Tag Archives: Alachua County Sheriff’s Office

The program is meant to remind Alachua County drivers that passing a stopped school bus is illegal.

While shows like “CSI” may suggest that police departments have large investigation teams to solve disappearances like Christian Aguilar’s, that’s not often the case. The Alachua County Sheriff’s Office Cold Case unit has one lone detective. Detective Heather Phillips said most of her time consists of going through old files …

The cold case unit of the Alachua County Sheriff's Office matched a suspect to the 1992 murder of Elizabeth Foster using DNA evidence.

National Suicide Prevention Week hopes to bring awareness to the prominent issue. A UF representative from the University of Florida's Counseling and Wellness center discusses the issue.

The Alachua County Sheriff’s Office is asking the public to help identify two men who have stolen money from three local ATMs.

A woman was shot in the neck by an unknown subject in the early morning.

The Alachua County Sheriff’s Office has made six arrests from an undercover internet crimes against children sting. Florida’s 89.1 WUFT-FM’s Kristen Botica has more on the story surrounding these arrests. [audio:https://www.wuft.org/news/files/2012/07/Operation-Tailspin-WRAP.mp3|titles=Operation Tailspin WRAP]

An Alachua County high school administrator has been arrested  on sex-related charges.  According to the Alachua County Sheriff Office online inmate search, Herbert Jordan Pindar currently has 5 charges against him, all either second or third degree felonies as well as an $80,000 bond. Pindar has been a dean at …

Investigators are re-interviewing witnesses in a Hawthorne shooting that took place Wednesday. Alachua County Sheriff’s Office Spokesman Art Forgey says detectives are using this information to determine what led to the death of Calvin D. Thomas. [audio:https://www.wuft.org/news/files/2012/04/Forgeysb1.mp3] Forgey says detectives are double checking their facts before releasing information on what …

With up to 150,000 racing fans expected to come in to Gainesville this weekend, there are about 150,000 more chances for crime. But Alachua County Sheriff’s Office Sergeant Todd Kelly says the annual Gatornationals event is typically quiet. [audio:https://www.wuft.org/news/files/2012/03/KELLY1.mp3] He says the ASO has been helping secure this event for …