GPD: man charged with grand theft over bar tab
By Jessica Curbelo | July 30, 2018Gainesville Police arrested a 19-year-old UF student early Saturday for allegedly running out on an expensive bar tab.
Gainesville Police arrested a 19-year-old UF student early Saturday for allegedly running out on an expensive bar tab.
National politics in the U.S. tend to drive people to different ends of the political spectrum. We can’t help but be drawn into the cyclone of outrage. It draws in everyone with a connection to TV or Twitter with a siren song — the talking heads on cable news essentially say, “Don’t worry. Don’t re-examine your position on immigration. Your instincts are right. Instead, get mad at these other guys.” What you may realize is that your associates and loved ones have radically different views. Stick to your position, but know that making a political point isn’t worth a ruined friendship.
Adler Garfield said he remembers watching the news after the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting in 2012. The 19-year-old hoped it would never happen to his community, but it did Feb. 14.
The Alachua County Supervisor of Elections is receiving an increase in voter registrations as the Monday deadline to register to vote in the 2018 primary election approaches.
A man was arrested Tuesday by Gainesville Police after telling his passenger to hide 230 grams of cocaine in her underwear.
Four 14-year-olds were arrested after their alleged car burglary spree in northeast Gainesville, Gainesville Police said in a Facebook post.
It’s a recurring nightmare.
A trapped man was rescued from the O’Connell Center on Thursday.
A man accused of threatening a guest and bothering other customers at a Chili’s Grill & Bar was arrested Sunday by Gainesville Police.
The Road to Change tour is stopping by Gainesville this Thursday, revitalizing the debate for gun reform, school safety and the student-voter movement.
Gainesville Police arrested a man Thursday afternoon for having 20 fraudulent credit cards.
On Thursday, Gainesville Mayor Lauren Poe and the City Commission discussed a possible community ID program that could provide the homeless, ex-prisoners, immigrants and refugees in the Gainesville community with a valid alternative to state IDs.
Cesar Evans glanced at the silent auction bid sheet in front of his light red and blue painted mannequin titled “Indivisible.”
With the 30th anniversary of “Shark Week” kicking off Sunday, the resurging fear of sharks is prevalent but misguided.
Even though senior dogs have shed their sweet baby dog eyes and tell-tale puppy breath, Alachua County Humane Society animal care manager Carl Daniels said they are equally loveable and just want to give unconditional affection.
After spending 26 years on Archer Road, Gainesville Miller's Ale House will be moving to a new location.
Gainesville Police received 11 reports of car burglaries in 24 hours, according to a GPD press release Wednesday morning.
Grilling out and serving ice cream isn’t typically in the job description for law enforcement officers, but it’s a familiar occupation for those in the Youth and Community Resource Unit of the Alachua County Sheriff’s Office.
Alix Mathia had no idea what she was going to do with the mannequin when she first got it.
On Monday, President Donald Trump denied that Russia interfered with the 2016 election. What Trump did Monday flies in the face of U.S. intelligence agencies. Trump went against the CIA, FBI and NSA to side with the authoritarian ruler of a geopolitical foe. This begs the question: Is he really still acting like our president?