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Alachua Chronicle
Published 17 hours agoGPD Drone Team assists ASO in finding missing autistic child
Last week, the Gainesville Police Department’s Drone Team assisted the Alachua County Sheriff's Office in locating a missing autistic child.
Alachua Chronicle
Published September 29FBI: Investigation into GPD Detective began with tip that he passed information to a drug dealer
Gainesville Police Department Detective Kelvin Eugene Mattair, 44, was arrested yesterday by the FBI and charged with eight felonies related to disclosing confidential criminal justice information to suspects, improperly using law enforcement databases to assist friends, and…
Alachua Chronicle
Published September 28GPD Detective arrested by the FBI
Gainesville Police Department Detective Kelvin Mattair has been arrested by the FBI, according to a GPD spokesman.
Alachua Chronicle
Published September 2618-year-old arrested for trespassing after “romantic rendezvous” at GHS
Jameiris Coffee, 18, was arrested yesterday after allegedly crawling under a fence onto the property of Gainesville High School for a "romantic rendezvous" with a female student.
Alachua Chronicle
Published September 26Gainesville woman arrested for threatening to shoot three people
Angelique Monaé Curtis, 24, was arrested last night for allegedly pointing a gun at three people while threatening to shoot them.
Alachua Chronicle
Published September 25Gainesville man sentenced to 20 years in prison for raping and choking woman
Travis Lamont Hale Sr. 47, has been sentenced to 20 years in state prison after a jury found him guilty of sexual battery, felony battery, and domestic battery by strangulation.
Alachua Chronicle
Published September 25Gainesville man sentenced to 15 years in prison after violating probation
Devonn Antwan Sowell, 37, has been sentenced to 15 years in state prison following a July arrest on firearms charges.
Alachua Chronicle
Published September 24Gainesville woman arrested for puncturing boyfriend’s arm with a nail attached to a board
Sierra Skye Fararo-Curran, 34, was arrested early this morning for allegedly hitting her boyfriend with a nail attached to a board and throwing a candle holder at him.
Palatka Daily News
Published September 23Sisters-in-law charged in burglary, theft case
Two Interlachen women have been accused of stealing thousands of dollars’ worth of property from the home of a woman in a Gainesville hospital, with authorities alleging one of the suspects was trying to live in the building. On Sept. 18, Kristina Michelle Kaylor was arrested and…
Alachua Chronicle
Published September 23Gainesville man pleads guilty to federal firearm charge
Ramone Ron Young, Jr., 34, pleaded guilty in federal court to one count of possession of a firearm and ammunition by a convicted felon.
Alachua Chronicle
Published September 21Gainesville felon sentenced to 20 years in federal prison for armed drug trafficking
Eddie Jerome Scott, 39, has been sentenced to 20 years in federal prison for distribution of 5 grams or more of methamphetamine; possession with intent to distribute 50 grams or more of methamphetamine, cocaine, and fentanyl; possession of a firearm in furtherance of a drug…
Alachua Chronicle
Published September 21Gainesville man arrested for groping woman in retail store
Matthew A. Billeyh, 23, was arrested yesterday for allegedly following a woman he didn't know while she shopped at Target and then grabbing her buttocks; officers believe he may be responsible for similar incidents in other stores.