60-year-old man charged with murder in deadly stabbing under Jacksonville Beach pier; victim identified – News4JAX

60-year-old man charged with murder in deadly stabbing under Jacksonville Beach pier; victim identified  News4JAX

A man was fatally stabbed beneath the Jacksonville Beach Pier, and a suspect has been taken into custody, according to the Jacksonville Beach Police Department. JACKSONVILLE BEACH, Fla. – Jacksonville Beach police have arrested a 60-year-old man who has been charged with first-degree premeditated murder following a fatal stabbing near the Jacksonville Beach Pier. Dennis Perry was taken into custody around 4 a.m. by the Jacksonville Beach Police Department. “There is no ongoing threat to the public related to this incident,” Jacksonville Beach police said in a statement Thursday. Officers responded to the area beneath the Jacksonville Beach Pier around 10 p.m. Wednesday night following a call about a stabbing. A witness called police after seeing a fight between two men in the area and later returning to find a man had been stabbed.

Officers arrived to find the body of a man beneath the pier with multiple stab wounds and cuts across his body. Beegle, a Georgia resident, was identified through his Georgia driver’s license. Detectives recovered surveillance footage from city cameras and the Jacksonville Beach Fishing Pier Overview Live Cam on YouTube, which they say captured Perry’s movements in the minutes surrounding the stabbing. According to the arrest report, at 9:23 p.m., Perry was seen on video leaving the boardwalk at 2nd Avenue N and entering the dunes,