{"id":338256,"date":"2026-07-13T10:26:08","date_gmt":"2026-07-13T10:26:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/338256\/"},"modified":"2026-07-13T10:26:08","modified_gmt":"2026-07-13T10:26:08","slug":"jacksonville-man-arrested-on-felony-assault-and-conspiracy-charges-tied-to-july-4-attack","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/338256\/","title":{"rendered":"Jacksonville man arrested on felony assault and conspiracy charges tied to July 4 attack"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>JACKSONVILLE, Onslow County \u2014 A Jacksonville man is facing multiple charges after investigators said he assaulted a man and conspired with juveniles during an attack on the Fourth of July.<\/p>\n<p>According to Jacksonville Police Department arrest records, Louis Hester, 20, of Jacksonville, was arrested on July 10 in connection with the July 4 incident.<\/p>\n<p>Hester is charged with felony assault with a deadly weapon, felony conspiracy, assault inflicting serious injury and two counts of contributing to the delinquency of a juvenile.<\/p>\n<p>According to charging documents, Hester is accused of assaulting a man by punching him in the head and kicking him.<\/p>\n<p>The documents allege the victim suffered swelling and a concussion.<\/p>\n<p>Investigators also allege Hester conspired with a 16-year-old juvenile to commit felony assault with a deadly weapon intended to kill or inflict serious bodily injury during the attack.<\/p>\n<p>Charging documents further state Hester knowingly encouraged and aided a 16-year-old and a 13-year-old juvenile in committing acts that could result in them being adjudicated delinquent.<\/p>\n<p>Online jail records show Hester is being held in the Onslow County Detention Center without bond.<\/p>\n<p>He is scheduled to make his first court appearance on Monday, July 13.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"JACKSONVILLE, Onslow County \u2014 A Jacksonville man is facing multiple charges after investigators said he assaulted a man&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":338257,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[116,118,117],"class_list":["post-338256","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-jacksonville","tag-jacksonville","tag-jacksonville-headlines","tag-jacksonville-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/338256","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=338256"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/338256\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/338257"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=338256"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=338256"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=338256"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}