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Jacksonville police reports: Aug. 8-14 | News

The Progress will publish reports from the Jacksonville Police Department in the Saturday edition each week. All information is provided to the Progress by the police department . These reports are not an admission of guilt for parties involved. Aug. 8-14 A 25-year-old man was arrested at Travis Towers on S. Ragsdale Street. The charges were for trespassing on property in the 200 block of Larissa Street. Aggravated assault with a deadly weapon occurred in the 300 block of N. Bolton Sreet. The victim, a 32-year-old man, received a severe laceration. According to reports, the incident occurred over the aggressor, a 49-year-old man, asking the victim for a cigarette. When the victim did not give him one, the suspect became upset and struck him in the head with a glass bottle. The investigation is ongoing. Credit/debit card abuse was reported at the Austin Bank on E. Commerce Street. The investigation is ongoing. Burglary of vehicle was reported at the gold Star Finance on E. Rusk Stree...

Hearing set in deadly 2016 apartment fire

LAKEPORT >> The woman alleged to have caused a deadly senior apartment fire in 2016 will face a preliminary hearing on September 7 in Lake County Superior Court . Tracey Renee Morales , 62, is charged with involuntary manslaughter and causing a fire that led to great bodily injury in a blaze that caused the death of Deborah Dianne Dowdy , 53, in Lakeport. Judge Stephen Hedstrom presided over a recent court appearance and set the matter for a long cause hearing. Investigators determined that Morales was smoking while using oxygen on the evening of August 21, 2016. The action ignited a fire that spread through the Lakeview Senior Apartments at 525 Bevins St. in Lakeport. Deborah Dianne Dowdy , 53, was found dead inside the complex. LPD Investigators and Fire Investigators from LFPD, assisted by investigators from Northshore Fire, Lake County Fire and CalFire, conducted a cause and origin and criminal investigation of the circumstances of the fire and Dowdy’s death. Morales w...

On the record – August 12

Arrests Jackson County Nicholas Joe Collins, 27, Seymour, invasion of privacy, warrant for failure to appear, $1,505 bond, 4:46 p.m. Thursday. Seymour David B. Parks, 31, Madison, possession of a syringe, criminal recklessness with a deadly weapon, criminal confinement, no bond, 1:45 p.m. Thursday. John Parker Romilus , 24, Columbus, aggravated battery, no bond, 10:56 a.m. Thursday. Tammy Ann Stephenson , 43, Seymour, theft, possession of marijuana, $705 bond, 10:30 a.m. Thursday. Jennings County Floyd Johnson, 28, North Vernon, visiting/maintaining a common nuisance, $2,055 bond, 10:10 p.m. Thursday. James Hatter, 39, North Vernon, visiting/maintaining a common nuisance, $2,055 bond, 10:10 p.m. Thursday. Bridget Perry, 25, North Vernon, visiting/maintaining a common nuisance, $1,155 bond, 10:10 p.m. Thursday. Heather Saylor, 30, North Vernon, visiting/maintaining a common nuisance, $1,155 bond, 10:10 p.m. Thursday. Jarvis Williams Jr ., 54, North Vernon, warrant for failure to appear ...