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Newberry stabbing suspect arrested
By Omar Ateyah | May 24, 2022Police are looking for a Newberry man who stabbed a woman Monday morning.
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Fort Clarke student arrested after bringing loaded gun to school
By Omar Ateyah | May 16, 2022A Fort Clarke middle schooler was arrested after he brought a loaded gun to campus Friday. Jaylan Hillman, a Gainesville resident, stole a handgun from his mother before bringing it to school, according to an Alachua County Sheriff’s Office press release.
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Gainesville man sentenced to 24 years in prison for child pornography
By Omar Ateyah | May 14, 2022Travonta Rivers was sentenced to more than 24 years in prison on child pornography charges Wednesday.
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Motorcyclist dies in crash on Northwest 39th Avenue
By Omar Ateyah | May 12, 2022A motorcyclist died Wednesday afternoon after crashing into another vehicle on Northwest 39th Avenue.
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Gainesville Police still searching for shooter in downtown shooting
By Omar Ateyah | May 3, 2022GPD continues to search for a suspect in a downtown parking garage shooting around 2 a.m. Sunday at 105 SW 3rd St. The shooting stemmed from an argument between two groups.
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One dead after a shooting at Wawa
By Troy Myers | Apr. 8, 2022A shooting Tuesday night at Wawa on 1007 E. University Ave. left one man dead. At about 9 p.m., Gainesville Police Department officers responded to the gas station about a person being shot. Wallace Lee, a Gainesville resident, was found by officers lying on the ground with what looked like a gunshot wound to the head.
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“There is no excuse and no apology worthy”: Driver in the Maggie Paxton hit-and-run unsuccessfully tries to change his plea
By Troy Myers | Mar. 29, 2022The judge did not accept the change of plea with the proposed minimum sentence by Figueroa’s attorney, Robert Rush. Figueroa, his mother, father and Rush all sat in silence without visible rejection.
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Remembering and honoring Prateek Sharma, a hit-and-run victim
By Carissa Allen | Mar. 28, 2022On the eve of Holi this year, Sharma walked along the sidewalk of Southwest 34th Street to the market to pick up gujiya, a popular Holi delicacy. Sharma was fatally hit and killed March 17. He was 21 years old.
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Two UF students victims of hit-and-runs last week
By Troy Myers | Mar. 21, 2022Mackenzie Mullen and an unidentified student — two UF students — were involved in hit-and-runs last week. Mullen had serious injuries, and the other student was killed.
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Defendant in hit-and-run fatality lawsuit changes his plea
By Troy Myers | Mar. 16, 2022The deaths of multiple UF students, including Paxton, sparked a campus-wide response with the inceptions of Florida Not One More and Gators Against Pedestrian Deaths.
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Semi truck crashes into bus Friday morning, hospitalizes seven people
By Lily Kino | Feb. 26, 2022The 2007 Freightliner bus had 39 passengers on board during the collision at 6:30 a.m., according to FHP. One person was in critical condition when they arrived at the hospital, one in serious condition, three in fair condition and two in good condition, said Ken Garcia, Shands Hospital spokesperson.
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More than 20 people say they were scammed by a man who lived in Gainesville
By Troy Myers | Feb. 25, 2022For around a month, UF students Jeremiah Gu, Luke Morris and Mitch Valdes’ cash and food was disappearing. The three roommates began to find themselves in what they describe as a roommate nightmare. Once their cash and food started disappearing, the roommates suspected their 26-year-old roommate Kody Moniz was responsible for the thefts from video camera footage. After kicking him out, they discovered Moniz’s criminal record.
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A mother’s car stolen with her toddler still inside
By Troy Myers | Feb. 25, 2022A Gainesville woman’s car was stolen Thursday morning at around 7 a.m. with her toddler in the back seat. Her car was stolen off of Southwest 35th Place and found about 40 minutes later with her unharmed child still inside.
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Firefighters responded to fire alarms at a Gainesville daycare
By Troy Myers | Feb. 23, 2022Gainesville Fire Rescue crews arrived at Kid City USA at 1127 NW Seventh Ave., about eight minutes after a fire alarm system notification at 3:45 a.m., according to a GFR press release.
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Two arrested after shooting at Gainesville apartment complex
By Troy Myers | Feb. 23, 2022The pair planned to rob a neighbor’s apartment, according to the arrest report. When the neighbor’s friend confronted him, an argument broke out.
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UFPD identifies the suspect who recorded a victim in a dorm shower in December
By Lily Kino | Feb. 21, 2022Deontre Donnell Mason, 24, was arrested and released from a $10,000 bond Dec. 7 after University of Central Florida Police Department officers arrested him, according to a police report.
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Bomb threat at Gainesville High School
By Jiselle Lee | Feb. 15, 2022At about 11:30 a.m., Gainesville Police Department school resource officers called for nine additional GPD officers to the school, including the University Police Department’s bomb dogs, Gainesville Police Department spokesperson Graham Glover said.
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The Humane Society of North Central Florida robbed, threatened with gun violence
By Troy Myers | Feb. 6, 2022After The Humane Society of Alachua County was robbed and employees were threatened, Gainesville gave an outpour of support to the nonprofit organization. Residents donated, gifted chocolates and cookies, and praised employees at The Humane Society in Gainesville after they were threatened with gun violence on the morning of Jan. 25 then robbed the next morning after a break-in.
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Florida hit-and-run crashes increased in 2021
By Troy Myers | Feb. 4, 2022The start of hit-and-run awareness month brings concerning news: fatalities from hit-and-runs have risen in Florida since 2018. In 2021, there was about a 17% increase of total hit-and-run crashes, about an 18% increase of fatalities and a 20% increase of all serious injuries compared to 2020, the Feb. 1 FLHSMV press release said.
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‘You will never be forgotten’: Community remembers murder victims over 30 years later
By Alexis Carson | Jan. 18, 2022Five Gainesville college students were murdered in their apartments along Archer Road in August 1990, and three of them were brutally assaulted by a man dubbed “The Gainesville Ripper.” The Florida Department of Law Enforcement caught the murderer after a nine-month-long search where he, Danny Rolling, was executed by lethal injection in 2006.
