GPD releases app that alerts of sexual offenders, traffic accidents
By Robert Lewis | Dec. 20, 2017Gainesville residents and visitors can now get traffic updates and alerts on sexual offenders through a new app.
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.
Gainesville will look a little more futuristic in 2018.
David Fogg, 78, and his wife, Paula, 61, opened a produce stand in 2009 where their 20-by-16-foot Amish shop will close at the end of December.
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.
Out of the 2,451 items turned into RTS's lost and found between October 2016 and October 2017, 59 percent of them were disposed of, according to data from RTS.
An Alachua man stole an iPhone charger and was shocked with a stun gun, chased and arrested on Monday, Alachua Police Department said.
In seventh grade, Camryn Ford felt lost.
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.
When Satchel Raye first started making art, he used paint, stained glass and pencils.
While hunting for Pokémon in the UF Health Shands Hospital parking garage in June, Tillissa Barcia’s 6-year-old son, Austin, found a painted rock.
Around North Florida Regional Medical Center’s pond, 95,000 lights were lit Friday and outlined with Christmas trees, gingerbread men and snowmen.
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.