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Artists needed for police headquarters project
By Alex Catalano | Nov. 12, 2012The Art in Public Places Trust is on the lookout for artists.
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Security team doesn’t play
By Chris Alcantara | Nov. 12, 2012On gamedays, The Swamp becomes a fortress.
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UPD investigates incident at P. K. Yonge
By Chris Alcantara | Nov. 8, 2012University Police is investigating an incident at the P.K. Yonge Developmental Research School that led to police arresting a student late last week.
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Phone scammers demand money for family members
By Michael Scott Davidson | Nov. 5, 2012Two UF students have been targeted by phone scammers claiming to be holding their family members hostage in the past month, according to a University Police public bulletin.
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Man suspected of robbing woman still at large
By Michael Scott Davidson | Nov. 4, 2012An unidentified man who robbed a woman south of campus Sunday night is still at large, according to Gainesville Police.
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October Weimer Hall sexual assault claim is false, UF Police say
By Chris Alcantara | Oct. 31, 2012An Oct. 1 attempted sexual and aggravated battery incident on campus, which led to a UF alert sent out to students, faculty and staff, turned out to be a lie.
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Starke man arrested for sexual assault
By Chris Alcantara | Oct. 22, 2012Gainesville Police arrested a man early Sunday morning after officers found him sexually assaulting a UF student in a field behind Midtown.
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Gainesville man arrested in connection with rape, robbery
By Chris Alcantara | Oct. 11, 2012Gainesville Police arrested John Henry Boyd III, 32, on sexual assault and robbery charges, according a GPD arrest report.
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Police respond to suicide Wednesday morning
By Chris Alcantara | Oct. 10, 2012Gainesville Police responded to a call Wednesday morning about a man who shot himself in a southwest Gainesville apartment complex
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Suspect in missing student case indicted with murder, kidnapping
By Chris Alcantara | Oct. 9, 2012Pedro A. Bravo will face capital murder and kidnapping charges for his alleged connection in the murder and disappearance of a missing UF student.
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Pedro Bravo indicted for murder
By Chris Alcantara | Oct. 9, 2012Pedro A. Bravo will face capital and first-degree felony charges for his alleged connection to the Christian Aguilar case.
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Details surface about day UF student went missing
By Chris Alcantara | Sep. 30, 2012Aguilar, an 18-year-old biomedical engineering freshman from Miami, has not been seen since Sept. 20.
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UK game had fewer ejections
By Chris Alcantara | Sep. 23, 2012UPD ejected 32 people from the UF-Kentucky game at Ben Hill Griffin Stadium, nine of whom were UF students, according to a UPD news release.
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Police arrest man for hanging out
By Chris Alcantara | Sep. 23, 2012Police charged Shashi Prakash with indecent exposure Friday when a GPD officer found him in an Enclave Apartments parking lot, according to a GPD arrest report.
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Grad student seriously injured in mystery incident
By Chris Alcantara | Sep. 17, 2012At about 6 p.m. Wednesday, UPD received a call from a pedestrian who found Zachary Lovitch, 27, a music composition doctoral candidate, unconscious across the street from the Biomedical Sciences Building on Center Drive.
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Police investigate hate crime directed at UF law professor
By Chris Alcantara | Sep. 12, 2012At about 11:40 a.m. Monday, police responded to a criminal mischief call at the law school parking lot, said UPD spokesman Maj. Brad Barber in an interview Wednesday.
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Woman chases her friend with hammer, then two sticks
By Chris Alcantara | Sep. 11, 2012Gainesville Police charged Celestia Vanessa Howard, 44, Sunday night with aggravated assault with a deadly weapon, according to a GPD arrest report.
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This week in City Hall: Police seek funding, GRU ponders contract
By Alex Catalano | Sep. 6, 2012This week in the Gainesville City Commission, the commission moved along the process to get city police funding for a police dog and other necessities, and the city power supplier kept a close eye on UF’s power contract, which is set to expire in less than two years.
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Man charged with possession of cocaine, unarmed burglary
By Chris Alcantara | Sep. 6, 2012Gainesville Police arrested a man for violating his restraining order and running away from officers.
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Gainesville man arrested for cocaine, Tased
By Chris Alcantara | Sep. 6, 2012Police charged John Fitzgerald Miles, 39, of 1307 NW 6th St., on Wednesday with unarmed burglary, possession of cocaine and resisting arrest with violence, among other charges, according to a GPD arrest report.
