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Justice Served Again: Ex-Intelligence Chief’s Daughter Resentenced for Fatal Stabbing

Sophia Negroponte (Montgomery County State”s Attorney’s Office). Sophia Negroponte, daughter of the first U.S. director of national intelligence, has been sentenced to over 30 years...

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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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Man in Hot Water Again After Threatening 911 Operator and Assaulting Officer on Jan. 6, Court Records Reveal

Background and inset: Jonathan Munafo at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C., on Jan. 6, 2021 (DOJ). Authorities report that a man, previously involved in...

Shocking Beach Day: Son Confesses to Shooting Mom and Boyfriend, Arson to Cover Crime Scene

Background: News footage of the home in Limington, Maine, where Matthew Cote killed his mother and her boyfriend in 2021 (WABI). Inset: Matthew Cote...

Police Report: Man Strikes Woman with Nissan Murano, Propelling Her a Block Away and Out of Her Sneakers

Inset left: Charles Edward Wright (Philadelphia Police Department). Inset right: Veronica Herling (Jason Lloyd Funeral Home). Background: Herling”s shoe after the crash (WPVI/YouTube). In Pennsylvania,...

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GPD seeks identity of scooter thief

Staff report GAINESVILLE, Fla. – Gainesville Police Department is looking for the identity of the suspect (pictured above) in a scooter theft at 100...

Rudy Farias Who Emerged After 8 Years was Never Missing – Mother Misled Police for Years

Rudy Farias Who Emerged After 8 Years was Never Missing’ A Texas mother will not be facing charges after Houston police said that...

Gainesville man arrested for threatening to hit woman’s car with his car

Staff report GAINESVILLE, Fla. – Trezahn Gerell Ellis, 25, was arrested yesterday on warrants for aggravated assault with a deadly weapon and failure to...

Alachua woman arrested for carrying concealed firearm as a convicted felon

Staff report ALACHUA, Fla. – Cemille Lakedra Denise Jackson, 29, of Alachua, was arrested early this morning and charged with possession of a concealed...
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Second man arrested for firearm possession after shots fired near Wawa

Staff report GAINESVILLE, Fla. – Antrell Lamar Hamilton, Jr., 22, was arrested early Wednesday morning and charged with possession of a firearm by a...

Former Ballerina Ashley Benefield claims self-defense in husband’s murder

Two days of motion hearings are scheduled to kick off Thursday for Ashley Benefield, 31, – the former model and ballerina accused of...

Gainesville man arrested for possession of a firearm by a convicted felon after shots fired near Wawa parking lot

Staff report GAINESVILLE, Fla. – Tyrique Lamontay Presley, 25, also known as Tyrique White, was arrested early this morning for possession of a firearm...

Jail detainee charged with aggravated battery after allegedly breaking five bones in the face of another detainee

Staff report GAINESVILLE, Fla. – Dylan Lawrence Duquette, 30, who has been in the Alachua County Jail since April, was charged early this morning...
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Honduran arrested for DUI, driving without a valid license

Staff report HAWTHORNE, Fla. – Geovani Osner Moreno-Maradiaga, 24, of Honduras, was arrested yesterday in Hawthorne for driving under the influence and driving without...

City of Gainesville settles with Colliers employees for $60,000

BY JENNIFER CABRERA GAINESVILLE, Fla. – The City of Gainesville and two Gainesville Police Department officers have settled a lawsuit filed by three Colliers...

Man arrested for stealing Nintendo Switch, other items from man who gave him a place to stay

Staff report GAINESVILLE, Fla. – Samuel Patrick Reynolds, Jr., 22, was arrested yesterday and charged with grand theft after allegedly stealing over $3,000 in...

Orange Park man arrested for discharging gun from a vehicle

Staff report ALACHUA COUNTY, Fla. – Stephen Charles Morton, 21, of Orange Park, was arrested yesterday and charged with firing a gun from a...
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