A new partnership between Gainesville Police Department and Meridian Behavioral Healthcare, a health care provider, will change how police responds to calls involving a mental health crisis.
Gainesville Police are investigating an attempted homicide between a boyfriend and girlfriend that took place on Sunday.
The Gainesville Police Department released a statement Tuesday morning saying it will work to revise its policy for dealing with non-citizens.
Gainesville Police is investigating the immigration status of the Guatemalan nationals involved in an arrest Sunday.
A UF student was charged with drunk driving early Friday after she was accused of driving in the wrong direction, Gainesville Police said.
A man was arrested Sunday afternoon after police responded to a domestic violence and possible hostage situation, Gainesville Police said.
Gainesville Police are looking for a shooter after officers found a woman shot in the leg at about midnight Wednesday at an East Gainesville apartment complex.
A Gainesville man was charged with crashing into a motorcyclist, who is not expected to survive his injuries, and walking away from the wreck, Gainesville Police said.
A Gainesville man was arrested a Tuesday after a hotel clerk was attacked Monday morning. Gainesville Police said he left his phone at the scene.
Although Heather Fitts came to Gainesville Police Department’s town hall to ask about after-school programs, she learned about a decrease in the number of officers employed and increase in violent crime reports.
Authorities are looking for a man who they said ran into a hotel and grabbed a hotel clerk by the neck Monday morning.
Armed with a crowbar, an unknown man demanded the money from the cash register at a Circle K convenience store Sunday morning, Gainesville Police said.
A Gainesville man is accused of raping his girlfriend last year on her birthday.
A former Alachua county manager was charged with simple battery after authorities said he tried to kiss a work acquaintance.
A UF student was charged Friday with possessing child pornography, which investigators said he accessed once from a UF printing lab IP address, Gainesville Police said.
Updates:
A Gainesville man faced a more than $1.7 million bond after an incident that police said began with him honking at officers.
UPDATE: Florida Highway Patrol officials announced Monday night that 65-year-old Vandall A. Griffin was the man who died after he was struck by two cars Saturday night. Griffin was from Citra, which is about 30 minutes away from Gainesville.
A Gainesville man with burned, peeling skin told witnesses there was no fire Thursday night, officials said.
A UF student was sexually battered early Thursday getting into a vehicle she thought was an Uber in Midtown, according to a UF public safety alert.
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