Gainesville, FL – The Alachua County Sheriff’s Office arrested three men this weekend in an Internet sex sting, including the Risk Manager for a University of Florida fraternity and a mechanic. The men, ages 20, 23 and 40, were taken into custody after allegedly engaging in online chats and agreeing…
An 18-year-old Gainesville man was arrested early Saturday morning on charges related to carjacking. The man is accused of battering a friend with whom he had allegedly been doing drugs and then stealing the friend’s car. Later, a motorcyclist apparently spotted the man on top of a car that was…
The University of Florida’s Alpha Phi Alpha fraternity has been suspended and is currently under investigation for hazing by campus police. According to the University of Florida spokeswoman, the fraternity was suspended after a student suffered severe injuries over the weekend from what investigators believe was hazing. The UF Vice…
A former Florida resident was sentenced to the maximum sentence of 20 years in federal prison on Thursday for mail fraud in connection with a $30 million Ponzi scheme. His original charges also included wire fraud and conspiracy, crimes that often get charged in conjunction with mail fraud cases. The…
Two Gator basketball forwards were charged with one felony count of third-degree burglary Sunday for allegedly trying to break into a car in St. Augustine, Florida. A Florida basketball student manager was allegedly acting as a lookout for the men and was charged with principal to burglary. According to the…
The Alachua Police Department arrested a man on charges of fleeing and eluding police, possession of cocaine with intent to sell, possession of marijuana, driving while license suspended or revoked, hit and run from an accident scene and resisting an officer. The man ended a police chase by crashing into…
Gainesville Police arrested a former University of Florida football player, Louis Morris Murphy Jr., Sunday morning for three misdemeanors. He was charged with possession of a drug without a valid prescription, failure to obey a police officer and resisting arrest without violence. Murphy, currently a wide receiver for the Oakland…
A Florida woman just released from state prison earlier this month was arrested by the Gainesville Police Department Sunday night for robbery by sudden snatching. The Gainesville Sun reported the woman was charged with two counts of robbery by sudden snatching. The nearly identical crimes took place at motels on…
Karen Voyles from the Gainesville Sun is reporting that a Gainesville driver whose license was permanently revoked in November for drunk driving was arrested again for DUI early Wednesday morning. His blood alcohol level was calculated at three times the legal limit. According to the article, allegedly this is at…
Florida DMV Offices already hold CDL drivers to a high standard – and that standard just got higher. Starting October 1st, commercial driver license holders convicted of a DUI will be ineligible to drive a commercial vehicle for 12 months after the first conviction and will be permanently suspended after…