Deputies: Man fakes kidnapping, asks mom for ransom
By Sara Marino | July 4, 2016Alachua County Sheriff’s Office deputies arrested a Gainesville man early Sunday morning after police said he lied about being kidnapped.
Alachua County Sheriff’s Office deputies arrested a Gainesville man early Sunday morning after police said he lied about being kidnapped.
Gainesville Police arrested a Gainesville woman Wednesday after police said she stabbed a man and lost her own fingertip.
Gainesville Police arrested a man and woman Monday after police said they had meth in their car.
University Police arrested an assistant professor in the UF College of Pharmacy on Tuesday after authorities said he cyberstalked a woman.
The former guitarist of a Gainesville band is scheduled to appear in court July 7 for charges of sexual assault against a minor.
Gainesville Police arrested a boy in connection with the May 30 attack on a Five Star Pizza delivery man.
Gainesville Police arrested a local man Sunday morning after they said he threatened to shoot a family, including two young boys, ages 14 and 8.
Gainesville Police arrested two Florida men Wednesday morning after they said the men had 19 confirmed altered credit cards.
Five Star Pizza will stop delivering to Granada Apartments in Northwest Gainesville after a delivery driver was robbed and hospitalized.
A Gainesville man currently faces charges of first-degree child sexual abuse after Gainesville Police, U.S. Marshals and District of Columbia Police worked together to arrest him a week ago.
Gainesville Police arrested a Gainesville man Tuesday after they said he entered a home — despite the owner’s injunction against him — and hid in a closet, where he was later found with a lit cigarette.
Police arrested Simone Westbrook, a guard on Florida’s women’s basketball team, early Saturday morning.
Gainesville Police arrested two men early Saturday morning in connection with a sexual battery that occurred hours earlier.
When Tina the tabby cat went missing, her supposed captor set the ransom at $20.
A UF professor accused of spying on his underage adopted daughter was sentenced to five years of probation and at least 30 months of counseling.
Hours before Friday’s Orange & Blue Debut, three men snuck into the Gators locker room and tried to steal two jerseys, according to University Police reports.
For a second time, fast food meant fast cash.
Citing a lack of security footage and a pool of about 1,000 construction workers, the survivor of Tuesday’s attack in the Reitz Union said police will likely not find her attacker.
This story has been updated and the headline changed to reflect the update.
University Police is looking for a man they said assaulted a UF employee at the Reitz Union early Tuesday morning.