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Waldo Police: Woman hid cocaine in underwear
By Jenna Lyons | Feb. 2, 2014Waldo Police arrested a Gainesville woman Saturday after police said she hid crack cocaine in her panties at a traffic stop.
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Gainesville man huffs air in Wal-Mart, police say
By Jenna Lyons | Jan. 30, 2014Gainesville Police arrested a homeless man Wednesday after police said he locked himself in a Wal-Mart bathroom and huffed aerosol cans.
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Florida man threatens neighbor with golf club, police say
By Kelcee Griffis | Jan. 27, 2014A Gainesville man was arrested Sunday night after police say he threatened a neighbor with a golf club.
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Gainesville man boils over in noodles argument, later arrested
By Jenna Lyons | Jan. 26, 2014Gainesville Police arrested a local man Saturday after police said he charged at his nephew with a knife during an argument about undercooked noodles.
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Man arrested during traffic stop with 37 pounds of marijuana
By Jenna Lyons | Jan. 23, 2014Had Scott Patrick Harmon been wearing a seatbelt as he drove down Interstate 75, he might have gotten away with carrying the 37 pounds of marijuana police said he had in his car.
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Alachua man arrested with marijuana in shoes, cocaine in Chapstick tube
By Jenna Lyons | Jan. 21, 2014After a series of unfortunate events featuring a foot chase, a Chapstick container full of cocaine and a shoe stuffed with marijuana, police arrested an Alachua man on various drug charges.
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Former Gator football player Jarvis Moss ate weed, police say
By ADAM LICHTENSTEIN< | Jan. 16, 2014Former Gators football player Jarvis Jaray Moss was arrested Monday night after police said he tried swallowing marijuana during a traffic stop.
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Arrest after axe choking
By Jenna Lyons | Jan. 16, 2014Gainesville Police arrested a local man and his girlfriend Wednesday night after police said he used an axe handle to choke a man and then beat him with a cellphone.
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Gainesville woman steals water truck, high-speed police chase ensues
By Jenna Lyons | Jan. 15, 2014Gainesville Police arrested a local woman Monday after police said she tried to steal another woman’s car and later led police on a chase in a stolen water delivery truck.
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Gainesville man arrested for battery, drunk off of cough syrup
By Jenna Lyons | Jan. 14, 2014Alachua County Sheriff’s deputies arrested a local man Monday night who became belligerent after drinking bottles of cough syrup and large amounts of caffeine.
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Florida woman found dead in local hospital parking garage
By Jenna Lyons | Jan. 13, 2014Gainesville Police is investigating both a suspected murder that took place early Monday in a parking garage at North Florida Regional Medical Center and a subsequent suicide.
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Gainesville weekend police beat: Holiday Inn stabbing, butcher-knife threat
By Jenna Lyons | Jan. 12, 2014Alachua County Sheriff’s deputies arrested a local woman Saturday morning after deputies reported she threatened her boyfriend with a butcher knife while he was in bed.
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Alachua man arrested after huffing cleaning duster spray
By Jenna Lyons | Jan. 9, 2014Gainesville Police arrested an Alachua man whom officers said passed out behind the wheel of a car after huffing cans of cleaning duster spray.
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Woman arrested after hitting husband with car
By Jenna Lyons | Jan. 8, 2014Alachua County Sheriff’s deputies arrested a local woman Wednesday morning after deputies said she hit her estranged husband with her car and chased him with a bat.
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Stubborn Waffle House visitor Tased
By Jenna Lyons | Jan. 8, 2014Alachua County Sheriff’s deputies used a Taser on a Newberry man early Wednesday after deputies said he refused to leave a Waffle House.
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Brothers arrested after brawling with Gator City workers
By Kathryn Varn | Jan. 7, 2014Gainesville Police arrested two brothers early Tuesday after police reported they fought local bar patrons and employees.
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Crime study finds youth arrest statistics high
By Jenna Lyons | Jan. 7, 2014Almost half of black men are arrested during their teen and young adult years.
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Gainesville woman arrested after trying to headbutt police officer
By Jenna Lyons | Jan. 6, 2014Gainesville Police arrested a local woman early Monday morning after police said she tried to headbutt an officer who pulled her over for drunk driving.
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The Estates, Oxford Terrace apartment complexes burglarized over Winter Break
By Jenna Lyons | Jan. 5, 2014Paul Ramsuchit didn’t spend his New Year’s Eve as planned.
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In memoriam: UF students remembered by their friends, families
By Kelcee Griffis | Jan. 5, 2014Thousands of UF students return to campus today for the new semester, but some had to come back to Gainesville without their loved ones.
