Muggings near King Street

[Jaxson]

My wife wants to check out Carmine's tomorrow night. I am purchasing bulletproof vests for both of us and we will be carrying .44 Magnums, the most powerful handgun in the world, which will blow your head clean off. Hope we don't get mugged!

I think this is a bit of an overkill.. There are not "Thugs" waiting to mug you as soon as you walk into the King Street district.  I regularly walk from my house, down Gilmore to Bold City Brewery and Intuition.  I also regularly walk down Stockton to College and over to Kickbacks, the Rogue and the Independent.  I have never had a problem.  The  weekend after fourth of July, I had a buddy in town and we walked down Gilmore to Acosta to Dellwood to West St to College to Kickbacks for a delicious burger at 1:30AM and imagine that we didn't get mugged.

I don't want people to read this thread and avoid one of the best areas of Riverside.  This is the densest neighborhood in Jacksonville and muggings may occur occasionally but avoiding the area or perpetuating the idea that this a "Sketchy" part of the neighborhood may cause people to miss out on all the goodness that happens on King St.   

Who wants to miss breakfast at Cool Moose, the Bistro Club Panini at Kickbacks, the Bad Ass BLT pizza at Carmines, a Honey Badger at Intuition, a cold Dukes at Bold City Brewery?  This is only a few things that you'll be missing if you avoid one of the best areas of Jacksonville.

Also, I'm starting a Carmines thread.  Please join me in discussing how great that place is.

I agree 100%.  There are muggings all over Duval County.  The real shame is that nobody ever swears off, for the sake of argument, Atlantic Beach or Mandarin because they were the victim of a crime.  They put it in perspective and get over it.  I personally have lived in the Riverside area near Park and King Streets and believe that it is worlds better than it ever has been in my memory. 

[Ernest Street]

Bicycle riders visiting the breweries beware of JSO..I got taken down and checked for priors of course while passing through there
Both officers did U-turns and had lights flashing!
They were polite and admitted that anyone on a bike or Male walking alone is suspect...2 cars on the beat in the same block..that's not bad protection.

[NotNow]

A small can of OC spray, along with practice deploying it, goes a long way towards discouraging muggings.

[ChriswUfGator]

Bicycle riders visiting the breweries beware of JSO..I got taken down and checked for priors of course while passing through there
Both officers did U-turns and had lights flashing!
They were polite and admitted that anyone on a bike or Male walking alone is suspect...2 cars on the beat in the same block..that's not bad protection.

Well it sounds like they heard the complaints about the stickups, which is good. Hopefully that puts an end to the problem.

[Dog Walker]

Crime in Jacksonville has dropped by double digit percentages over the past two years and has dropped even more in Zone 4, which is the Zone that Riverside and Avondale are in.  Riverside and the King Street district are safer than they have ever been.  The activity has just attracted a couple of predators that will be caught soon.  The increase JSO attention is exactly the right response.

[Ernest Street]

If I'm not mistaken...someone on here commented that a street light between Bold City and Intuition had been stolen or removed.
It might have been private and not a city light.
I admittedly never investigated nor photographed this light....anyone?

[MissMinda]

Driving past Carmine's Pizza this morning on my way to work, I noticed a JSO cruiser and crime scene investigation van in the parking lot.  Looks like one of their windows was smashed in last night--either mindless vandalism or burglary.  Anyone got the scoop on what happened?

I talked to John at Carmine's and he said that they smashed the window and grabbed the TV. Not the greatest TV, if you ask me, but anything for a quick buck, I suppose. We recommended Safe Touch security. Great response time.