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Mission Statement: Serve With Excellence This is the official page of the St. Johns County Sheriff’s Office. This page is not monitored 24/.

This page was created to provide users access to information about the St. Johns County Sheriff’s Office and a platform to interact with the SJSO. This page is monitored and managed by the SJSO Public Affairs Unit. Comments are disabled on all SJSO social media platforms, except for Facebook livestreams. SJSO welcomes a person's right to express his/her opinion, however, social media content posted by others on SJSO’s page(s) are not to be considered the opinion of SJSO nor does SJSO endorse any third-party comments on this page. Before posting on this page, please review the terms below:
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11/02/2026

𝟭𝟬:𝟰𝟱 𝗽.𝗺. 𝘂𝗽𝗱𝗮𝘁𝗲: The road is back open.

𝐓𝐑𝐀𝐅𝐅𝐈𝐂 𝐀𝐋𝐄𝐑𝐓: SJSO is on scene of a crash involving a vehicle and pedestrian on Palmo Fish Camp Road.

Palmo Fish Camp Rd. is shut down in both directions. The SJSO Traffic Unit is investigating.

10/31/2026

Happy Halloween from ! Check out these safety tips before trick-or-treating, and review public information about registered s*x offenders and predators in your area. We hope everyone has a fun and safe night. 🎃👻

10/30/2026

From fall festivals, school events, and Halloween celebrations, joined in on the fun throughout our community this month.

🎃 Trunk-or-Treat at PVPV-Rawlings Elementary School
🍁Palencia Fall Festival
🍬 Trunk-or-Treat at Valley Ridge Academy
🚨Jail Break 5K Race
🍫The Arc of the St. Johns Trunk-or-Treat
… and so much more.

We wish everyone a safe and happy Halloween!

10/29/2026

📣 Silverleaf Facility Taking Shape

Construction is progressing on Silverleaf Fire Station 22 and the St. Johns County Sheriff’s Office Operations Center, a nearly 20,000-square-foot shared facility that will support emergency response in the north-central region of the county. The project remains on schedule, with construction completion targeted for late 2026 and final completion anticipated in early spring 2027.

The facility will serve Silverleaf and surrounding communities along County Road 2209, County Road 210 and State Road 16, providing additional support to nearby fire stations. Its location will also offer access to the future First Coast Expressway, positioning first responders to serve additional areas of the county.

➡️ Learn more about the progress and watch the video update here: https://bit.ly/4yRJYMe

St. Johns County Fire Rescue
St. Johns County Sheriff's Office

10/26/2026

🚨 𝐒𝐂𝐀𝐌 𝐀𝐋𝐄𝐑𝐓 🚨

SJSO is aware of the recent rise in fraudulent activity and scams affecting our community.

𝗗𝗼𝗻’𝘁 𝗳𝗮𝗹𝗹 𝘃𝗶𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗺, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗿𝗲𝗺𝗲𝗺𝗯𝗲𝗿:
→ SJSO will 𝗡𝗘𝗩𝗘𝗥 call you about a warrant
→ SJSO will 𝗡𝗘𝗩𝗘𝗥 call you about jury duty
→ SJSO will 𝗡𝗘𝗩𝗘𝗥 attempt to collect money from you over the phone
→ SJSO will 𝗡𝗘𝗩𝗘𝗥 ask you to provide personal information over the phone
→ SJSO will 𝗡𝗘𝗩𝗘𝗥 call or text you about an inmate

Scammers are smart and will use fear tactics to scare you and create a sense of urgency to pressure to into giving out your personal information.

𝗦𝘁𝗮𝘆 𝗮𝗹𝗲𝗿𝘁 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙑𝙀𝙍𝙄𝙁𝙔! Contact at 904-824-8304 to verify a phone call, document, or to report a crime.

10/23/2026

Deputy Barnhart is more than a SJSO Youth Resource Deputy - he’s a rockstar! It’s a concert at school today. Happy Rock Your School Day, Magnolia Oaks Academy. 🎸 🤘🏻

10/22/2026

The St. Johns County Sheriff's Office (SJSO) filed additional charges against inmate Dustin Furnal (42), for Solicitation to Commit Murder and Tampering in a First-Degree Felony Proceeding.

Through investigative efforts, SJSO Special Investigations Unit (SIU) detectives discovered Furnal was communicating with a subject to arrange the murder of an individual scheduled to testify against him in a pending criminal case.

Detectives reviewed hours of recorded conversations, jail calls, and visitation recordings, between the two discussing the alleged plot.

