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Student arrested, charged with using police scanner
Apr. 18, 2012University Police charged a Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity member with using a police scanner as a lookout device.
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Seat belt enforcement may increase
By Adrianna Paidas | Apr. 17, 2012Gainesville Police Department wants to keep a stricter lookout for people who don’t wear seat belts at night.
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Man arrested, charged with egging home, breaking window
Apr. 17, 2012Gainesville Police arrested a man accused of throwing eggs and breaking a front-door window with a 2-by-4 on Tuesday morning.
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Man charged with driving car into girlfriend
Apr. 17, 2012A Gainesville man almost ran over his girlfriend Monday afternoon.
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UPDATE: Funeral information for University of Florida student remembered for love of animals, cycling
Apr. 17, 2012On Sunday evening, Michael R. Edmonds Jr., a 26-year-old journalism student, died after falling from the upper levels of Ben Hill Griffin Stadium.
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UPD picked up about 240 unclaimed bicycles on campus Monday
By Michael Scott Davidson | Apr. 16, 2012About 240 UF students won’t find their bicycles today where they last left them, but it’s not because they were stolen.
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Man recounts night he shot roommate
Apr. 12, 2012Gainesville Police said Jude Rizzo, 21, a nursing student at Santa Fe College, shot Michael Crace, 20, three times near the chest in self-defense on April 2.
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Santa Fe College student in critical condition after motorcycle crash
Apr. 12, 2012A Santa Fe College student is in critical condition after crashing his motorcycle into a ditch Thursday morning.
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UPDATE: Bystander catches purse snatcher in downtown Gainesville
By Webb | Apr. 12, 2012Carl M. Babb, 50, was arrested after police said he snatched a woman’s purse from the Lunchbox restaurant downtown at about 8:50 p.m.
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University of Florida reacts to George Zimmerman’s murder charge
By Webb | Apr. 11, 2012George Zimmerman was charged Wednesday with second-degree murder 45 days after Sanford police said he shot and killed 17-year-old Trayvon Martin.
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Car engulfed in flames near Harn
By Webb | Apr. 9, 2012A car fire next to Southwest Recreation Center and the Harn Museum left one man in jail and another without a ride.
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Suspected burglar arrested after store owner recognizes him
Apr. 9, 2012Handcuffed inside a police car, a Gainesville man kicked through a back seat window Easter morning.
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Women arrested, charged with battery after throwing beer cans
Apr. 8, 2012They were just looking for a late-night snack. But when three Gainesville women were denied service for acting too rowdy, Gainesville Police said, they chucked beer cans at Checker’s employees.
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UPDATE: Police find Gainesville man reported missing
By Benjamin S. Brasch | Apr. 5, 2012Police are looking for a Gainesville man who was reported missing Tuesday night.
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UPDATE: Student shooter unlikely to be charged
Apr. 3, 2012Gainesville Police do not expect to charge a Santa Fe College student who shot and killed his roommate Monday night.
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UPDATE: Man caught after two-hour chase faces attempted murder charges
By Benjamin S. Brasch | Apr. 3, 2012A Gainesville man shot at two people sitting in a parked car Monday night and eluded escape for two hours during a high-speed chase.
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Stabbing victim in critical condition
By Emily Morrow | Apr. 3, 2012A Gainesville man who was stabbed Tuesday morning is in critical condition.
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UPDATE: Gainesville Police arrest suspect in Friday's attempted bank robbery
Apr. 3, 2012Update: Gainesville Police arrested the man who police say tried to rob SunState Financial Credit Union last week.
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Man shot and killed roommate, police say
Apr. 3, 2012The shooter told authorities he was acting in self-defense.
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Contact information on key tags could save time in emergencies
By Brittany Borsanyi | Apr. 2, 2012Victor Hazy has been thinking of ways to help prepare the community for emergencies ever since a series of crashes on Interstate 75 in January took 11 lives.
