A Gainesville man was arrested for loitering and prowling after officers observed suspicious behavior at about 2 a.m. Monday.
As a survivor of sexual assault, I’ve never felt more uncomfortable on the UF campus. I can’t walk to class withotut cringing at the teal ribbons littering Turlington and Plaza of the Americas, constant reminders of what I and so many others went through. Student Government has done this campus a disservice by triggering survivors with its poorly managed campaign and by perpetuating negative stereotypes that sexual assault is limited to a strange man grabbing a woman walking alone in the middle of the night and that victims should “prevent” sexual assault by not walking alone.
Gainesville Police and University Police announced Thursday one of the four attacks reported since Aug. 30 was unrelated to the rest.
A state attorney is being investigated after police say he videotaped a woman partially nude at a local tanning booth.
Samantha Mossman has carried around pepper spray for years.
Paranoia ensued Tuesday night as Gainesville Police responded to a call near Sorority Row, but the incident was not related to the recent string of assaults on and near campus.
During a UF police manhunt Sunday, UF campus was illuminated not in orange and blue, but red and blue.
Linda Stump sipped her Coke through a thin straw as she drove her red Ford Explorer through UF’s campus Monday night.
An alcohol inventory at Boca Fiesta led to the arrest of a Gainesville man who police said stole 10 bottles of liquor from the restaurant and bar Sunday.
Shortly after 8:30 Sunday night, the entire UF Student Body received a series of alerts from University Police, warning them of a battery that had just occurred on campus near McCarty Hall.
A woman was grabbed from behind while walking through UF’s campus Sunday night, launching a response from both UF Police and Gainesville Police officers.
The recent notifications from University Police have the UF campus on high alert. The terrifying news of four attempted sexual assaults in the nighttime hours have left UF students afraid of walking home alone. But these attacks are isolating one group of people in particular: women.
More than 30 people were ejected, and one person was arrested during the Florida Gators football game against Eastern Michigan University on Saturday.
A Gainesville man was arrested after stalking a woman and masturbating in front of her house Wednesday morning.
A battery case that occurred on campus early Friday morning has the University Police Department issuing safety precautions to students.
A Gainesville man was arrested shortly before midnight Tuesday and charged with driving under the influence and leaving the scene of a crash that involved injuries.
A man is wanted for burglarizing a house while the victim was still inside on Aug. 10, according to the Gainesville Police, and detectives are looking for the suspect.
Local police are working together to find a suspect they believe was involved in two separate sexual assault cases that occurred this weekend during and after the delayed Gators football game.
A Gainesville man was arrested and charged with DUI and criminal mischief after sideswiping a parked car late Sunday night.
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