Furnal has been incarcerated in St. Johns County since June 2026 for multiple felony charges, including Trafficking in Fentanyl, Trafficking in Methamphetamine, Unlawful Use of a Two-Way Communication Device to Facilitate a Felony, Tampering with Evidence, Conspiracy to Traffic Methamphetamine, Possession of a Controlled Substance without a Prescription, Possession of Drug Paraphernalia, Possession of Co***ne, and Possession of a Fi***rm by a Convicted Felon.

Furnal's bond was revoked on October 17, 2026. He remains in custody at the St. Johns County Jail without bond.

10/22/2026

𝐀 𝐒𝐓𝐀𝐓𝐄𝐌𝐄𝐍𝐓 𝐅𝐑𝐎𝐌 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐒𝐓. 𝐉𝐎𝐇𝐍𝐒 𝐂𝐎𝐔𝐍𝐓𝐘 𝐒𝐇𝐄𝐑𝐈𝐅𝐅'𝐒 𝐎𝐅𝐅𝐈𝐂𝐄

This morning, October 20, the St. Johns County Board of County Commissioners voted 3-2 in favor of revoking use permits for license plate recognition [LPR] technology on county rights-of-way. This decision requires the removal of 89 LPRs located on county rights-of-way, however, an effective date for disabling the systems has not been determined.

In September, the St. Johns County Sheriff's Office removed 84 LPRs in accordance with the Florida Department of Transportation’s directive to remove LPRs on state rights-of-way. SJSO is in full compliance with that order. LPRs on private property and those operated by HOAs will remain unaffected.

SJSO has consistently supported the responsible use of LPR technology, with safeguards in place. We have listened to community concerns, presented information, and corrected misinformation. We’ve enhanced controls, reduced data retention and access, limited information sharing, strengthened auditing, monitoring, and oversight to ensure compliance and prevent misuse.

We believe public safety and personal privacy can coexist and disagree with the decision made by the county commission to remove LPRs. We are confident this will ultimately affect the safety of our community.

“𝘐 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘶𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘣𝘺 𝘮𝘺 𝘴𝘶𝘱𝘱𝘰𝘳𝘵 𝘰𝘧 𝘓𝘗𝘙 𝘵𝘦𝘤𝘩𝘯𝘰𝘭𝘰𝘨𝘺. 𝘈𝘴 𝘚𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘧𝘧, 𝘐 𝘢𝘮 𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘱𝘰𝘯𝘴𝘪𝘣𝘭𝘦 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘢𝘧𝘦𝘵𝘺 𝘰𝘧 𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘮𝘶𝘯𝘪𝘵𝘺 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘣𝘦𝘴𝘵 𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘵 𝘰𝘧 𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘤𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘻𝘦𝘯𝘴 𝘢𝘵 𝘩𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘵. 𝘐 𝘣𝘦𝘭𝘪𝘦𝘷𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘥𝘦𝘤𝘪𝘴𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘮𝘢𝘥𝘦 𝘢𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘵𝘺 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘮𝘪𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘮𝘦𝘦𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘳𝘰𝘢𝘤𝘩𝘦𝘴 𝘰𝘯 𝘮𝘺 𝘢𝘣𝘪𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘺 𝘵𝘰 𝘬𝘦𝘦𝘱 𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘮𝘶𝘯𝘪𝘵𝘺 𝘴𝘢𝘧𝘦. 𝘛𝘩𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘤𝘦𝘴𝘴, 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘷𝘪𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘮𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘤𝘳𝘪𝘮𝘦 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘣𝘦𝘦𝘯 𝘭𝘰𝘴𝘵 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 - 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘧𝘢𝘮𝘪𝘭𝘪𝘦𝘴 𝘸𝘩𝘰 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘭𝘰𝘴𝘵 𝘭𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘥 𝘰𝘯𝘦𝘴, 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘤𝘩𝘪𝘭𝘥𝘳𝘦𝘯 𝘸𝘩𝘰 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘣𝘦𝘦𝘯 𝘩𝘢𝘳𝘮𝘦𝘥, 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘪𝘯𝘥𝘪𝘷𝘪𝘥𝘶𝘢𝘭𝘴 𝘥𝘦𝘴𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘭𝘺 𝘴𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘤𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘢 𝘮𝘪𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘭𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘥 𝘰𝘯𝘦, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘵𝘭𝘦𝘴𝘴 𝘷𝘪𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘮𝘴 𝘸𝘩𝘰 𝘥𝘦𝘱𝘦𝘯𝘥 𝘰𝘯 𝘶𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘪𝘥𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘧𝘺 𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘴𝘦 𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘱𝘰𝘯𝘴𝘪𝘣𝘭𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘩𝘰𝘭𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘮 𝘢𝘤𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘵𝘢𝘣𝘭𝘦. 𝘛𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘭 𝘱𝘦𝘰𝘱𝘭𝘦, 𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘯𝘦𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘣𝘰𝘳𝘴, 𝘸𝘩𝘰 𝘸𝘦 𝘢𝘪𝘮 𝘵𝘰 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘵𝘦𝘤𝘵. 𝘓𝘗𝘙 𝘵𝘦𝘤𝘩𝘯𝘰𝘭𝘰𝘨𝘺 𝘪𝘴 𝘦𝘧𝘧𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘸𝘦 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘶𝘦 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘰 𝘣𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘪𝘵 𝘣𝘢𝘤𝘬 𝘵𝘰 𝘚𝘵. 𝘑𝘰𝘩𝘯𝘴 𝘊𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘵𝘺,” 𝘚𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘧𝘧 𝘙𝘰𝘣𝘦𝘳𝘵 𝘈. 𝘏𝘢𝘳𝘥𝘸𝘪𝘤𝘬 𝘴𝘢𝘪𝘥.

