver reached toward a pair of jeans on his lap after admitting to having a weapon. Officers then gave clear commands to safely secure the firearm.<\/p>\n The weapon was identified as an AR-style pistol. It was loaded with 20 rounds of .300 Blackout ammunition.<\/p>\n A records check performed by officers revealed the driver was a convicted felon from Georgia. Crockett also admitted to officers that he was on active felony probation.<\/p>\n The passenger in the vehicle was released at the scene without issue, according to officials.<\/p>\n Police stated the incident is an example of proactive policing and officer awareness, helping to prevent a potentially dangerous situation.<\/p>\n >>> STREAM ACTION NEWS JAX LIVE <<<<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n [DOWNLOAD: <\/b>Free Action News Jax app for alerts as news breaks<\/b><\/a>]<\/b><\/p>\n [SIGN UP: <\/b>Action News Jax Daily Headlines Newsletter<\/b><\/a>] <\/b><\/p>\n Click here<\/b><\/a> to download the free Action News Jax news and weather apps, <\/b>click here<\/b><\/a> to download the Action News Jax Now app for your smart TV and <\/b>click here<\/b><\/a> to stream Action News Jax live.<\/b><\/p>\n Action News Jax Top Stories<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"JACKSONVILLE BEACH, Fla. \u2014 Jacksonville Beach Police arrested a convicted felon last week after officers located a loaded…\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":769757,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[5136],"tags":[7320,5229,7323,3188,723,7324,7310,10765,93839,7327,135711,30288,7325,7326,67,586,132,5230,68,2969,7322,7321],"class_list":["post-771703","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-jacksonville","tag-action-news-jax","tag-america","tag-cbs47","tag-fl","tag-florida","tag-fox30","tag-jacksonville","tag-jacksonville-beach","tag-jacksonville-beach-police-department","tag-jacksonville-fl","tag-jax-beach","tag-jax-beach-police","tag-northeast-florida","tag-southeast-georgia","tag-united-states","tag-united-states-of-america","tag-unitedstates","tag-unitedstatesofamerica","tag-us","tag-usa","tag-wfox","tag-wjax"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/116514077155906357","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/771703","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=771703"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/771703\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/769757"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=771703"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=771703"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=771703"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}