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 <<<<\/a><\/p>\n [DOWNLOAD: Free Action News Jax app for alerts as news breaks<\/a>]<\/p>\n [SIGN UP: Action News Jax Daily Headlines Newsletter<\/a>] <\/p>\n Click here<\/a> to download the free Action News Jax news and weather apps, click here<\/a> to download the Action News Jax Now app for your smart TV and click here<\/a> to stream Action News Jax live.<\/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":2,"featured_media":256121,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[344,347,28,348,116,2130,41130,351,118,117,19619,19620,349,350,346,345],"class_list":["post-256120","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-jacksonville","tag-action-news-jax","tag-cbs47","tag-florida","tag-fox30","tag-jacksonville","tag-jacksonville-beach","tag-jacksonville-beach-police-department","tag-jacksonville-fl","tag-jacksonville-headlines","tag-jacksonville-news","tag-jax-beach","tag-jax-beach-police","tag-northeast-florida","tag-southeast-georgia","tag-wfox","tag-wjax"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/256120","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=256120"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/256120\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/256121"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=256120"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=256120"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=256120"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}