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UF walk-on arrested
By ADAM LICHTENSTEIN< | July 1, 2013Gainesville Police arrested a UF football player early Saturday morning.
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GPD arrests men in Walmart cellphone theft scheme
By Kelcee Griffis | June 19, 2013Three men were arrested Monday night after they were accused of trying to persuade homeless men to steal cellphones from Walmart.
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Crime and a crash: milk revenge, weed
By Kelcee Griffis | June 17, 2013A woman was arrested Wednesday after police saidthey found hundreds of names, birth dates and social security numbers written on pages in her car.
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Kids graduate from GPD camp
By Kelcee Griffis | June 17, 2013Although the outline of the officers’ bulletproof vests still showed beneath their blue polos, and guns glared from holsters on their belts, they smiled kindly at the room full of elementary school children jammed into the humid Pine Ridge Community Center.
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This week: a gunshot, a lovers’ quarrel and a rash of car burglaries
By Kelcee Griffis | June 12, 2013A Gainesville man was rushed to UF Health Shands Hospital on Wednesday after Gainesville Police officers responded to a report of a gunshot at a hotel.
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Chinese food dinner ends with police chase
By Kelcee Griffis | June 10, 2013A St. Petersburg man was arrested in Gainesville Sunday night after police say he ran out of a local Chinese restaurant without paying for dinner.
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Driving too fast, too furious leads to speedy 3 a.m. arrest
By Kelcee Griffis | June 5, 2013A Gainesville man was arrested Wednesday after he drove about 30 mph over the speed limit and told officers his behavior was inspired by watching “The Fast & the Furious.”
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Man arrested in hit-and-run
By Kelcee Griffis | June 3, 2013Gainesville Police arrested a local man Sunday after he allegedly hit a pedestrian with his car and attempted to run over three others.
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Peach vodka, panhandling and retail theft: the weekend in crime
By Jenna Box | May 27, 2013A Newberry man was arrested just before 3 a.m. Monday after he was pulled over in his gray Nissan Altima for driving without his headlights on.
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Woman arrested after brawl with husband at West Coast Seafood
By Kelcee Griffis | May 22, 2013A Gainesville woman was arrested Tuesday after she allegedly hit her estranged husband, took his cellphone and backed her vehicle into his truck in the parking lot of West Coast Seafood.
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Man has close shave with GPD at Walmart
By Kelcee Griffis | May 22, 2013A Miami Beach man was arrested Tuesday after he allegedly bought three bags of dog food stuffed with about $1,800 of stolen shaving supplies.
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National board suggests tightening DUI requirements
By Kelcee Griffis | May 22, 2013A national recommendation to tighten standards that constitute drunken driving may not affect Florida, local officials say.
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Gainesville’s mobile black bear still on the prowl, on Twitter
By Kelcee Griffis | May 20, 2013The black bear that’s been wandering south Gainesville since last week — first spotted in the Kirkwood subdivision — is still on the prowl.
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Attempted butter-knife stabbing results in Gainesville man’s arrest
By Alexa Volland | May 13, 2013A Gainesville man was arrested Thursday night on charges of attempting to stab his aunt and uncle when they refused to give him extra cash.
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Suspicious package in North Hall on Friday
By Colleen Wright | Apr. 21, 2013University Police evacuated North Hall on Friday afternoon after a suspicious package was found in the first floor lounge.
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Man wanted in robbery, sexual assault
By Kathryn Varn | Apr. 15, 2013Gainesville Police is looking for a man who allegedly stole various items from two UF students and sexually assaulted one of the students at gunpoint early Monday.
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UPD to tighten safety belt enforcement
By Jaclyn Rosen | Mar. 10, 2013University Police will be buckling down on safety belt law enforcement through the end of the week with Florida’s annual Click It or Ticket campaign.
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Police seeing drug climbing in popularity among all age groups
By Nicole Germany | Feb. 26, 2013Christiana, a 21-year-old UF junior, said she took one for the first time at a Tiësto concert two years ago.
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Police investigates robbery, sexual battery at the Enclave
By Kathryn Varn | Feb. 24, 2013Gainesville Police is investigating a Saturday morning armed robbery and attempted rape at a southwest Gainesville apartment complex.
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Gainesville Police awards ceremony highlights recent heroism
By Kelcee Griffis | Feb. 21, 2013Gainesville Police Officer Michael Preston only knew the woman’s name, but that didn’t stop him from saving her life.
