{"id":443678,"date":"2026-10-31T17:10:22","date_gmt":"2026-10-31T17:10:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/443678\/"},"modified":"2026-10-31T17:10:22","modified_gmt":"2026-10-31T17:10:22","slug":"arlington-residents-raise-concerns-over-late-night-noise-gunfire-near-bar-management-responds-action-news-jax","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/443678\/","title":{"rendered":"Arlington residents raise concerns over late-night noise, gunfire near bar; management responds \u2013 Action News Jax"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 jsuuLb body-paragraph\">JACKSONVILLE, Fla. \u2014 Arlington residents report that high-volume music, vehicle engines, and gunfire are disrupting their sleep, pointing to a nearby establishment as the source. Records from the Jacksonville Sheriff\u2019s Office show law enforcement has received 13 service calls to the address of the Black Sheep bar and lounge since July.<\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 jsuuLb body-paragraph\">The Black Sheep bar and lounge operates Thursday through Sunday until 2 a.m. Sheriff\u2019s office records for the establishment\u2019s address show calls for six noise complaints, one disagreement, and one incident involving the firing of weapons.<\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 jsuuLb body-paragraph\">Kaseem Tarver, an Arlington resident who lives one block from the establishment, said the disruption impacts neighbors trying to sleep late into the night. \u201cLoud music from the club and loud music for people with subwoofers in their car out of loud speakers,\u201d Tarver said. He added that the noises extend beyond music to vehicle traffic and gunfire. \u201cThere was an instance of gunshots, and you would hear, sort of like cars racing,\u201d Tarver said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 jsuuLb body-paragraph\">Tarver noted that noise issues frequently extend past the bar\u2019s closing time. \u201cYou really couldn\u2019t get sleep because, you know, playing loud music and doing all kinds of nonsense till 3 a.m.,\u201d Tarver said. He urged attendees to show more consideration for the surrounding community. \u201cI would say be mindful of everybody else sleeping, so don\u2019t rev your engines or play loud music after 12 o\u2019clock at night,\u201d Tarver said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 jsuuLb body-paragraph\">In a statement to Action News Jax, management for Black Sheep bar and lounge said the disturbances occur outside the building. \u201cThe disturbances we are aware of have occurred outside the establishment, in surrounding parking areas and on nearby public streets.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 jsuuLb body-paragraph\">\u201cWe are committed to reviewing our current security procedures, evaluating our exterior security presence, strengthening crowd-control practices during peak business hours and improving how we monitor guest departures and activity in areas where we have the authority to intervene,\u201d management stated.<\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 jsuuLb body-paragraph\">Management for the Black Sheep bar added that the Jacksonville Sheriff\u2019s Office has not had to enter the establishment to address any of the incidents.<\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 jsuuLb body-paragraph\">The business stated it plans to request and review these calls for service.<\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 jsuuLb body-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.actionnewsjax.com\/live-breaking\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.actionnewsjax.com\/live-breaking\/\" target=\"_blank\">&gt;&gt;&gt; STREAM ACTION NEWS JAX LIVE &lt;&lt;&lt;<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 jsuuLb body-paragraph\">[DOWNLOAD: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.actionnewsjax.com\/mobile-apps\/\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Free Action News Jax app for alerts as news breaks<\/a>]<\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 jsuuLb body-paragraph\">[SIGN UP: <a href=\"https:\/\/membercenter.actionnewsjax.com\/newsletters\/\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Action News Jax Daily Headlines Newsletter<\/a>] <\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 jsuuLb body-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.actionnewsjax.com\/mobile-apps\/\" title=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Click here<\/a> to download the free Action News Jax news and weather apps, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.actionnewsjax.com\/mobile-apps\/\" title=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">click here<\/a> to download the Action News Jax Now app for your smart TV and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.actionnewsjax.com\/video\/\" title=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">click here<\/a> to stream Action News Jax live.<\/p>\n<p>Action News Jax Top Stories<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"JACKSONVILLE, Fla. \u2014 Arlington residents report that high-volume music, vehicle engines, and gunfire are disrupting their sleep, pointing&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":443679,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[982,5228,172912,14324,7840,172909,116,118,117,6458,58888,103295,1872,172910,634,65436,7842,172911],"class_list":["post-443678","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-jacksonville","tag-action_news","tag-action_news_jacks","tag-actionewsjack","tag-arlington","tag-ben_becker","tag-black_sheep_bar_and_lounge","tag-jacksonville","tag-jacksonville-headlines","tag-jacksonville-news","tag-jacksonville_sheriffs_office","tag-jasmine","tag-jasmine_butler","tag-jso","tag-kasim_tarver","tag-local","tag-shack","tag-tanika_hughes","tag-tarver"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/443678","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=443678"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/443678\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/443679"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=443678"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=443678"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=443678"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}