Man arrested for threatening
to blow up bank

ORANGE PARK – According to the Clay County Sheriff’s Office, a 50-year-old man was arrested on June 17 after he threatened to blow up the Community First Credit Union on Blanding Boulevard.
Jason Glenn Cau, of Orange Park, was charged with making a false threat to use a bomb, explosive device or weapon of mass destruction after a fraud analyst for the bank said Cau threatened to “blow up” the bank. Cau was arrested as his home.
Because the case is still being investigated, CCSO didn’t disclose many details.
His bond was set at $15,003.

Middleburg man pleads guilty to having sawed-off shotgun

JACKSONVILLE – U.S. Attorney Roger B. Handberg announced Paul Steven Hulbert, 27, pleaded guilty to unlawful possession of an unregistered National Firearms Act sawed-off shotgun. Hulbert faces a maximum penalty of 10 years in federal prison. He made his initial appearance on Nov. 18, 2022, and was ordered detained.
According to court documents and public records, in May 2021, a court in Clay County issued a “Temporary Injunction for Protection Against Domestic Violence with Minor Children” against Hulbert. The court extended the injunction until September 2022. The injunction specifically prohibited Hulbert from possessing firearms and directed him to surrender any firearms to the Clay County Sheriff’s Office.
In October 2021, Hulbert was convicted of the misdemeanor crime of domestic battery in Clay County. After the domestic battery conviction and issuance of the domestic violence injunction, both of which prohibited him from possessing firearms, Hulbert obtained seven firearms that included rifles, pistols and a shotgun.
On May 16, 2022, members of the CCSO went to Hulbert’s home to serve an arrest warrant for violating the injunction’s terms. Upon arriving at the home, the CCSO arrested him and searched the house. They located four rifles, a revolver, a pistol and a 12-gauge shotgun.
A follow-up investigation by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives determined the 12-gauge shotgun was illegally modified, as both barrels had been sawed off. ATF determined that the 12-gauge shotgun was not registered to Hulbert in the National Firearms Registration and Transfer Record.
The case was investigated by the Clay County Sheriff’s Office and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives Jacksonville Office. Assistant U.S. Attorney Kevin C. Frein is prosecuting it.
This case is part of Project Safe Neighborhoods, a program bringing together all levels of law enforcement and the communities they serve to reduce violent crime and gun violence and to make our neighborhoods safer for everyone. On May 26, 2021, the department launched a violent crime reduction strategy strengthening PSN based on these core principles: fostering trust and legitimacy in our communities, supporting community-based organizations that help prevent violence from occurring in the first place, setting focused and strategic enforcement priorities and measuring the results.

Nice try

From the “You Can’t Make This Up” department, a driver was pulled over on Blanding Boulevard because a Clay County Sheriff’s Office deputy was suspicious of the license tag. The driver used duct tape to spell out the tag number and a yellow sticky note for the expiration date. CCSO said the driver got an “A” for effort – and a ticket.