A driver who fled after a hit-and-run crash that injured two people was tracked down by nearby patrol officers, who caught up with him down the road despite his denials, according to the Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office. Physical evidence and witnesses ultimately linked the driver to the crash, the agency said in a post describing the arrest as the result of what it called good police work.
The case, detailed by the Jax Sheriff’s Office
on X, is notable not just for the arrest itself but for where it later surfaced: national television. The incident was featured on a recent episode of *COPS*, the long-running reality series that now drops new episodes every Friday on Fox Nation. It marks a return to the spotlight for JSO, which had not allowed *COPS* crews to film alongside its officers in two decades, as…