Local News

This a picture of three juveniles who have committed a second degree felony, shooting and throwing deadly missiles: Brandon Padgett, 15 years old and an eighth grader, Steven Powell, 14 years old and home-schooled, and Shoun Powell, 12years old and a fifth grader. On Friday the 24th, 2012 between 8 and 9 PM they were standing on the overpass above Chaffee Road on I 10 throwing rocks at the cars below. Approximately 20 to 30 cars were hit by the two brothers along with a couple of tractor-trailers. They hit the car of Emanuel Gooden, shattering his windshield and putting him in the hospital due to the debris getting into his eyes.
This morning, Wednesday the 29th, 2012, The Jacksonville Police received a call from the Powell Brothers' mother claiming the boys confessed to the crime. Their mother did the right thing.