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Gainesville Resident Charged After Vandalizing Relative’s Car Over $25 Dispute

By Staff Writer GAINESVILLE, Fla. – A family dispute over a modest $25 loan has led to the arrest of 41-year-old Alexander Ackerman McNeil, who...

Driver Allegedly Strikes Two Boys at Church Event, Resulting in One Fatality, Before Attempting to Report Vehicle Stolen, Authorities Report

Inset: Victoria Johnson (Polk County Jail). Background: Faith Baptist Church in Winter Haven, Florida, where Johnson allegedly hit two boys crossing the road, killing...

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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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Shocking Incident: Gainesville Woman Arrested for Allegedly Brandishing Rifle at Neighbors and Kids

By Staff Correspondent GAINESVILLE, Fla. – In a disturbing incident, 46-year-old Jomekia Lakresha Archer was taken into custody yesterday after allegedly brandishing a rifle at...

DoorDash Driver’s Discovery: Foul Odor Leads to Shocking Find of Woman Deceased Behind Closet Door

Left inset: Lhis Brito-Costa (Mecklenburg County Sheriff’s Office). Right inset: Evelin Enamorado-Cisnado (Facebook). Background: The apartment complex where Evelin Enamorado-Cisnado’s body was found (WSOC). A...

Authorities Detain Couple After Toddlers Discovered in Frigid Conditions, Clad Only in Pajamas and Diapers

Left to right: Christina Dickenson and Phillip Welch (Oklahoma County Detention Center). An Oklahoma couple has been arrested after their young children were discovered outside,...

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Woman from Newberry gets arrested for throwing a hammer at a man

Staff report NEWBERRY, Fla. – Wanda Kay Parker, 50, was arrested yesterday and charged with aggravated battery and resisting arrest after allegedly throwing a...

Man who uses a bow arrested for stabbing and murdering cats

Staff report ARCHER, Fla. – Quadre Isaiah Roberts, 24, of Archer, was arrested yesterday morning and charged with two counts of aggravated cruelty to...

Powerful individual arrested for searching for relics on public property

Staff report ALACHUA COUNTY, Fla. – Timothy Wayne Harper, 56, was arrested yesterday and charged with digging for artifacts on State land, methamphetamine possession,...

Venezuelan immigrant taken into custody for sexually abusing a child

Staff report GAINESVILLE, Fla. – Jhoiber De Jesus Marin-Perez, 25, a Venezuelan who has been in the area for about a month, was arrested...
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Man who was released before trial arrested after police investigate gunshots at Hickory Place Apartments

Staff report GAINESVILLE, Fla. – Adam Wayne Christmas, Jr., 21, was arrested yesterday and charged with loitering/prowling and resisting an officer without violence during...

Citra woman taken into custody for supposedly threatening to shoot four individuals with a rifle

Staff report GAINESVILLE, Fla. – Taliyah Quentasia Rucker, 22, of Citra, was arrested yesterday for a March 2023 incident in which she allegedly pushed...

New information reveals more about claims of improper conduct by two staff members towards students at St. Patrick’s Interparish School

Staff report GAINESVILLE, Fla. – Additional charges have been filed in the cases of two former St. Patrick’s Interparish School employees – Christopher Charles...

Gainesville man gets 7-year prison sentence for trying to engage with a minor

Staff report GAINESVILLE, Fla. – Norick Liu, 58, has been sentenced to seven years in state prison, followed by eight years of sexual offender...
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An ASO SWAT team member fatally shoots armed suspect in Hamilton County

Staff report HAMILTON COUNTY, Fla. – According to a Facebook post from the Hamilton County Sheriff’s Office, an Alachua County Sheriff’s Office SWAT team...

Jonesville arrest: Hudson man threatens stranger with AK-47

Staff report NEWBERRY, Fla. – Eddie Eugene Gammage II, 28, of Hudson, FL, was arrested yesterday on a warrant for an April 22 incident...

Arrest Made After Homeless Man Threatens Another Person with Knife at GRACE Marketplace

Staff report GAINESVILLE, Fla. – Ernest Kaiser, 66, was arrested yesterday and charged with aggravated assault with a deadly weapon after allegedly threatening another...

Teens aged 18 and 19 accused of shooting at Verdant Cove in August 2023

Staff report GAINESVILLE, Fla. – Lagarius Joseph Johnson, 19, and Mykeem Jameel Isaiah Kimbrough, 18, who were both already in the Alachua County Jail,...
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