Update, Tuesday, Sept. 26: Deputies found Chaos Tuesday around 11:25 a.m. after a citizen reported sighting him on Southeast Pounds Hammock Road, just south of US Highway 100, according to a sheriff’s office Facebook post. “We are glad to have Chaos back home!” the sheriff’s office wrote in the post. ——————— …
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Lake City police officers were dispatched at 4:52 a.m. on Friday in response to an Ameris Bank alarm sounding, only to find the drive-thru ATM had been ripped from its foundation. Drag marks could be seen on the blacktop leading from the bank. An officer witnessed a white bucket truck …
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A voter petition to legalize recreational marijuana in the state appears to have more than the required signatures to be placed on the 2024 ballot.
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A University of Florida student, who said he was trying to avoid being late for class when he was clocked going 116 mph on I-75, was found not guilt Thursday of reckless driving.
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Two tractor-trailers crashed into each other around 2:30 a.m. Wednesday morning on the interstate in Alachua County. The wreck caused the death of one of the drivers and injured passengers — one of whom was a 10-year-old girl. The incident occurred while both vehicles were traveling northbound on Interstate 75. …
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The Jasper Police Department lost its chief following a fiery crash late Sunday night. According to Florida Highway Patrol, Chief Anthony Rickerson’s vehicle struck a deer at County Road 143 and SW 28th Lane at 10:25 pm. The vehicle swerved off the road, collided with a tree and then caught …
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Florida Highway Patrol is asking for the public’s help searching for the silver Chevrolet Suburban involved in a Marion County hit-and-run incident last week. On Wednesday night, along NE 31st Street, a bicyclist was traveling west across NE Jacksonville Road as the car was driving south down the same road. …
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