Gainesville residents and visitors can now get traffic updates and alerts on sexual offenders through a new app.
A Gainesville woman was arrested for stealing merchandise worth $344.38 from Walmart and then dragging and hitting the store manager who tried to stop her on Friday, Gainesville Police said.
A recent graduate of PK Yonge Developmental Research School was arrested on Thursday for stealing and pawning a school saxophone, University Police said.
A Gainesville woman was arrested for driving under the influence on Monday after she started dancing during her field sobriety tests, Gainesville Police said.
A Walmart customer service manager stole over $11,000 from Walmart from Dec. 5 to Dec. 8, Gainesville Police said.
The story was updated to reflect the driver, Austin Yarbrough, died in UF Health Shands Hospital a day after the crash.
Officer Ben Tobias traded his police badge for a slow cooker this weekend.
A professional WWE wrestler was arrested in Gainesville on Saturday for physically forcing his wife into their car, Gainesville Police said. His wife is also a professional wrestler.
An Alachua man stole an iPhone charger and was shocked with a stun gun, chased and arrested on Monday, Alachua Police Department said.
A Hawthorne man was recorded in the backyard of a woman who had a restraining order against him Monday. He told police he checks on her, Gainesville Police said.
A Gainesville man told police he stole tools from Lowe’s on Monday because his tools were stolen, Gainesville Police said.
A former Florida Department of Children and Families spokesperson was arrested Thursday after police found child pornography on his house desktop computer, Gainesville Police said.
A UF law student was arrested Thursday after a woman told police he drugged and sexually battered her, Gainesville Police said.
A UF student was arrested for driving drunk after leaving Midtown on Friday, University Police said.
After six officers used force and a Taser, a UF student was detained Saturday afternoon after the UF football game.
An Alachua woman was arrested for leaving the scene of an accident and driving drunk Saturday, Florida Highway Patrol said.
A Gainesville man was arrested for breaking into a car and stealing three guns after the car owner found the man’s cellphone in his car, Gainesville Police said.
A Gainesville woman with an active warrant out for her arrest was found by deputies hiding behind a washing machine Saturday, Alachua County Sheriff’s Office said.
After conducting undercover surveillance of Tivoli Apartments in Gainesville, located at 2841 SW 13th St., since the rape of a UF student was reported there Wednesday, Gainesville Police arrested a 14-year-old Gainesville resident for the crime Saturday night.
At least three UF students and a UF Health Shands Hospital resident were arrested this weekend, and six students were told to leave Ben Hill Griffin Stadium during the UF football game.
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