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The hundreds of car burglaries so far in 2018 are on pace to surpass those committed in 2017.
Read More »Gainesville Has Had 575 Car Burglaries So Far In 2018, And Drivers Still Aren’t Always Locking Their Doors
Arrest Made In Theft At Santa Fe College Zoo, 7 Animals Returned
Santa Fe College Police announced an arrest in connection with the theft of animals from the Santa Fe College Teaching Zoo, and seven of the 11 missing animals were returned to the zoo.
Read More »Residents Of Gainesville Senior Mobile Home Park Express Safety Concerns
Residents of the senior mobile home park in east Gainesville are expressing concerns about safety in their community.
Read More »Tower Oaks, Majestic Oaks Average Most Cop Calls In Apartment Cluster
Tower Oaks Glen and Majestic Oaks Apartments have the two highest per-unit annual averages of calls for emergency service among the 15 apartment complexes in an especially problematic area known by law enforcement as the "Tower triangle," according to a WUFT News analysis of two years' worth of emergency calls.
Read More »Man Accused of Fleeing Gainesville Police In High-Speed Chase Sentenced to 20 Years In Prison
Police said he tried on July 16, 2016, to rob the Campus USA credit union at UF Health Shands.
Read More »Dignity Village Ax Attacker Sentenced To 12 Years
An Alachua County man accused of attacking another resident of the Dignity Village homeless camp in Gainesville with an ax pleaded no contest in court today.
Read More »Silver Springs Woman Died After Being Beaten With An Axe
A Silver Springs woman who was attacked with an ax Friday, died Sunday. Her attacker, Durant Aundrey Smith, is being held at the Marion County Jail without bond.
Read More »After 2 Days Evading Police, Levy County Man Turns Himself In
Ontez Ellison, a 23-year-old Levy County resident with previous burglary charges who had been on the run since Saturday, surrendered to police Tuesday.
Read More »Unlocked Cars At Haile Plantation Burglarized
Police say they received a significant amount of calls — 17 in total — this morning about vehicles burglarized overnight in the Haile Plantation area in Gainesville.
Read More »Man Charged In Gainesville Car Burglary; 31 Reported This Month
Kevin Marcus Boyd was charged by Gainesville police with vehicle burglary, theft and resisting arrest after the incident at the Williamsburg Apartments on Southwest 16th Street.
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