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Tag Archives: Ben Tobias
Iraq veteran Larry VanTassell found dead in Gainesville
By Forrest Smith and Ethan Magoc on May 22nd, 2013 | Last updated: May 23, 2013 at 8:05 am
Gainesville police say Larry VanTassell could be suicidal. He has been considered missing and endangered since Saturday after calling his parents and telling them he was thinking of killing himself.
Even with students emptying out of Gainesville, a week of freedom and possibility
By Alex Catalano on May 7th, 2013 | Last updated: May 7, 2013 at 1:55 pm
As students trickle out of the city after exams, streets are empty and the city of Gainesville becomes a ghost town. But instead of wallowing in the emptiness, there is a variety of events to be visited.
GPD investigating Advantage Towing
By Michal Higdon on May 2nd, 2013 | Last updated: May 3, 2013 at 8:10 am
Advantage Towing & Recovery Inc., a Gainesville-based towing company, is being investigated by the Gainesville Police Department for illegal actions. Multiple complaints from residents led to the investigation.
GPD names a person of interest in armed burglary and sexual battery case
By Kristen Morrell on April 30th, 2013 | Last updated: April 30, 2013 at 1:18 pm
Andre Locus, 19, may be connected to an April 15th residential burglary and sexual battery case. He was arrested Tuesday for a 2011 sexual battery case.
Bound and gagged, woman escapes attack at Campus Lodge
By Jillian Baach and Amanda Jackson on April 23rd, 2013 | Last updated: April 23, 2013 at 4:38 pm
A woman at Campus Lodge Apartments fended off an attacker by kicking him and running to her apartment Tuesday, escaping an attempted kidnapping.
In the News: GPD sketch, Boston brothers, Satchel’s sodas, Miami Children’s Hospital, 3-year-old found dead
By Audreyanna Loguerre on April 19th, 2013 | Last updated: April 19, 2013 at 3:09 pm
GPD releases sketch of attacker in sexual assault family and classmates – Gainesville police released a sketch of the man involved in the sexual assault and burglary of a UF student. Officer Ben Tobias said Thursday morning that detectives continue [...]
Gainesville Police Department step up checks on ‘critical infrastructure’ in wake of Boston bombing
By Courtney Allen on April 19th, 2013 | Last updated: April 19, 2013 at 2:28 pm
Gainesville and University police departments have been taking extra steps in screening for suspicious packages in light of the bombing at the Boston Marathon.
GPD releases sketch of suspect in assault and armed burglary
By Alli Langley and Virginia Hamrick on April 17th, 2013 | Last updated: April 18, 2013 at 9:56 am
GPD released a composite sketch Thursday of a suspect still at large in a case of battery and armed burglary.
Bread and Roses clinic applies for buffer zone to protect against protestors
By Amanda Jackson on April 9th, 2013 | Last updated: April 9, 2013 at 6:03 pm
The Bread and Roses Women’s Health Clinic is requesting protestors stay 35 feet from its property.
Gainesville man arrested on attempted murder charge
By Jewel Midelis on April 3rd, 2013 | Last updated: April 3, 2013 at 1:37 pm
The Gainesville Police Department arrested a man on an attempted murder charge Tuesday night after a dispute resulted in a grazing gunshot wound, according to GPD spokesperson Ben Tobias.
