Gainesville students are trying to understand why an 8th grader would allegedly send bomb threats before getting arrested Monday afternoon. The thirteen-year-old female is enrolled at Kanapaha middle school and was arrested after sending emails to Kanapaha Middle School and Buchholz High School on Monday, according to an Alachua County …
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GAINESVILLE, Fla. – A judge has ordered a man accused of stealing an excavator and running it into several buildings to undergo a mental health evaluation before he can be released on bail. Jesse Charles Smith, 47, of Trenton, Florida, was arrested late Monday in Gainesville. Police accused him of …
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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.
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It makes them among the first inmates in Florida to receive the shot.
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A Gainesville police corporal who was arrested by his own department on suspicion of drunken driving has been stripped of his police powers.
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Now, after more than two decades, it is run strictly by the sheriff’s office and is known as the Sheriff's Office Aviation Unit.
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Gainesville’s initiative, established in April 2019, brought in the federal government to create a partnership between local, state and federal law enforcement to reduce gun violence in the area.
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Newberry’s planning and zoning board will decide Wednesday whether to approve Sister Hazel’s bid for a drive-in concert on the site of an abandoned mine in the city on Oct. 23.
Read More »In a week's time, case counts have near doubled at the county jail.
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As of Monday, eight inmates tested positive for coronavirus.
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