Around 2:00 a.m. on Saturday, June 21, 2025, emergency crews from Alachua County Fire Rescue and Gainesville Fire Rescue responded to a single-vehicle rollover crash in the 7100 block of East Newberry Road, beneath the overpass. First responders arrived to find the vehicle on its side with the driver trappedContinue Reading
The Gainesville Police Department’s Internet Crimes Against Children (ICAC) Division executed a search warrant on Wednesday, June 18, 2025, at 3300 NW 28th Place, leading to the arrest of 84-year-old Robert McBride a registered sexual offender. McBride faces multiple charges, including Distribution and Possession of Child Pornography. The investigation beganContinue Reading
Amos A. Reece, 43, was arrested in the early morning hours of June 17, 2025, after allegedly shattering windows at the Springhill Publix and is now linked to over 10 additional acts of vandalism in the area, including slashed tires and other broken windows. Deputies responded to a report ofContinue Reading
The Gainesville Police Department (GPD) Internet Crimes Against Children (ICAC) Division, with the assistance of GPD SWAT, executed a search warrant on Wednesday, June 4, 2025, at 371 NW 39th Road, leading to the arrest of Alexander Callison (W/M, born 06/06/1996). The investigation was initiated after GPD received two CyberTipsContinue Reading
Gainesville Police Department (GPD) is seeking public assistance in identifying suspect(s) who abandoned an 8-week-old poodle in the Publix parking lot located at 3720 NW 13th Street. The incident occurred on June 3, 2025, at approximately 9:55 AM. Surveillance footage from Publix captured the suspect(s) arriving and leaving in aContinue Reading
William Tedd Sherrod, a 60-year-old registered sexual offender in Florida, has been sentenced to 32 years in prison after a jury found him guilty on 36 counts of Possession of Child Exploitation Material. The verdict was reached on May 28, 2025, following a three-hour deliberation. Sherrod has been registered asContinue Reading
A call threatening a mass shooting at Newberry High School on the morning of Friday, May 30, 2025, prompted a full-scale law enforcement response and lockdown of the school, but no threat was ultimately found. At 9:01 a.m., the Alachua County Sheriff’s Office received a report from the Levy CountyContinue Reading
A man suspected of stealing a truck from a Circle K on April 9, 2025, has been arrested following a search warrant executed at a Gainesville residence. According to the Alachua County Sheriff’s Office, the victim reported his vehicle stolen from the Circle K at 4310 SE Hawthorne Road afterContinue Reading
A 44-year-old man, Harley Van Leer, died Sunday after being shot in Newberry, and a 19-year-old suspect, 19-year-old David Dwayne Martin Jr., has been arrested after confessing to the shooting. The Alachua County Sheriff’s Office Combined Communications Center received multiple 911 calls at approximately 11:40 a.m. on Sunday, May 27,Continue Reading
An 81-year-old man has been arrested and charged with Aggravated Assault and Attempted Murder following an armed disturbance where he allegedly fired a handgun at individuals attempting to clean a property they owned. During the afternoon of Wednesday, May 22, 2025, Deputy F. Williams responded to SE CR-234 regarding theContinue Reading