Macclenny News

A woman is facing grand theft charges, accused of leaving her newborn in a shopping cart outside while she robbed a CVS, according to the Baker County Sheriff's Office.

Baker County deputies were called to a CVS in Macclenny on Dec. 16 in reference to a child left unattended outside of the store.

A Glen St. Mary woman admonished by a county deputy for leaving her infant child unattended in a shopping cart at CVS was later arrested for shoplifting $424 worth of merchandise from the same store.

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People like to say they stay in Baker County because of the quiet, relaxed way of life it offers.

One of five convicted sexual predators residing in Baker County was arrested December 11 after he was seen by a deputy sheriff backing over a sign on the public right-of-way in front of his residence in the Macclenny II subdivision.

Christmas came a little early for several children in Baker County Tuesday night.

Shannon Broome, the teenager who was injured when an SUV crashed through her bedroom wall last week, is closer to having a better Christmas this year.

The fireworks that finished the evening. Paul Keane has lived in Macclenny for 24 years, so he knows what to expect from the annual Christmas Parade, which wound its way through downtown the evening of December 5. This year he decided to share the experience with his wife and grandson, sort of.

One of the members of the "Sledgehammer Gang" that broke through the walls of three area businesses in late 2008 and early this year received a two-year prison sentence after entering pleas in circuit court on December 7. Michael Kronz V, 22, of Jacksonville has already served 295 days since his arrest and will get credit off the prison sentence ...

Ms. Redmon at her daughter's grave. "When my daughter Deanna was murdered by her ex-boyfriend in 2007, my life became a nightmare.

A 23-year-old woman is in critical condition after being pulled from her SUV that ran off the road and into some Baker County woods -- but doctors said she is not suffering from injury as a result of an accident.

Photos by Mary Marghy/Staff Louise Reeves of Macclenny and her husband, Roy Reeves, operate the Derby House, which dates back to the 1950s.

While most employers steer clear of hiring workers with criminal histories, Macclenny City Manager Gerald Dopson is willing to make exceptions.

Head-on accidents took the lives of two men on US 90 over the weekend, the first on Saturday just west of Glen St.

Two Macclenny men were sentenced the past two weeks to five-year prison terms after entering pleas to having sex with underage girls.

Two people were injured Saturday morning in a crash on U.S. 90 in Baker County. Casey A. Prevatt, 27, of Glen St.

Crash near Deerfield Cirlce November 16. The Florida Highway Patrol is looking into the circumstances surrounding the collision of these two vehicles on Deerfield Circle southeast of Macclenny the afternoon of November 16.

The following was compiled from police reports collected from the St. Johns County Sheriff's Office and Florida Highway Patrol .

The Macclenny Walmart was cleared out yesterday because of a woman with a gun. According to the Baker County Sheriff's Office, it happened Tuesday afternoon when 54-year-old Patricia Anthony Perry went shopping.