A Gainesville man charged with two counts of first-degree murder and two counts of attempted homicide in connection with a Feb. 2 shooting was arrested Friday in Kalamazoo, Michigan, where he had fled, according to the Gainesville Police Department. He is currently in custody at the Alachua County jail. Police …
Read More »Gainesville City Commission approves purchase of technology to investigate gun crimes
The Gainesville Police Department will soon have access to technology that can match spent shell casings collected at crime scenes to help solve gun crimes faster and potentially prevent future gun violence. The Gainesville City Commission unanimously approved the purchase of the Brasstrax Acquisition Station for $144,853.
Read More »Vigil held at Bo Diddley Plaza following man’s death at Alachua County Jail
One hundred people gathered Thursday night at Bo Diddley Plaza for a moment of silence in the wake of an inmate’s death at the Alachua County Jail in late January. The vigil began Thursday at 7 p.m. in Downtown Gainesville to remember Marcus Goodman, a man who spent more than …
Read More »Gainesville City Commission vows to end gun ‘crisis’ after 3rd Avenue shooting
In the early hours of Thursday morning before the City Commission meeting, a fatal shooting occurred just blocks from City Hall. The Gainesville Police Department says one man, who called 911 reporting he had been shot, was rushed to the hospital. When GPD arrived at the scene in the 200 …
Read More »All clear after bomb squad called to UF’s campus to investigate suspicious package
After a tense three and a half hours, the University of Florida Police Department and the Alachua County Sheriff’s Office Bomb Squad identified the device found at Turlington Hall Thursday as “research material.”
Read More »Photo gallery: Ocala police celebrate Alice Faison, the first African American woman sworn into the force
Lawmakers propose making it easier to impose death penalty in Florida
After a jury couldn’t agree on the death penalty in Florida’s deadliest school shooting, Republican lawmakers in Tallahassee are proposing to make it easier to send condemned convicts to death row. The changes – which would allow a jury to recommend the death penalty even when only eight of 12 …
Read More »Williston businessman sentenced to prison for defrauding federal government
Patrick Walsh, the brother-in-law of indicted former Florida State Rep. Joe Harding, was sentenced to five and a half years in federal prison Tuesday for defrauding the federal government of $7.8 million in COVID-19 aid in 2020.
Read More »Florida Department of Transportation continues to increase pedestrian safety on University Avenue
Construction continues on University Avenue as two new traffic signals have been installed along the busy road as part of new safety plan. Concern for pedestrian and road safety on University Avenue has been a major concern ever since the tragic deaths of two University of Florida students in the …
Read More »Two more deadly pedestrian accidents occur in Alachua County
GAINESVILLE, Fla. – A woman walking her dog Thursday night and a child crossing to a playground Friday morning were victims in two deadly pedestrian accidents in Alachua County. The cases add to a string of pedestrian deaths that have become a major focus. Some deaths were hit-and-runs, including one …
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