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Tag Archives: GPD
Iraq veteran Larry Vantassel still missing in Gainesville
By Forrest Smith on May 20th, 2013 | Last updated: May 20, 2013 at 12:07 pm
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.
GPD: Campus Lodge attack was made up
By Wade Millward on May 2nd, 2013 | Last updated: May 2, 2013 at 5:13 pm
An attack at the Campus Lodge apartments was made up by a resident of the complex. Tanya Borachi said the story was supposed to be a lesson to women that an attack in the area is possible.
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.
Gainesville man jumps through window after eating psilocybin mushrooms
By Bobby Scheppske on April 29th, 2013 | Last updated: April 29, 2013 at 4:14 pm
Nicholas Koster, a 20-yar-old Gainesville man, stripped down naked and jumped through a window after eating psilocybin mushrooms. Police found him around 4 a.m. Saturday with a cut on his back from the window.
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 [...]
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.
GPD increasing security around the city in response to Boston Marathon explosions
By Amanda Jackson on April 16th, 2013 | Last updated: April 16, 2013 at 10:53 am
The Gainesville Police Department will be increasing patrols near buildings that could be targeted in attacks.
GPD and UFPD investigating armed residential burglary and sexual battery
By Bobby Scheppske on April 15th, 2013 | Last updated: April 15, 2013 at 2:48 pm
Gainesville Police are currently investigating an armed burglary and case of sexual battery that happened around 4 a.m. Monday.
Afternoon News in 90: April 15, 2013
By Shaneece Dixon on April 15th, 2013 | Last updated: April 17, 2013 at 1:38 pm
Gainesville police are investigating an armed burglary and sexual battery at a home in the 400 block of Southwest 10th Street that occurred around 4 a.m. Monday. After sexually assaulting the female resident, the burglar took two MacBook Pros, an [...]
