UF student detained by ICE, facing deportation
Felipe Zapata Velásquez, a 27-year-old food and resource economics third-year international student, is currently being detained by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement.
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Felipe Zapata Velásquez, a 27-year-old food and resource economics third-year international student, is currently being detained by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement.
In San Antonio, Gators men’s basketball is gearing up to take on the Auburn Tigers on Saturday night. But back at home in Gainesville, Florida fans will have their eyes glued to the TV, whether that screen is at a bar, home or on campus.
A Gainesville man was arrested Wednesday and faces three counts of distribution of child pornography and 49 counts of child pornography possession.
When Ruth Hanford spotted a strange woman drinking alcohol in her yard, she rushed to dial 911. She was used to unhoused people wandering near her home in downtown Gainesville, but after being attacked in the past, she didn’t want to take any chances.
A Gainesville man was arrested Friday and charged with attempted murder after reportedly attacking a man with a hammer inside the bookstore 2nd & Charles.
UFPD officers arrested a student during a history lecture Wednesday, pulling him from a class at Keene-Flint Hall in connection with a string of TV thefts from campus buildings and student apartment complexes.
On a partly cloudy Tuesday afternoon, nearly 500 people gathered at the intersection of University Avenue and Main Street to protest President Donald Trump’s administration.
More than 200 people gathered in a field near Southwest Recreation Center Monday evening to honor Nyla Holland, a UF student killed in a traffic collision outside the complex Sunday night.
Depot Park — Gainesville’s largest park — spans 32 acres. With a selection of local restaurants, walking paths, a playground and an alligator or two, college students, children and adults alike are drawn to the spacious, green area located downtown.
Local law enforcement arrested a woman who fired shots in the Butler Plaza Walmart parking lot Saturday after an hours-long standoff with police, according to Gainesville Police Department.
A UF student was arrested Thursday on charges of possessing and uploading child pornography to his Google account.
A UF Health psychiatrist was arrested Wednesday on 10 counts of possessing child pornography and three counts of animal cruelty for possessing sexual images of dogs and horses.
A UF student was arrested on Tuesday and charged with possessing child pornography and sexually grooming two children.
Amid rising fears of federal immigration crackdowns in schools, Alachua County Public Schools issued a memo outlining strict protocols for U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, granting it “broad authority” to interview and remove students in schools without a warrant.
A Gainesville man was arrested on Monday in a raid led by the Gainesville Police Department and Alachua County Animal Resources on felony charges of animal cruelty and drug trafficking. Fourteen dogs were rescued from abusive conditions, according to the arrest report.
A Gainesville man was arrested on Wednesday for an armed robbery at Wildside Smoke Shop.
Surrounded by family, friends, coworkers and community members, Bart Knowles was sworn in as UF Police Department chief Monday morning, vowing to lead with a team-focused approach and support the university’s mission of excellence.
When Tucker Nee bought a fake ID for his first semester at UF, he didn’t realize that in two months, he’d be spending a night in the Alachua County Jail. What followed was 11 months of court proceedings and attorney fees, resulting in a mark on his permanent record.
Gainesville Police Department and Gainesville Fire Rescue responded to a car accident in front of Wild Pie on Thursday afternoon, which left one SUV flipped on its side. Wild Pie sits across the street from a Krispy Kreme near UF’s campus.
This story was updated Feb. 5.