Gainesville man arrested on attempted homicide, animal cruelty charges
By Aidan Bush | Mar. 3, 2023A Gainesville man was put into custody Thursday night on suspicion of attempting to kill a woman for driving near his home.
A Gainesville man was put into custody Thursday night on suspicion of attempting to kill a woman for driving near his home.
After allegedly forcing himself on a 20-year-old female victim, a Gainesville man was arrested on suspicion of sexual battery Feb. 25.
Marking over half a year since a police K-9 tore out a man’s eye during a traffic stop, the Gainesville Police Department’s K-9 unit announced its return from a monthlong hiatus.
The Gainesville Police Department responded to a report at 10 a.m. in which a driver hit an older woman and her 2-year-old grandchild who were crossing Northwest 10th Avenue and Main Street.
A UF student was put into the Gainesville Police Department’s custody Thursday evening on suspicion of punching a passerby until unconscious.
A Gainesville man was arrested Friday for his alleged role in a Feb. 2 shooting that left two people dead and one critically injured.
A Gainesville man was taken into custody Wednesday on charges of child pornography possession, court records show.
Mandy Lee Carlson, 31, was found guilty and sentenced Jan. 27 after she tried to fly across state lines with 60 pounds of the marijuana in her luggage.
The city mourned the death of 32-year-old Marcus Goodman after the Alachua County Sheriff’s Office announced his death in jail Jan. 26. The service began with a vigil at Bo Diddley Plaza and ended with a street protest around the block.
A man was severely injured in a downtown Gainesville shooting that left two others dead, the Gainesville Police Department said.
In a statement Jan. 26, Alachua County Sheriff Clovis Watson Jr. said Marcus Goodman, 32, died after suffering a “medical emergency.” The Florida Department of Law Enforcement will investigate the cause of death, and the ACSO Office of Professional Standards will also begin an internal investigation.
An inmate in the custody of the Alachua County Sheriff’s Office was confirmed dead Thursday after being moved from the Alachua County Jail to UF Health Shands Hospital.
A Newberry man was arrested Wednesday on suspicion of possessing nearly 20 child pornography media, court records show.
A Gainesville woman was arrested Tuesday on suspicion of threatening to cut off a random man’s penis after barricading herself in her home for five hours, Alachua County Sheriff’s Office deputies said.
A driver in a minivan struck and killed a woman and her dog Thursday evening, according to the Gainesville Police Department.
A Micanopy resident faces a homicide charge after Alachua County Sheriff’s Office deputies connected him to the bloody scene of a murder in the rural town 14 miles away from Gainesville.
A 19-year-old UF sophomore and Phi Delta Theta fraternity brother was arrested by the Gainesville Police Department Wednesday at 10:47 a.m. under charges of sexual battery. His fraternity later suspended him indefinitely.
A woman was arrested Wednesday for a November hit-and-run collision, resulting in the death of a bicyclist on South Main Street.
An adult man on a bicycle was killed Tuesday in what police believe was a hit-and-run.
A 42-year-old Gainesville man was arrested and booked at the Alachua County Jail Friday for burglary of dwelling and petit theft at a UF sorority house.