Tag Archives: Gainesville Police Department

The Gainesville Police Department arrested a man on an attempted murder charge Tuesday night after a dispute resulted in a grazing gunshot wound, according to GPD spokesperson Ben Tobias.

Gainesville Regional Utilities customers have received phone calls from scammers who may have claimed to be GRU representatives demanding payment and threatening to suspend service.

Half of the Traffic Homicide Investigation callouts in Gainesville have involved motorcycles this year, Sgt. Joe Raulerson with the Gainesville Police Traffic Safety Team said in an email.

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After repairs from in-flight engine failure in December 2011, a Gainesville Police Department helicopter relaunched for the first time in 15 months.

An Alachua County school bus was hit by a motorcycle today. GPD is investigating the crash.

The Gainesville Police Department is asking the public for any information in an attempted sexual battery and armed robbery case that happened at The Enclave Apartments complex early Saturday morning.

 A woman was attacked Saturday in an Enclave Apartments stairwell. Gainesville Police Department officers are reaching out to residents of the Enclave apartment complex in hopes of gaining more information on the armed robbery and attempted sexual battery. A man named Leonardo T. Davis was caught speeding, running a stop sign, attempting to …

Community members, family and friends will gather Tuesday for a vigil to remember officer Scott Baird, who died Feb. 11, 2001 while responding to a police call about a metal cage blocking Northwest 16th Terrace.

The Florida Senate Transportation Committee unanimously approved a bill that would ban texting and driving Wednesday. Florida is one of five states that doesn't outlaw texting while driving.