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Police discuss plans at meeting
By ALLYSON FOX | Feb. 16, 2010Gainesville Police Department Chief Tony Jones wants city residents to understand a couple of things.
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Two arrested after beating and leaving homeless man to die
Feb. 15, 2010Two St. Francis House residents were arrested and charged with attempted murder for beating a homeless man Saturday.
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Former GPD officer on trial for abuse of infant daughter
By MINCH MINCHIN | Feb. 10, 2010A trial continued Wednesday for a former Gainesville police officer charged with the neglect and abuse of his 2-month-old daughter in January 2007.
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Pedestrian safety campaign kicks off
Feb. 8, 2010Local law enforcement agencies announced today that they are running a campaign to increase the number of drivers who yield at crosswalks and decrease the number of people who jaywalk during the next few months.
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GPD investigates robbery in apartment parking lot
Feb. 1, 2010Gainesville detectives are investigating a robbery that occured in the Rockwood Villas’ parking lot early Monday morning.
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Police arrest local man for shooting at the Enclave apt.
Jan. 28, 2010Gainesville Police Department officers arrested a local man for two separate cases of armed robbery Wednesday.
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Five businesses robbed in northwest Gainesville
By MATT HARRINGER | Jan. 27, 2010Investigators discovered five businesses in the same block were robbed around 9 p.m. Tuesday.
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City sees vehicle-related crimes on the rise
Jan. 26, 2010Since Jan. 1, there have been 69 reports of vehicular burglaries, which is higher than normal.
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Gun control article unoriginal
By Rob Myers | Jan. 24, 2010Paul Murty’s Friday column “America should rid itself of gun use” is wholly unoriginal and poorly crafted. Murty floats a few arguments for the elimination of private arms in this country, and, as usual, they don’t make it off the ground.
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Columnist needed more facts
By Logan Pyle | Jan. 24, 2010On Friday, Alligator columnist Paul Murty addressed the sad fact that gun and knife crimes in the U.S. are exorbitantly high when compared to rates in the U.K. The emotional response to these tragic crimes is often to immediately bash guns and gun owners and attempt to curtail their rights, but the argument Murty raised for gun control needs more facts.
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Cold weather keeps would-be criminals indoors
Jan. 11, 2010BREAK-INS AND CARJACKINGS INCREASE DURING THE SUMMER.
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Former GPD officer sentenced to 2 years for soliciting prostitutes
Jan. 10, 2010Former Gainesville Police Department Officer David Reveille was sentenced to two years in prison Friday for using his position to solicit sexual favors from prostitutes while on duty.
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GPD search for slayers of Santa Fe student
Jan. 6, 2010The motive has been determined as robbery, as some drugs and a small amount of cash were taken from the apartment.
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Study shows students’ crimes
By Andrew Wyzan | Jan. 5, 2010As students start a new semester, a recent study recommends they take note of their new classmates — one of them might have a criminal record.
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Intruder kills woman
Jan. 5, 2010Stacey Brown, 20, was murdered in a friends apartment by two armed intruders Monday night. Police are searching for a 1990s-model white Honda in connection with the suspects.
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Crash downs power lines, blocks traffic
Jan. 5, 2010Pedestrians helped out after one driver hit two cars, knocked down a power line and flipped his SUV on its side at Northwest 15th Street and Northwest Fifth Avenue at about 4:40 p.m. Tuesday.
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Meyer: Dunlap will not play in Saturday's game
Dec. 1, 2009Gators football coach Urban Meyer announced Tuesday that starter Carlos Dunlap will not play in Saturday’s Southeastern Conference championship game after he was arrested for DUI early Tuesday morning.
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Student arrested for using counterfeit bills at Moe's
By KATIE KLOSS | Nov. 23, 2009A UF student was arrested and banned from campus Sunday after police say he used counterfeit money at a campus restaurant.
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UF psychiatrist arrested for DUI
By MATT HARRINGER | Nov. 22, 2009A resident psychiatrist at UF’s College of Medicine was arrested early Sunday morning for driving drunk and failing to stop after hitting a pedestrian near Ben and Jerry’s on University Avenue.
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Homecoming Queen gets DUI
By THOMAS STEWART | Nov. 19, 2009UF’s Homecoming Queen was arrested on a charge of driving under the influence early Thursday morning.
