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Audio: Threatening calls made against firefighters released

James Carroll Gay was arrested in connection to the calls; he’s being held in jail on $100,000 bail

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JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — After weeks of asking, Action News finally received more than 60 911 calls that ended with a Jacksonville man’s arrest for threatening first responders

The threatening audio said, “I’m a real man of my word. I don’t back down.” Police said James Gay made at least 60 of these 911 calls in recent weeks. Some of which they claimed threaten firefighters in Jacksonville’s Oceanway neighborhood.

“Yes, sir. Tell the Oceanway firefighters to be on standby. You never know when I’m going to strike out there,” the caller said. Action News reporter Jamie Smith went to the Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office headquarters to get the newly released 911 tapes.

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