Damaris Guerrero-Garcia, 23, who was charged with DUI manslaughter of Karan Khullar, a 22-year-old UF computer science student, on Feb. 12. was denied a reduction of her $200,000 bond on Wednesday.
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Senate Bill 128 passed 23-15 on Wednesday. The bill would update Florida's Stand Your Ground law to shift the burden of proof from the defendant to the prosecutor. However, it is not favored by everyone. Lucy McBath, mother of Jordan Davis, whose 2012 killing was centered around self-defense, spoke out against the bill.
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An East Palatka man, 60-year-old Peter James Vammen, faces charges after Putnam County authorities found 99 marijuana plants in his home and pot worth a total of $275,000.
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The Alachua County Sheriff's Office is warning of card skimmers at gas stations after one was found at the Pearl Country Store in Micanopy.
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A Lake City man — 47-year-old Jerry Depratter — died after his 2005 GMC Envoy crashed in Hamilton County in North Florida late Wednesday night.
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A Bronson man, 52-year-old Steven Miller, died Wednesday morning after his motorcycle overturned on U.S. Highway 19 north of Northwest 26 Avenue in Levy County.
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The top prosecutor for metro Orlando said today she is no longer going to seek the death penalty — including for Markeith Loyd, who is charged in the killings of his pregnant ex-girlfriend and an Orlando police lieutenant.
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Jeffery McAdams, a former president of the Gainesville Fraternal Order of Police Lodge, was sentenced Wednesday to three years in prison and 10 years probation for stealing money from the union.
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Alachua County is welcoming its first black female firefighter, Alexandria Rolle-Polk, who is set to finish training on March 31.
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Marion County authorities announced today that Eric Danzell Humbert Jr.'s death in August 2016 was a homicide, bringing last year's homicide count for the county to 16.
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