Drug dealer, buyer arrested for stealing electronics
Feb. 14, 2012Gainesville Police arrested a drug dealer and a buyer Monday for stealing about $3,200 in electronics from local Walmarts in the past two weeks.
Gainesville Police arrested a drug dealer and a buyer Monday for stealing about $3,200 in electronics from local Walmarts in the past two weeks.
Crimes from Feb. 3-10 range from the silly (driver's license violation) to the serious (robbery) to the as-of-now mysterious (hazing).
At least one of two people charged in the January murder of a 78-year-old Gainesville man could face the death penalty.
The Gainesville City Commission gave GPD $15,000 to buy new dogs.
University Police arrested a suspect in a snatch-and-run robbery on campus Wednesday night.
Gainesville police foiled a burglary attempt Sunday afternoon when the alleged criminal left behind a distinct clue: a business card.
A Santa Fe College student was charged with animal cruelty, domestic battery and false imprisonment after trying to smother a cat and then trapping his girlfriend in a bathroom on Sunday, according to Gainesville Police.
Seventy-four Egyptians were killed during a soccer match in Cairo on Feb. 1
A man wearing a stocking cap and blue latex gloves robbed a Checkers at gunpoint early Monday morning.
Gainesville Police are looking for two men who were spotted publicly masturbating on separate occasions Sunday night.
UPD registered 1,493 bikes in 2011. There were 112 bicycles reported stolen in 2010, and 152 bikes were reported stolen in 2011.
Local law enforcement officials met with sorority members Thursday night to talk about a recent string of crimes in the area.
Craig Adams threatened to take Eisha Steele's life Tuesday evening. Just four hours later, she saved his.
Following recent attacks in the Sorority Row area, University Police added new stops to the Student Nighttime Auxiliary Patrol route.
Gainesville Police arrested members of the group Sons of Graffiti on Tuesday and charged them with two counts of criminal mischief and one count of burglary.
A UF student recovered his stolen bike Sunday night after coordinating a sting operation with Gainesville Police.
UPD's campus log reported 14 crimes for the week of Jan. 14-21.
A grudge stretching back to high school put one UF student on the windshield of a car and another in jail Thursday morning.
Florida sophomore defensive tackle Leon Orr was served with a notice to appear on two marijuana-related charges during the first week of Spring semester, according to a University Police Department report.
The victim of a brutal home-invasion robbery in northern Gainesville died Wednesday afternoon.