GPD: Man tries to bury 55 grams of weed, 4 ecstasy pills on UF campus
By Meryl Kornfield | Feb. 5, 2017A Gainesville man was found on UF’s campus Friday burying marijuana, cocaine and ecstasy near Rhines Hall, Gainesville Police said.
A Gainesville man was found on UF’s campus Friday burying marijuana, cocaine and ecstasy near Rhines Hall, Gainesville Police said.
A deputy with the Alachua County Sheriff’s Office was arrested Friday and placed on paid administrative suspension after police said he physically abused a mentally disabled 11-year-old boy.
Driving a stolen car filled with drugs, fake money and a gun, a Gainesville man led police on a chase that included crashing into a police car, the Alachua County Sheriff's Office said.
A search for a masked gunman who robbed a Chevron gas station on West University Avenue ended Friday night after Gainesville Police said officers couldn’t find him.
An Alachua woman drove drunkenly into a ditch Wednesday and told police she was dead, Florida Highway Patrol said.
By the time the cops came knocking in December, Roy McCoy Cone had developed a toxic regimen, his wife told Gainesville Police.
Following allegations of hazing, a UF music fraternity has been disbanded and is now under police investigation.
As he patrols the streets, Michael Cavett’s rainbow bracelet sticks out against his dark-blue police uniform, a sign of his pride.
A Miami man with a Georgia driver’s license was caught Monday driving with 24 gallons of moonshine disguised as water, the Alachua County Sheriff’s Office said.
A Gainesville man, possibly high on cans of dust cleaner, drove a U-Haul truck into a mother and her child Sunday, injuring both, Gainesville Police say.
The men who assaulted swastika-wearer Michael Dewitz on Thursday kicked and punched him before one of them burned Dewitz’s swastika-emblazoned jacket in a grill, police said.
After his mere presence caused a four-hour protest at UF, a man wearing a swastika armband was attacked Thursday.
A UF law student hit the bottle, hit the books and then hit a trailer Wednesday, Gainesville Police said.
Gang-related violence has been on the rise in Gainesville over the past two years, police officials said on Thursday.
A speeding pickup skidded on West University Avenue sidewalk before flipping on its side and striking a building near campus Wednesday.
After punching a girl in the face Tuesday, a UF professor was arrested and placed on administrative leave, Gainesville Police and a UF spokesperson confirmed.
On Wednesday, Gainesville Police officer Pat Hopkins was honored for saving a Gainesville woman from her burning home.
A Gainesville man intruded on four roommates Tuesday, then punched and spat on one when asked to leave, Gainesville Police said.
One phone call to UF Health Shands Hospital on Tuesday resulted in an evacuation of the food court, University Police said.
A UF maintenance worker was operating a lawn mower when it fell and pinned him to the ground Tuesday.