Bicycle bandit arrested after student sets up sting
Jan. 23, 2012A UF student recovered his stolen bike Sunday night after coordinating a sting operation with Gainesville Police.
A UF student recovered his stolen bike Sunday night after coordinating a sting operation with Gainesville Police.
UPD's campus log reported 14 crimes for the week of Jan. 14-21.
A grudge stretching back to high school put one UF student on the windshield of a car and another in jail Thursday morning.
Florida sophomore defensive tackle Leon Orr was served with a notice to appear on two marijuana-related charges during the first week of Spring semester, according to a University Police Department report.
The victim of a brutal home-invasion robbery in northern Gainesville died Wednesday afternoon.
Here is how the UPD's crime log breaks down for the first week of the semester.
A man and a woman were taken into custody Thursday in relation to a drug-related robbery where a man was pistol whipped.
Gainesville police are still searching for a man accused of robbing two women in a neighborhood near sorority row early Friday.
An armed robbery occurred around midnight Friday north of Sorority Row in a residential neighborhood at Southwest Ninth Street and Southwest Sixth Avenue.
A mentally challenged Gainesville man jumped out of a moving car near his home around the area of 2400 SE Hawthorne Rd, Gainesville Police said. He is currently missing.
A chemical reactant explosion at Sisler Hall injured a student and shut down traffic around 5:50 p.m. Wednesday, and authorities said the building will be closed all day today for cleanup.
An off-duty security guard at the UF Housing Office was arrested early Tuesday for preventing a Gainesville police officer from helping a drunken woman outside 101 Downtown, according to a police report.
A Gainesville woman was arrested Tuesday morning in connection with the brutal beating of a 78-year-old disabled man the night before.
Cousins Austin M. Jones, 22, and Maranda J. Martin, 22, are in police custody after they donned masks and broke into 78-year-old Paul D. Quandt's house at 4854 Northwest 75th Road late Monday night.
"vertical-align: baseline; font-variant: normal; font-style: normal; font-size: 16px; background-color: transparent; text-decoration: none; font-family: Times New Roman; font-weight: normal;"> A 78-year-old disabled Gainesville man is recovering after a brutal home invasion that ended with a three-car collision on SW 13 Street and SW Fifth Avenue early Tuesday.
A high-speed police chase ended in a wreck at the intersection of Southwest 13th Street and Southwest Fifth Avenue shortly after midnight on Tuesday.
As a female student who lives in the Sorority Row area, many of my friends and I have felt very nervous about being in Gainesville because of the recent crimes that have occurred around campus at night.
Three people injured in a car crash at the intersection of University Avenue and Southwest 34th Street late Sunday afternoon are recovering.
On behalf of the University of Florida Police Department, allow me to wish all returning students, faculty and staff a Happy New Year and provide you with some information to help start the spring semester on a safe note.
The suspect in the Nov. 29 rape of a UF student turned himself in on Christmas morning.