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Man arrested, charged with hitting twin girls
By Adrianna Paidas | Mar. 14, 2012A Gainesville man was arrested Tuesday night after he hit two infant girls at his girlfriend’s home, police said.
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Three charged in beating of woman after argument over man
Mar. 14, 2012A Gainesville woman was jumped in Forest Green Apartments on Tuesday after an argument about a boyfriend.
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Deli owner charged with trying to slice employee with meat cleaver
Mar. 13, 2012The co-owner of Hong Kong Deli & Market is accused of elbowing his colleague and trying to slice an employee with a meat cleaver.
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Man charged with tampering with bikes at Museum Walk
By Adrianna Paidas | Mar. 13, 2012A Gainesville man was charged with trying to steal multiple bicycles Monday night in an apartment complex off 34th Street.
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Gainesville Police find missing elderly man
Mar. 13, 2012Gainesville Police are looking for an elderly man who wandered from the Veteran’s Affairs Community Center on Tuesday afternoon.
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Homeless man dies after bike accident
Mar. 12, 2012A homeless man known to friends as “Wine” died Saturday after he inadvertently steered his bicycle into traffic.
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Police academy graduate arrested, charged with domestic battery
By Adrianna Paidas | Mar. 12, 2012A police academy graduate was arrested on charges of domestic battery Sunday after he hit his girlfriend and sent her threatening text messages.
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Gainesville couple loses ring, watch when robbed at gunpoint
Mar. 12, 2012A Gainesville couple lost almost $12,000 worth of jewelry Sunday morning when they were robbed at gunpoint.
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UF students robbed at gunpoint
Mar. 1, 2012Shortly before 9 p.m. Wednesday, two men stepped into a Stoneridge Apartments living room, their faces masked by bandannas, holding guns.
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UF hazing involved paddling, chest slaps, police say
Feb. 24, 2012University Police filed sworn complaints to the State Attorney's Office on Thursday alleging that nine UF students and one alumnus engaged in hazing with a risk of physical injury or death.
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Campus fight leads to arrests
Feb. 23, 2012Ahmad Salam doesn’t know exactly what sparked violence in the Murphree parking lot Thursday morning, but he has a guess.
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Four men arrested after fight in Murphree Area parking lot
By Brett Le Blanc | Feb. 22, 2012Four men were arrested in the Murphree Area parking lot early Thursday morning after a fight involving seven men broke out.
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Man charged with stabbing ex-girlfriend's new boyfriend
Feb. 22, 2012Relationship drama turned violent Wednesday morning when a girl's ex-boyfriend was charged with stabbing her current beau.
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Suspect in robbery of elderly man arrested
Feb. 22, 2012Police responded to a domestic dispute Wednesday morning and found themselves tying up a pair of unsolved crimes.
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Florida may pass law banning texting while driving
By Marcella Swanson | Feb. 22, 2012Floridians may soon be fined for texting while driving.
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Woman charged with child abuse after dispute over a shoe
Feb. 21, 2012Gainesville Police say a 41-year-old woman beat up a teenage girl Monday night in a dispute that apparently began because of a single zebra-striped high heel.
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Man charged with having sex with teenager
Feb. 21, 2012Alachua County Sheriff's Office deputies arrested a Gainesville man Monday night for having sex with a 16-year-old girl.
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Men arrested in Gainesville after fighting with box cutter, blade from lawn mower
Feb. 19, 2012Gainesville Police arrested two homeless men Saturday after a fight involving a box cutter and a lawn mower blade.
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Campus crime by the numbers: Feb. 11-17
Feb. 19, 2012Officers saw it all this week: battery, burglary, bomb threats and a bunch of other things not mentioned here for the sake of alliteration.
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Four charged in beating of Gainesville pregnant woman
Feb. 16, 2012On Wednesday, Gainesville Police arrested Jeremy P. Delapierre, 25. He was charged with aggravated battery and domestic battery by strangulation.
