Crime Stoppers Most Wanted list names Jacksonville-area suspects, seeks tips

Crime Stoppers of Morgan, Cass and Scott Counties has named two Jacksonville-area men on its Most Wanted list and is asking the public to call 217-243-7300 with anonymous tips that could lead to rewards. The listing identifies 48-year-old Joshua Havens of 1030 Sheridan in Jacksonville as wanted for theft and 46-year-old James Davis of Oak Street in Chapin as charged with leaving the scene of an accident and improper lane usage.

One entry reads: “One of them is 48-year-old Joshua Havens. His last known address is 1030 Sheridan in Jacksonville.” Havens is described as standing 6 foot and weighing 165 pounds with brown hair and hazel eyes; the release includes the line, “He wears brush caut, brown hair with hazel colored eyes,” a spelling that appears in the posted text. The listing ties Havens to theft-related cases in the Jacksonville area and lists the Crimestoppers tip phone for anyone who knows his whereabouts.

The other entry names James Davis and provides the charges and physical details: “The other suspect is 46-year-old James Davis, who is charged with leaving the scene of an accident and improper lane usage.” The notice states Davis “stands 6 feet and weighs 195 pounds. He also have brush cut brown hair with hazel colored eyes. His last known address is on Oak Street in Chapin.” The posting urges residents to report sightings and stresses anonymity for tipsters.

The announcement directs local tips to the Crimestoppers phone and online channels: “Anyone who might know of the whereabouts for either of these two men is urged to contact Crimestoppers at 217-243-7300. They can also report any tips to the Crimestoppers website, or Facebook page. Rewards are offered if they lead to an arrest. All tips are anonymous.” The same tip infrastructure echoes national Crime Stoppers methods used elsewhere, which include calling 1-866-845-8477 or using a mobile tip text option noted in national listings as “\\TIPS (star star 8477)” and a submit-a-tip tab on Crime Stoppers pages.

Separate entries in aggregated Crime Stoppers material reference Jacksonville, Florida cases and different contacts. Those listings identify Robert T Taylor as a 37-year-old black male, 5’11 and 180 pounds, with felony warrants in Duval County for conspiracy to traffic heroin and a nationwide extradition; they list the Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office at 904-630-0500 for those Florida matters. Other Florida items name Elliot Graham in a grand theft case involving alleged fake cremated remains and Patrick Felton, 39, wanted on kidnapping and related charges; the Florida items advise contacting JSO or the national Crime Stoppers tip line, which notes possible rewards up to $3,000.

There are a few anomalies in the local posting that officials should clarify: the notice text includes the line, “It’s unlucky to be named on any most wanted announcement aanywhere, but particularly Friday, the 13th,” yet the list was posted mid-February; the hair-style descriptor for Havens appears as the misspelled “brush caut”; and fragments from the county Crimestoppers site show several concatenated name entries that need parsing. Reporters and anyone seeking confirmation can call Crime Stoppers of Morgan, Scott & Cass Counties at 217-243-7300 to request the official posting, case numbers, reward amounts, and any available photos for Joshua Havens and James Davis.