SJSO supports collaboration efforts for the development of legislation that establishes clear standards for use and addresses concerns about this valuable technology.

10/22/2026

𝗨𝗣𝗗𝗔𝗧𝗘: Northbound lanes of US 1 are open.

𝐓𝐑𝐀𝐅𝐅𝐈𝐂 𝐀𝐋𝐄𝐑𝐓

Northbound lanes of US 1 N at Island Landing Drive are shutdown to assist St. Johns County Fire Rescue on scene of a commercial structure fire.

10/21/2026

𝐒𝐇𝐄𝐑𝐈𝐅𝐅 𝐇𝐀𝐑𝐃𝐖𝐈𝐂𝐊 𝐓𝐇𝐀𝐍𝐊𝐒 𝐕𝐎𝐋𝐔𝐍𝐓𝐄𝐄𝐑 𝐆𝐑𝐎𝐔𝐏 𝐅𝐎𝐑 𝐓𝐇𝐄𝐈𝐑 𝐇𝐄𝐋𝐏 𝐃𝐔𝐑𝐈𝐍𝐆 𝐒𝐄𝐀𝐑𝐂𝐇 𝐅𝐎𝐑 𝐀 𝐌𝐈𝐒𝐒𝐈𝐍𝐆 𝟏𝟔-𝐘𝐄𝐀𝐑-𝐎𝐋𝐃 𝐈𝐍 𝐒𝐄𝐏𝐓𝐄𝐌𝐁𝐄𝐑

On Saturday, September 12, St. Johns County Sheriff's Office deputies responded to a report of a missing 16-year-old, Benjamin Adcock, who is diagnosed with schizophrenia and mild autism.

SJSO quickly shared Benjamin's information and photo on social media and requested the community's help. At the same time, deputies, partner law enforcement agencies, and first responders mobilized resources including searching on foot, K9s, drones, and helicopters. A volunteer civilian search group, organized through social media, also joined the efforts to provide additional support.

On Monday, September 14, a good Samaritan who recognized Benjamin from social media located him safely.

Following his recovery, SJSO connected Benjamin and his family with tracking and education services for his safety in the event he wanders again.

SJSO recognizes the civilian volunteer group who dedicated their time to assist in the search for Benjamin. To show our appreciation, Sheriff Hardwick presented each civilian volunteer with a challenge coin - a token of appreciation recognizing their willingness to help. We are grateful for you!

If you have a loved one who may be prone to wandering, please consider enrolling in our local programs that assist law enforcement in locating individuals that may prevent them from being able to seek help on their own:

𝗣𝗿𝗼𝗷𝗲𝗰𝘁 𝗟𝗶𝗳𝗲𝘀𝗮𝘃𝗲𝗿 is designed to locate individuals who wander. Participants wear a bracelet on their wrist or ankle equipped with a small transmitter that emits a frequency signal. If the individual goes missing, trained law enforcement personnel respond to the area and use the signal to locate them. Participants must have a full-time caregiver (spouse, parent, guardian). Upon registration, the caregiver will receive education and training necessary to understand the equipment.
Register: https://www.sjso.org/project-lifesaver/

𝗞𝟵 𝗦𝗖𝗘𝗡𝗧 𝗞𝗜𝗧𝗦 preserve an individual's unique scent using a personal item. Scent kits are designed for K9s to be able to track missing subjects. These are available to qualifying individuals who have been diagnosed with a disability that would impair them from being able to seek help for themselves.
Apply: https://www.sjso.org/k9-scent-kit/

𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗦𝗔𝗙𝗘 𝗣𝗿𝗼𝗴𝗿𝗮𝗺 enhances communication between first responders and residents with special needs. Upon registration, individuals or guardians will receive a sticker for their home and registered vehicles, which provides important information to law enforcement during contact.
Enroll: https://www.sjso.org/safe-program/

Registration for each of these programs only takes a few minutes and can make the difference during an emergency.

Address

4015 Lewis Speedway
Saint Augustine, FL
32084

Telephone

+19048248304

Website

http://www.sjso.org/

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