The two started arguing and Quinn suddenly accelerated and hit Bowers with the car, throwing her onto the hood, the witness told officers. Quinn then “sped off” with the victim hanging onto the side of the car.
The first incident happened in 2019, when the church’s school ministry was traveling to Kentucky by bus on official church business, according to the sworn complaint that led to his arrest.
The state of Florida executed Richard Barry Randolph at 6:12 p.m. on Thursday.
At 6:20 p.m. on Thursday, the state executed 66-year-old Bryan Jennings for the murder of a 6-year-old Brevard County girl in 1979.
John Koch’s colleagues know him by a different name: Dr. Death.
On Tuesday night, police received reports of a possible shooting at the Majestic Oaks Apartments near Oaks Mall, according to an Alachua County Sheriff’s Office Facebook post.
Norman Mearle Grim was executed by the state at 6:14 p.m. on Tuesday for the 1998 murder of his neighbor in East Milton near Pensacola.
During the early morning hours of Sunday, 21-year-old Brandon Goodin was arrested after allegedly stabbing someone multiple times.
A Gainesville man was arrested Saturday afternoon after allegedly attacking two people with a foldable camp saw in Butler Plaza.
A Gainesville man was charged with disturbing the peace and fighting or brawling last night.
Around noon on Tuesday, an 18-year-old Santa Fe High School student allegedly stabbed another student during a fight.
Correction: This story previously misidentified John Chick Sr. as a member of a different church. The story has since been updated to reflect the correct church.
Florida has put a record number of people to death this year, more than any other state in the country.
Thursday night, a 20-year-old UF student was arrested on charges of a felony battery after allegedly throwing a broken metal basketball rim over a privacy fence.
Early Sunday morning, 21-year-old Miguel Marin was arrested on two charges of battery after allegedly attacking two employees of The Arcade Bar on Main Street in downtown Gainesville.
A 19-year-old UF student was arrested Sunday night on charges of sexual battery that allegedly happened a week and a half earlier on Sept. 24, according to his arrest report.
Beginning in October, repeat sexual offenders in Florida will serve a minimum of a decade in jail for their crimes.
Victor Tony Jones is the 13th person executed in Florida this year, which is the most of any U.S. state this year and a record for the state.
On Wednesday afternoon, a road rage incident turned near-fatal for a Hawthorne driver after a 50-year-old Leesburg resident allegedly stabbed him multiple times on the side of the road.
Gainesville High School’s campus was placed on a secure hold, with all exterior doors locked, after the school resource officer received a tip that a student had a gun.
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