Metro
UPD collects about 400 abandoned bikes in spring
By KRISTEN BOWE | May 19, 2010Students walking around campus may wonder about the colored slips of paper on abandoned bicycles.
Metro: Crime
Metro
Alligator coverage on officers personell files misleading
By PARIS P. BURDICK | Apr. 18, 2010When it comes to hindsight most individuals have 20/20 vision, which is clear in the article “Background Check.” The article at first glance appears to be an article about the hiring process of the University Police Department. However, in the midst of a description of the polygraph procedure, the writers mentioned information from the personnel files of two of the officers involved in the shooting of student Kofi Adu-Brempong.
Metro
City sees increase in citizen-reported crime
By ASHLEY LARA MOSES | Apr. 14, 2010After the Gainesville Police Department saw an increase in crime from 2008 to 2009, the city has seen another increase, and this time, it’s a good thing.
Metro
Gainesville woman arrested after trying to fight police
Apr. 13, 2010Gainesville Police Department arrested a woman Tuesday morning after she decided to fight the police arresting her friend for a DUI.
Metro
Police investigate alleged GRU theft
Apr. 5, 2010A Gainesville Regional Utilities employee was arrested on charges of stealing equipment and tools.
Metro
City sees string of window, car burglaries
Apr. 5, 2010More window-smashing burglaries have occurred in student-dense areas.
Metro
Local man stabs neighbor in face
By MINCH MINCHIN | Mar. 24, 2010A local man cut his neighbor in the face with a razor Wednesday afternoon after a disagreement over audio volume.
Opinion
No one is qualified to judge shooting incident except for investigators
By MATTHEW LAMBIE | Mar. 18, 2010The line from Wednesday’s editorial on the Kofi Adu-Brempong shooting that reads, “We also question why he was shot in the jaw rather than a safer location,” is beyond ignorant.
Metro
Students protest UPD
Mar. 16, 2010The rally was organized by members of Students for a Democratic Society, as well as independent Facebook groups created by friends and colleagues of Adu-Brempong.
Metro
Students rally against UPD
By ELIZABETH BEHRMAN | Mar. 14, 2010Almost two weeks have passed since the University Police Department shooting of UF graduate student Kofi Adu-Brempong on March 2, and students plan to show their views on the incident.
Metro
Graduate student in critical, but stable condition after shooting
By MINCH MINCHIN | Mar. 4, 2010Ghanan graduate student Kofi Adu-Brempong was in critical but stable condition Thursday afternoon, according to Alachua County Sheriff's Office Public Information Officer Art Forgey.
Metro
Darts and Laurels
By Alligator Editorial Board | Mar. 4, 2010Praise whatever God you do or don’t choose to believe in — it’s Spring Break!
Metro
UPD had no reason to shoot innocent graduate assistant
By SHANTI WISNIEWSKA | Mar. 4, 2010I’m a student of Kofi Adu-Brempong’s class, Geography of a Changing World. I just want to say that there’s absolutely no valid reason for the police to resort to shooting a handicapped man in the head who has trouble walking with a cane.
Metro
Graduate student shot in the head
Mar. 4, 2010Graduate student Kofi Adu-Brempong was shot in the head as he swung a metal rod at the police officers in his apartment, according to a police report filed Friday.
Metro
Five sue rapper after 2006 club shooting
By Joey Flechas | Mar. 3, 2010After a bullet grazed Dorian Johnson’s face in July 2006, the damage ran deeper than her blurred vision.
Metro
Gainesville woman relives past, looks to future
By Jared Misner | Mar. 2, 2010When the neighbors heard her screaming, they thought it was just another stray cat.
Metro
Gainesville man arrested after high-speed car chase
Feb. 24, 2010A wanted man was arrested after he tried to escape police in a high-speed chase in a stolen car late Tuesday night.
Metro
Gainesville woman bites man's arm over $5
Feb. 22, 2010A fight over $5 ended with the arrest of a Gainesville woman after she bit her partner in front of their children Sunday.
Metro
GPD study highlights accidents involving pedestrians
By MELINDA CARSTENSEN | Feb. 21, 2010Mother always said look both ways before crossing the street.
Metro
Man who stole mayor's wallet found in her neighborhood, according to police
Feb. 16, 2010A Gainesville man who stole Mayor Pegeen Hanrahan’s wallet from City Hall years ago was arrested again Tuesday morning when a witness noticed him trying to get into vehicles in her neighborhood.
