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Police roundup: 2 counts of middle-of-night domestic battery
By Melissa Mihm | Nov. 16, 2014MELISSA MIHM
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Police roundup: threatening texts; Wal-Mart grand theft
By Melissa Mihm | Nov. 13, 2014A Gainesville man was arrested Wednesday night after police said he sent a string of about 30 threatening text messages to another man.
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Police roundup: intoxication, trespassing; domestic violence
By Melissa Mihm | Nov. 12, 2014A drunk man was arrested Tuesday night after police said he peed in a Popeyes’ bathroom sink.
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Police roundup: battery, disturbing peace; false 911 call
By Melissa Mihm | Nov. 11, 2014A naked man had to be dragged out of an apartment early Tuesday after police said he pushed and grabbed his wife.
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Police roundup: battery and assaults
By Melissa Mihm | Nov. 9, 2014A Gainesville man was arrested Saturday evening after police said he punched his girlfriend of 20 years in the face and tried to drag her outside.
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Home invasion suspect arrested
By Melissa Mihm | Nov. 6, 2014A Gainesville man was arrested Wednesday afternoon after police said he broke into an occupied home and made out with $60 in cash and a bar of soap.
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Police: man robs neighbor, attacks him with shovel
By Melissa Mihm | Nov. 5, 2014A Gainesville man was arrested Tuesday afternoon after he broke into his neighbor’s house, robbed him and beat him with a shovel, police said.
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Crime: crack in yet another crack; DUI
By Melissa Mihm | Nov. 3, 2014A Gainesville man was arrested Sunday night after police said a tube of crack fell from his pants.
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Foundations invest in UF College of Education
By Reba Liddy | Nov. 2, 2014UF’s College of Education has received a $1 million grant.
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Police roundup: attempted suicide; meth; grand theft; break-in
By Melissa Mihm | Nov. 2, 2014A man from High Springs tried to drown himself in a jail cell toilet after he was arrested Saturday night for fighting at The Fest 13, according to police.
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Police roundup: child sexual assault; theft from parked car
By Melissa Mihm | Oct. 30, 2014A Gainesville man was arrested Wednesday afternoon after police said he sexually assaulted his girlfriend’s 9-year-old relative.
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Police: Woman damages Wal-Mart property with bat
By Melissa Mihm | Oct. 29, 2014A Gainesville woman was arrested Tuesday night after police said she smashed three glass jewelry cases with an aluminum bat at the Southwest Archer Road Wal-Mart.
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Crack pipe in unusual place; middle-of-night attack; stalking
By Melissa Mihm | Oct. 28, 2014A Gainesville man pulled a crack pipe out of his butt after being arrested on an outstanding warrant early Tuesday.
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Man charged with robbery, battery against ex-boyfriend
By Melissa Mihm | Oct. 27, 2014A Gainesville man was arrested early Monday after police said he snatched and threw his ex-boyfriend’s ankle monitor before stealing his cell phone.
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Police roundup: Battery; child abuse; drug possession
By Melissa Mihm | Oct. 26, 2014A Gainesville man was arrested early Saturday after police said he punched the owner of The JAM in the face as he was kicked out of the bar.
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Police roundup: battery; UF email breach
By Melissa Mihm | Oct. 22, 2014sted Tuesday after police said she poked the father of her child on the shoulder with a knife, cut up his bed sheets and destroyed his laptop.
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GPD launches online crime reporting
By Melissa Mihm | Oct. 22, 2014Gainesville residents now have the option of reporting non-emergency incidents to Gainesville Police online rather than by phone.
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UF student arrested after punching cop at Gator Growl
By Melissa Mihm | Oct. 20, 2014A UF student was arrested at Gator Growl after he tried to jump a fence to gain entry, failed, then punched a University Police officer in the face, according to police.
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Groups to hold panel on domestic violence
By Nicole Wiesenthal | Oct. 20, 2014Gainesville and UF organizations will come together Thursday to present a panel on domestic violence.
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Kanapaha Middle school evacuates over bomb threat
By Melissa Mihm | Oct. 20, 2014Kanapaha Middle School was evacuated for about an hour and a half Monday morning after a bomb-threat hoax left Alachua County Sheriff’s Office deputies and school staff sweeping the area for explosives.
