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Friday, March 29, 2024

Multiple residents reported burglaries and credit fraud Sunday afternoon surrounding the 300 Swim and Tennis Club, located at 3715 NW 12 Ave.

Gainesville Police and Alachua County Sheriff’s Office received and responded to similar complaints, according to an email from Gainesville Police spokesman Officer Ben Tobias.

In one incident, a woman and her 12-year-old daughter confronted a man wearing baggy pants and a red-and-white shirt who appeared to be trying to break into her car, which was parked at the club. She hit the man with a tennis racket, and he drove away in a Toyota Corolla with an Oklahoma license plate.

As he sped away, he hit the woman, but she was not hurt, Tobias said.

Investigations into the string of incidents — including the happenings at the tennis club and burglaries at Gainesville Health and Fitness Club and Westside Park — are ongoing, he said.

Tobias attributed the events to a group he referred to as “Felony Lane.”

“This group moves extremely quickly, and they are very difficult to track,” Tobias said. “This crime can be preventable if people simply hide or take their belongings from their vehicle.”

A version of this story ran on page 4 on 10/1/2013 under the headline "Police identify ‘Felony Lane’ activity"

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