Man arrested for threatening to hire hit man
By Kathryn Varn | Nov. 11, 2013A Gainesville man was arrested after police say he threatened to hire an assassin to kill two deputies.
A Gainesville man was arrested after police say he threatened to hire an assassin to kill two deputies.
Gainesville Police arrested two men Wednesday after it was reported they worked together to steal a cash register and beer from a downtown restaurant.
Some nights, work means galloping across a soccer field chasing a car burglar. Some nights, it’s clomping across a dance floor at a downtown club. Some nights, it’s simply trying not to get spooked by a bus.
Gainesville Police identified a suspect Wednesday in a recent robbery and are still looking for a man involved in a local burglary last week.
In Monday’s crime logs, police reported one Gainesville man sold his ex-girlfriend’s stolen possessions to neighbors, and another local woman hit the father of her children with a coffee pot.
Authorities evacuated patrons and pets from the Butler Plaza Best Buy and PetSmart stores Monday afternoon after rooftop solar panels caught fire.
A 45-year-old Callahan man died Friday morning after he was thrown from his SUV during a rollover crash two miles northwest of Waldo.
After several months of investigation, Gainesville Police arrested an employee accused of stealing more than $200,000 from the American Red Cross North Central Florida chapter.
Gainesville Police now offers electronic bicycle registration.
Sunday at 2 a.m. will mark the beginning of more darkness. But as Daylight Savings comes to end, more women could feel unsafe.
University Police arrested a Gainesville man Tuesday for making a bomb threat at UF Health Shands Hospital, the second incident of its kind to stir the UF campus in a little more than a month.
The pumpkins are carved, the candy aisles are ransacked and you’re ready to pour the punch with ghosts and goblins at your costume party tonight. But are you forgetting something?
A Gainesville woman was arrested Monday night after police say she incited a rowdy crowd and threatened an officer.
A 33-year-old Gainesville man landed behind bars Sunday afternoon after he stole a $15 pair of headphones from the Butler Plaza Wal-Mart and resisted arrest, police said.
Six people in an environmentalist group received trespass warnings after attempting to enter the McKnight Brain Institute.
Police are still investigating a Friday night robbery that happened in the Midtown area, announced through a UF alert.
The Alachua County Sheriff’s Office arrested an Alachua man Tuesday night after deputies reported he hit his granddaughter with a gun multiple times.
“Gary killed her.”
Jordan McPherson thinks twice before he uses his credit card.
Gainesville Police are looking for information about a Tuesday morning crash involving a semitruck and a woman who was found on the road with severe injuries.