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UF student found dead, medical causes suspected
By Benjamin S. Brasch | May 21, 2012A UF student passed away Monday morning from unknown causes.
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Gainesville men accused of burglary, caused $850 in damage, fell asleep
By Chris Alcantara | May 20, 2012When a Gainesville contracting crew arrived to work on a house Thursday morning, they did not expect to find two men asleep inside.
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Police searching for suspect in shooting
By Benjamin S. Brasch | May 14, 2012The man shot a woman and a man with a pistol in Tent City at 10:51 p.m. on Sunday.
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Newspapers in Alligator delivery van set on fire; police searching for suspect
By Joey Flechas | May 1, 2012A man set fire to a stack of newspapers early Thursday morning in the back of the delivery van for the Independent Florida Alligator.
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Hazing charges against one of 10 Alpha Phi Alpha fraternity members dropped
By Benjamin S. Brasch | Apr. 30, 2012Florida’s state attorney announced Monday the state would drop charges against one of the 10 members of Alpha Phi Alpha who were charged with hazing in January.
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Gainesville man arrested on charge of attempted murder
Apr. 22, 2012William and his mother, Emogene, argued in the living room around 10 p.m. He asked for money to buy crack cocaine and beer, police say. Emogene said no. So, William beat her. Then, he stabbed her in the face with an ice pick, four times.
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Man found dead in apartment at The Estates
By Clare Lennon | Apr. 22, 2012Police responded to a 911 call by a man who went to his friend’s apartment and found him.
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Driver walks away from crash on Southwest 62nd Boulevard
Apr. 21, 2012Soon after 10 p.m. Saturday, about five minutes after the crash, officers and paramedics responded to the scene at the entrance of Fairmont Oaks apartments, 316 SW 62nd Blvd.
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Police set trap for unclaimed monkey
By Meredith Rutland | Apr. 19, 2012Officials set a trap Thursday to catch a monkey suspected of stealing fruit from an elderly woman in northeast Gainesville.
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Student arrested, charged with using police scanner
Apr. 18, 2012University Police charged a Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity member with using a police scanner as a lookout device.
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Seat belt enforcement may increase
By Adrianna Paidas | Apr. 17, 2012Gainesville Police Department wants to keep a stricter lookout for people who don’t wear seat belts at night.
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Man arrested, charged with egging home, breaking window
Apr. 17, 2012Gainesville Police arrested a man accused of throwing eggs and breaking a front-door window with a 2-by-4 on Tuesday morning.
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Man charged with driving car into girlfriend
Apr. 17, 2012A Gainesville man almost ran over his girlfriend Monday afternoon.
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UPDATE: Funeral information for University of Florida student remembered for love of animals, cycling
Apr. 17, 2012On Sunday evening, Michael R. Edmonds Jr., a 26-year-old journalism student, died after falling from the upper levels of Ben Hill Griffin Stadium.
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UPD picked up about 240 unclaimed bicycles on campus Monday
By Michael Scott Davidson | Apr. 16, 2012About 240 UF students won’t find their bicycles today where they last left them, but it’s not because they were stolen.
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Man recounts night he shot roommate
Apr. 12, 2012Gainesville Police said Jude Rizzo, 21, a nursing student at Santa Fe College, shot Michael Crace, 20, three times near the chest in self-defense on April 2.
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Santa Fe College student in critical condition after motorcycle crash
Apr. 12, 2012A Santa Fe College student is in critical condition after crashing his motorcycle into a ditch Thursday morning.
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UPDATE: Bystander catches purse snatcher in downtown Gainesville
By Webb | Apr. 12, 2012Carl M. Babb, 50, was arrested after police said he snatched a woman’s purse from the Lunchbox restaurant downtown at about 8:50 p.m.
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University of Florida reacts to George Zimmerman’s murder charge
By Webb | Apr. 11, 2012George Zimmerman was charged Wednesday with second-degree murder 45 days after Sanford police said he shot and killed 17-year-old Trayvon Martin.
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Car engulfed in flames near Harn
By Webb | Apr. 9, 2012A car fire next to Southwest Recreation Center and the Harn Museum left one man in jail and another without a ride.
