{"id":118421,"date":"2026-08-25T21:05:12","date_gmt":"2026-08-26T02:05:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/?p=118421"},"modified":"2026-08-25T21:05:12","modified_gmt":"2026-08-26T02:05:12","slug":"118421","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/?p=118421","title":{"rendered":""},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.news4jax.com\/news\/local\/2026\/08\/24\/clay-county-responding-to-active-investigation-in-orange-park\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Man shot by Orange Park homeowner after leading deputies on a chase in stolen car: CCSO<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"Box-_wrDxHtU__Box-sc-10sa3ie-0 Text-nO2aZ44r__TextBase-sc-s2hv5x-0 jJNfBD fSvavs article-text\"><strong>ORANGE PARK, Fla.<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 A man and woman were taken into custody Monday after a police chase involving a stolen car ended with a homeowner shooting the intruder in an Orange Park neighborhood, according to the Clay County Sheriff\u2019s Office.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Box-_wrDxHtU__Box-sc-10sa3ie-0 Text-nO2aZ44r__TextBase-sc-s2hv5x-0 jJNfBD fSvavs article-text\">Sheriff Michelle Cook said during a news conference that the incident began around 3 p.m. when deputies learned about a stolen white Volkswagen near Blanding Boulevard and Camp Francis Johnson Road.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Box-_wrDxHtU__Box-sc-10sa3ie-0 Text-nO2aZ44r__TextBase-sc-s2hv5x-0 jJNfBD fSvavs article-text\">Deputies located the vehicle, but the driver, identified as William White, 34, sped off, hitting a patrol car and another vehicle during the pursuit, Cook said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Box-_wrDxHtU__Box-sc-10sa3ie-0 Text-nO2aZ44r__TextBase-sc-s2hv5x-0 jJNfBD fSvavs article-text\">White eventually stopped on Blanding Blvd. and jumped out of the vehicle, along with Amanda Strickland, 32.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Box-_wrDxHtU__Box-sc-10sa3ie-0 Text-nO2aZ44r__TextBase-sc-s2hv5x-0 jJNfBD fSvavs article-text\">Deputies immediately detained Strickland, but Cook said White ran into a home in the nearby neighborhood through a detached garage near Meadow Drive and Grafton Drive.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Box-_wrDxHtU__Box-sc-10sa3ie-0 Text-nO2aZ44r__TextBase-sc-s2hv5x-0 jJNfBD fSvavs article-text\">The homeowner and his wife were inside the home at the time. Cook said the homeowner shot White in the leg.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Box-_wrDxHtU__Box-sc-10sa3ie-0 Text-nO2aZ44r__TextBase-sc-s2hv5x-0 jJNfBD fSvavs article-text\">He suffered non-life-threatening injuries and was taken to the hospital for aid.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Box-_wrDxHtU__Box-sc-10sa3ie-0 Text-nO2aZ44r__TextBase-sc-s2hv5x-0 jJNfBD fSvavs article-text\">Cook said White also had outstanding warrants for grand theft and armed robbery charges.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Box-_wrDxHtU__Box-sc-10sa3ie-0 Text-nO2aZ44r__TextBase-sc-s2hv5x-0 jJNfBD fSvavs article-text\">It is unclear what charges Strickland will face at this time.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Man shot by Orange Park homeowner after leading deputies on a chase in stolen car: CCSO ORANGE PARK, Fla.\u00a0\u2013 A man and woman were taken into custody Monday after a police chase involving a stolen car ended with a homeowner shooting the intruder in an Orange Park neighborhood, according to the Clay County Sheriff\u2019s Office. &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/?p=118421\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[17,2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-118421","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-self-defense","category-slugs-for-thugs"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/118421","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=118421"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/118421\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":118422,"href":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/118421\/revisions\/118422"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=118421"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=118421"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=118421"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}