Students should learn to fight off predators, not be victims
By Joshua Fonzi | Feb. 16, 2012The fact is, people, if you stopped allowing yourselves to be victims, you wouldn't be one.
The fact is, people, if you stopped allowing yourselves to be victims, you wouldn't be one.
University Police closed the first floor of North Hall for about six hours Wednesday after a student attempted suicide.
The City of Gainesville, a former Gainesville Police chief and a former GPD officer are being sued for allegations related to the secret videotaping of several women, some of whom were naked while they were filmed.
An Ocala man was tackled three times and tased by a Gainesville Police officer on Tuesday night after the officer found cocaine on him.
University Police are investigating a second possible hazing case that occurred two years ago.
Gainesville Police arrested a drug dealer and a buyer Monday for stealing about $3,200 in electronics from local Walmarts in the past two weeks.
Crimes from Feb. 3-10 range from the silly (driver's license violation) to the serious (robbery) to the as-of-now mysterious (hazing).
At least one of two people charged in the January murder of a 78-year-old Gainesville man could face the death penalty.
The Gainesville City Commission gave GPD $15,000 to buy new dogs.
University Police arrested a suspect in a snatch-and-run robbery on campus Wednesday night.
Gainesville police foiled a burglary attempt Sunday afternoon when the alleged criminal left behind a distinct clue: a business card.
A Santa Fe College student was charged with animal cruelty, domestic battery and false imprisonment after trying to smother a cat and then trapping his girlfriend in a bathroom on Sunday, according to Gainesville Police.
Seventy-four Egyptians were killed during a soccer match in Cairo on Feb. 1
A man wearing a stocking cap and blue latex gloves robbed a Checkers at gunpoint early Monday morning.
Gainesville Police are looking for two men who were spotted publicly masturbating on separate occasions Sunday night.
UPD registered 1,493 bikes in 2011. There were 112 bicycles reported stolen in 2010, and 152 bikes were reported stolen in 2011.
Local law enforcement officials met with sorority members Thursday night to talk about a recent string of crimes in the area.
Craig Adams threatened to take Eisha Steele's life Tuesday evening. Just four hours later, she saved his.
Following recent attacks in the Sorority Row area, University Police added new stops to the Student Nighttime Auxiliary Patrol route.
Gainesville Police arrested members of the group Sons of Graffiti on Tuesday and charged them with two counts of criminal mischief and one count of burglary.