Joel Searby receives 10-year prison sentence for child sex crimes
Jun 13, 2025
Former Education First for Newberry spokesperson arrested in June 2024.
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Joel Searby receives 10-year prison sentence for child sex crimes
Former Education First for Newberry spokesperson arrested in June 2024.
Man receives life sentence for 2023 murder of Lake City teen
Jun 13, 2025
John Bowen Jr. killed 18-year-old Coyoete Katherine Cheyenne Turner.
Gainesville police search for suspect who abandoned 8-week-old puppy
Jun 4, 2025
Puppy left at Publix parking lot.
Newberry High School shooting threat turns up false
Jun 2, 2025
Alachua County Sheriff’s deputies search school following Monday morning call.
Dixie County arrests Bell man for 14 counts of child porn, held on $1.4M bond
May 30, 2025
Joint law enforcement support led to arrest.
Alachua County judge sentences man for battering his attorney in court
May 29, 2025
Man also charged for second battery incident.
Florida man arrested for firing gun inside Lake City hotel room at “perceived threats”
May 29, 2025
Man claimed snakes had been planted in his vehicle.
Newberry shooting death leads to arrest of 19-year-old suspect
May 26, 2025
Violence stemmed from ongoing dispute.
Alachua County Sheriff’s deputies arrest 81-year-old man for attempted murder
May 23, 2025
Suspect shot at multiple victims and at their vehicle.
Gainesville police respond to shooting, vehicle crash at David’s BBQ
May 23, 2025
Altercation occurs Friday morning.
Gainesville man found guilty of possessing machine gun in drug-trafficking crime
May 21, 2025
Federal jury finds Lagarius Johnson guilty with sentencing scheduled for Aug. 12.
Alachua police arrest 2 for crimes against minors
May 19, 2025
Investigation started after report came from concerned parent.
UF police arrest P.K. Yonge teen for bomb threat against school
May 16, 2025
Social media post discovered Thursday evening.
Lake City shooting at Cedar Park Apartments injures woman
May 16, 2025
A Cedar Park Apartments shooting in Lake City injured a woman early Friday morning. According to a Lake City Police Department (LCPD) release, officers responded at […]
Gainesville police arrest voyeurism suspect
May 15, 2025
Suspect identified on same day police release photos asking for help identifying him.
Gainesville police seek to identify voyeurism suspect
May 14, 2025
Man looking into apartment located in Southwest Gainesville.
Kanapaha Middle School student arrested after mass shooting threats
May 12, 2025
Teenage suspect reportedly posted two threats on social media.
Former Gainesville mayoral candidate, Rosenthal, indicted for murder in Tennessee
May 12, 2025
Grand jury indicted on two charges.
Gainesville man sentenced to more than 10 years for child pornography charges
May 12, 2025
Stephen Young arrested in March 2024.
Florida Highway Patrol seeks hit-and-run suspect in Columbia County
May 9, 2025
The Florida Highway Patrol (FHP) is requesting assistance in locating the driver of a white SUV that was involved in a hit-and-run Friday morning that seriously […]
Lake City police charge 22-year-old man for shooting at cyclist
May 7, 2025
Arrest came after called-off car chase.
FDLE investigating crimes against minors during raid on Alachua Today, Boukari Law
May 3, 2025
Memorandum reveals investigators sought forensic evidence.
Butler Plaza Walmart shooting injures 1, suspect surrenders himself to police
May 1, 2025
Victim in critical condition.
Victim from Easter shooting at TB McPherson Park dies
Apr 28, 2025
Gainesville police continue to search for suspect.