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Parents Accused of Punishing Daughter with Hot Sauce, Leading to Arrest

A couple from Florida has been taken into custody on allegations of punishing their daughter by making her ingest a homemade hot sauce as...

Homeless Man Apprehended for Multiple Shoplifting Offenses and False Emergency Call

By Staff Reporter GAINESVILLE, Fla. – In a dramatic turn of events, Dwight Leon Jenkins Jr., aged 37, found himself in handcuffs after allegedly trying...

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23-Year-Old Woman Charged with Grisly Murder of Older Boyfriend After Brief Relationship

Alyssa Marie Lira (Orange County District Attorney’s Office). A 23-year-old woman from California has been accused of brutally decapitating her 55-year-old boyfriend and then fleeing...

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Gainesville Resident Faces ICE Custody Following Peace Disturbance Arrest

Staff Report GAINESVILLE, Fla. – An 18-year-old woman, Patricia Araque Hernandez, has been taken into custody by immigration authorities following her arrest on March 10...

Husband Suspects Wife of Tampering with Deviled Eggs Using Tylenol, Expresses Regret Over Past Restraint: Police Report

Background: The Pike County Detention Center in Pikeville, Kentucky (Google Maps). Inset: Ronald Coots (Pike County Detention Center). In a bizarre turn of events in...

Judge Slams ICE and State Department for Unlawful Revocation of International Student Visas: A Legal Outcry

President Donald Trump listens as Secretary of State Marco Rubio speaks during a cabinet meeting at the White House in Washington, Monday, March 24,...

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IT Specialist at UF accused of taking 10 brand-new computers from UF and reselling them on the internet

Staff report GAINESVILLE, Fla. – Charles Timothy Wyland, 44, an IT Specialist at UF, was arrested yesterday and charged with stealing 10 new computers...

Woman faces charges for hitting a scooter, causing severe injuries to the victim, and lying to emergency responders

Staff report GAINESVILLE, Fla. – Janae Kenzly Hodge, 22, was arrested last night after allegedly colliding with a scooter, leading to severe injuries for...

Teenager charged as an adult for attempted murder

Staff report GAINESVILLE, Fla. – Zion Me’kel Newkirk, 17, has been charged as an adult with attempted second-degree homicide after being identified as the...

UFPD is looking into a case where a gunshot was fired through a window in Sorority Row.

Press release from University of Florida Police Department GAINESVILLE, Fla. – The University of Florida Police Department (UFPD) is investigating an incident involving a...
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Police detain four teenagers for trying to steal a car

Staff report GAINESVILLE, Fla. – Ibrahima Mass Gueye, 18, and three juveniles were arrested yesterday and charged with attempted carjacking. At about 5:28 p.m., Alachua...

Arrest of Gainesville Man for Plot to Illegally Obtain Funds from Credit Union Accounts

Staff report GAINESVILLE, Fla. – Kevon Alex Northover, 32, was booked into the Alachua County Jail early this morning for allegedly calling customers of...

19-year-old charged with murder while under probation

Staff report GAINESVILLE, Fla. – On November 20, an Alachua County Grand Jury issued an indictment against Terrell Nicholos Weeks, 19, for first-degree murder...

Arrest made in Gainesville for attempted eye gouging on sister

Staff report GAINESVILLE, Fla. – Jason Joel McKnight, 51, was arrested yesterday and charged with aggravated domestic battery after allegedly attacking his sister and...
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Person under supervision apprehended for stealing bright yellow Hummer and evading police officers

Staff report GAINESVILLE, Fla. – Berman Jose De Jesus Lozada, 36, was arrested yesterday after allegedly stealing a yellow Hummer and fleeing from an...

Suspect apprehended for reportedly attempting to consume packets of narcotics

Staff report NEWBERRY, Fla. – Collen Courtney Brown, 37, of Newberry, was arrested yesterday after allegedly trying to swallow baggies of cocaine during a...

Man in Gainesville accused of taking phone at restaurant and demanding $200 for its return

Staff report GAINESVILLE, Fla. – Kerry DeCarlo Lenoir, 24, was arrested last night after allegedly taking an unattended phone from Dave & Buster’s and...

Arrest made after person reportedly stabs another with screwdriver on city sidewalk

Staff report GAINESVILLE, Fla. – Benjamin Franklin Simmons, 36, was arrested yesterday morning after allegedly stabbing another man with a screwdriver on a downtown...
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