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Sheriff’s Office Narcotics Unit conducts sting operation

Yulee, Fla. – On June 28, 2013, members of the Nassau County Sheriff’s Office Narcotics Unit, with assistance from the Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office, conducted an undercover sting operation to arrest individuals who bring illegal drugs into Nassau County.  Six people were arrested at the Days Inn in Fernandina Beach.  The amount of drugs seized were

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Don’t leave children unattended in vehicles

Yulee, Fla. – Nassau County Sheriff Bill Leeper reminds parents and persons responsible for children to not leave young children unattended in automobiles, especially during the hot summer months.  A child dies from heatstroke about once every 10 days from being left alone in a hot vehicle. In fact, heatstroke is the leading cause of

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Sheriff Encourages Broader Use of Prescription Drug Monitoring Program

Nassau County Sheriff Bill Leeper is encouraging broader use of the state’s Prescription Drug Monitoring Program (PDMP). The PDMP was created by the 2009 legislature in an initiative to encourage safer prescribing of controlled substances and to reduce drug abuse and diversion within the state of Florida.  It created a database that will collect and

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NCSO Deputies arrests armed robbery suspects from Charlton County

Yulee, Fla. – On Wednesday, May 8, 2013, around 10:30 p.m. the Nassau County Sheriff’s Office was notified of an armed robbery that had just occurred in Charlton County, Georgia.  The 4 black male suspects involved in the robbery were traveling in a 2000 Chrysler 4-door that was last seen heading south on US-1.  Nassau

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Yulee High School student arrested for selling drugs

Yulee, Fla. – After receiving information about a Yulee High School student selling illegal narcotics, Nassau County Sheriff’s Office detectives arranged for a drug buy.   Detectives from NCSO purchased 3.9 grams of marijuana and 4 Oxycodone (30mg) pills from the student on two separate occasions.  The juvenile suspect stated that his supplier could get

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Local VFW donates teddy bears to Sheriff’s Office

Yulee, Fla. – The Byrd Wallace Veterans of Foreign Wars Post #4351 has established a partnership with the Nassau County Sheriff’s Office Bears on Patrol teddy bear program to provide bears to patrol deputies.  The teddy bears will be used throughout the year to give to children in need who deputies encounter when responding to

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