Tag Archives: burglary

The Gainesville Police Department is investigating a string of recent crimes that fit a national trend called Felony Lane Gang, where burglars break into cars and steal visible purses in an attempt to gain access to owners' bank accounts.

An assistant attorney for the city of Gainesville was arrested on charges of burglary of an occupied residence, resisting officers and obstruction without violence, and a third charge of loitering, according to police reports.

Larry Whitehead, wanted for murder in Gainesville, was arrested in South Carolina on Sunday.

Andre Locus, 19, may be connected to an April 15th residential burglary and sexual battery case. He was arrested Tuesday for a 2011 sexual battery case.

A video round-up of local, state and national stories for readers in North Central Florida: Boston bombing suspect moved, Gainesville prison conversion, footage of sexual battery and burglary suspect, Mississippi River flooding, the Great Balloon Fest.

GPD released a composite sketch Thursday of a suspect still at large in a case of battery and armed burglary.

Gainesville residents will vote for the next mayor today. Incumbent mayor Craig Lowe faces former City Commissioner Ed Braddy in today’s runoff. The Gainesville Police Department is still looking for the man responsible for an armed burglary and sexual assault Monday. One of the three people killed in Monday’s Boston …

Gainesville Police are currently investigating an armed burglary and case of sexual battery that happened around 4 a.m. Monday.

Gainesville police are investigating an armed burglary and sexual battery at a home in the 400 block of Southwest 10th Street that occurred around 4 a.m. Monday. After sexually assaulting the female resident, the burglar took two MacBook Pros, an iPhone and other personal items. United Way is hosting a …

A video round-up of local, state and national stories for readers in North Central Florida: house burglary arrest, giant land snail, federal budget, FBI investigation, North Korea.