Former Gators football player arrested Saturday
By Grethel Aguila | Jan. 24The 23-year-old, who donned No. 98 from 2015-2019, was charged with two counts of aggravated assault as well as aggravated battery, simple battery and criminal mischief.
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Gainesville police are searching for a suspect involved in three armed robberies
By Anna Wilder | Dec. 22Gainesville police are searching for a suspect involved in three armed robberies that occurred within the same hour near University Avenue Sunday night. Police believe the same suspect committed all three robberies.
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Black and minority youths are overrepresented in the Alachua County juvenile justice system
Dec. 16Black youth arrested in Alachua County make up more than half the system. The demographic made up about 35% of juveniles arrested as first-time youth offenders statewide from 2019-20, but 61% of first-time youthful offenders arrested in Alachua County are Black.
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Police are searching for suspect involved in sexual battery near campus
By Asta Hemenway | Dec. 13GPD is searching for a suspect possibly involved in a Saturday night sexual battery near UF's campus. The suspect is described as a white male with short, dark hair standing between 5-foot-10 and 6-foot-2, according to Sunday's UF public safety email.
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Two dead, one in critical condition after three Gainesville hit-and-run crashes, cops say
By Asta Hemenway | Dec. 11A 35-year-old woman was hit by an unknown vehicle Thursday afternoon in Gainesville, Gainesville police said. There were two other hit-and-run incidents on Tuesday and Wednesday in Gainesville.
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UF student killed in Wednesday night hit and run near campus
By Grethel Aguila | Dec. 11Margaret A. Paxton was hit just before 11 p.m. while walking near 2000 W. University Ave.
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Gainesville man arrested after his baby and girlfriend were shot and killed
By Asta Hemenway | Dec. 5Police, who arrived at the scene on the 2900 block of Northeast 17th Drive. Kivi J. Ellis, 26, was arrested Friday evening.
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Alachua man accused of homicide arrested Wednesday night
By Asta Hemenway | Nov. 19William Matthew Ford was arrested and charged of first-degree homicide Wednesday
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Former UF resident assistant accused of attempted sexual assault case postponed again until 2021
By Asta Hemenway | Nov. 16Ian Milaski’s lawyer requested the hearing be postponed until January
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Motorcyclist involved in Saturday night crash near UF in ‘serious condition,’ GPD says
By Asta Hemenway | Nov. 7GPD hasn’t yet identified the motorcyclist or whether he’s a UF student
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Emails and posts warning local Black community of violence are a ‘false threat,’ GPD says
By Asta Hemenway | Nov. 7The emails warning that white supremacists were coming to Gainesville to kidnap and hang Black men are from a bot account, police say
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UF reports sexual assault on campus
By Asta Hemenway | Nov. 3The suspect wasn’t named but is known to the person who reported the Sunday assault
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UF student pleads not guilty to rape allegations, won’t appear at any court hearings
By Asta Hemenway | Oct. 17Jason O’Connell, who was accused of raping a woman twice, waived his attendance at all court appearances.
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‘All in the name of safety’: Gainesville Fire Rescue and Gainesville Police Department emphasizes county guidelines after local bar shutdown
By Alan Halaly | Oct. 9Despite lifted restrictions and a growing Gainesvilleparty and nightlife scene, Gainesville continues to enforce COVID-19 mandates
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‘I don’t have answers’: After a month, case of a murdered 14-year-old middle schooler remains unsolved
By Asta Hemenway | Oct. 7After Kenny R. Coleman Jr. was shot Aug. 21 in Tampa, on Sept. 17 Crime Stoppers of Tampa Bay asked Gainesville and Tampa residents to submit tips for a reward up to $5,000
