‘Never be forgotten’: Thousands honor killed deputies
By Robert Lewis | Apr. 24, 2018With a New York Police Department patch clutched in one hand, 9-year-old Kaden Rogers waved with the other to first responders who drove by him.
With a New York Police Department patch clutched in one hand, 9-year-old Kaden Rogers waved with the other to first responders who drove by him.
Shortly after midnight Friday, red, blue and white flashing lights lit the 30-mile path from Trenton to Gainesville’s medical examiner’s office.
Three days after two Gilchrist County Sheriff’s Office deputies were slain, a Marion County Sheriff’s Office deputy was shot at early Sunday morning, MCSO said.
Update 9:30 a.m. Monday: Gainesville Police identified the man killed and said his killer knew him.
Update 1:10 a.m. Friday: A couple hundred patrol vehicles from different agencies drove from Trenton to Gainesville to escort the deputies to the medical examiner's office on Southwest Third Avenue. When authorities arrived at about 1 a.m. Friday, they closed off parts of West University Avenue.
Editor's note: Charges against Bradshaw Steele have been dismissed.
UF’s Gator Marching Band could have a field to call home starting this October.
A woman was hit by a car and dragged 40 yards within the Spyglass Apartments complex early Monday morning, Gainesville Police said.
Two Hawthorne men were arrested after police found drugs and three guns, one stolen, in their car, Gainesville Police said.
A Gainesville man woke up three people with a pan of hot oil Friday morning, Alachua County Sheriff’s Office said.
The Reitz Union has been designated an early voting site for the 2018 general election from Oct. 22 to Nov. 3.
Joshua Roe, a 36-year-old UF doctoral student, and Gainesville Police officer Jack Salafrio meet on Thursday for the first time after Salafrio responded to a crash on Jan. 6 and rescued Roe. Roe was run over by his own car, which was stolen, police said.
Joshua Roe, a 36-year-old UF doctoral student, and Gainesville Police officer Jack Salafrio meet on Thursday for the first time after Salafrio responded to a crash on Jan. 6 and rescued Roe. Roe was run over by his own car, which was stolen, police said.
A UF student spray-painted "I AM INIM" onto the wall of an Alachua County building downtown early Wednesday.
A UF student spray-painted "I AM INIM" onto the wall of an Alachua County building downtown early Wednesday.
Pictured is a screenshot of an app, Gainesville (FL) Police, released by the Gainesville Police Department on Tuesday.
Pictured is a screenshot of an app, Gainesville (FL) Police, released by the Gainesville Police Department on Tuesday.