Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office released the names of three people arrested during a disturbance at Tuesday night’s Jacksonville City Council meeting.
“Council leadership requested that officers remove a group of individuals who were disrupting the proceedings,” a Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office news release states. “While several left when asked to do so, a few people in the group disobeyed the lawful orders to leave the chambers.”
Here’s what we know about the three who were arrested:
Conor Cauley, 29
Cauley is facing charges of with felony resisting with violence and carrying a concealed weapon. Police said he was carrying a knife.
UPDATE: After reviewing video of Cauley’s arrest Wednesday morning, the judge did not find probable cause for the resisting with violence charge, but set his bond at $1,503 for the weapons charge.
Leah Grady, 24
Grady is facing charges of misdemeanor resisting an officer without violence.
Teagan Belloit, 25
Belloit is facing charges of misdemeanor resisting an officer without violence. She was released without bond.
City Council was forced to pause its meeting as Jacksonville officers cleared the chambers, “to ensure the safety of all in attendance,” the news release states adding, “JSO respects the right to freedom of speech and the right to protest; however, the actions of the three individuals in custody constituted a clear violation of the law and each have been booked into the Duval County Jail as a result.”
Calls for release of arrestees
A group calling itself The Jax Palestine Solidarity Network made a post on Instagram overnight calling for protestors to converge on the Duval County jail Wednesday morning calling for the release of the three arrested at the council meeting…