Gainesville police arrest man who flees traffic stop, holds apartment residents hostage
Police evacuate residents safely during Wednesday morning standoff.
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Gainesville police arrest man who flees traffic stop, holds apartment residents hostage
Police evacuate residents safely during Wednesday morning standoff.
3 injured in Hawthorne stabbings
One person remains in serious condition following Saturday’s domestic dispute.
Lake City Arby’s shooting suspects identified
Intended target remains in hospital in serious condition.
2 shot at Arby’s in Lake City, suspects apprehended
Law enforcement pursues suspects on I-75.
Unlawful immigrant from Inglis indicted for possession of gun, ammunition
Camerino Perez scheduled to be arraigned on July 1.
Old town man indicted for methamphetamine trafficking charges
Ronald Peavy scheduled for arraignment on July 1.
Lake City woman arrested after entering home with handgun, making threats
Police set up perimeter around NE Lake Drive residence.
Gainesville police investigate aggravated battery in North Lincoln Heights
Victim found unconscious with severe trauma to head.
Lake City police arrest armed teenager
Automatic detection system alerted police to two separate gunshot locations.
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
John Bowen Jr. killed 18-year-old Coyoete Katherine Cheyenne Turner.
Gainesville police search for suspect who abandoned 8-week-old puppy
Puppy left at Publix parking lot.
Newberry High School shooting threat turns up false
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
Joint law enforcement support led to arrest.
Alachua County judge sentences man for battering his attorney in court
Man also charged for second battery incident.
Florida man arrested for firing gun inside Lake City hotel room at “perceived threats”
Man claimed snakes had been planted in his vehicle.
Newberry shooting death leads to arrest of 19-year-old suspect
Violence stemmed from ongoing dispute.
Alachua County Sheriff’s deputies arrest 81-year-old man for attempted murder
Suspect shot at multiple victims and at their vehicle.
Gainesville police respond to shooting, vehicle crash at David’s BBQ
Altercation occurs Friday morning.
Gainesville man found guilty of possessing machine gun in drug-trafficking crime
Federal jury finds Lagarius Johnson guilty with sentencing scheduled for Aug. 12.
Alachua police arrest 2 for crimes against minors
Investigation started after report came from concerned parent.
UF police arrest P.K. Yonge teen for bomb threat against school
Social media post discovered Thursday evening.
Lake City shooting at Cedar Park Apartments injures woman
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
Suspect identified on same day police release photos asking for help identifying him.