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
A Gainesville man has been arrested and charged with multiple counts related to child sexual abuse material (CSAM) following an investigation initiated by a CyberTip from Microsoft to the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children (NCMEC). Fifty-year-old William Kiefer was taken into custody after a detailed investigation led byContinue Reading
A Hawthorne woman, 36-year-old Ashley Nicole Creel, was arrested on Tuesday, May 20, and charged with child neglect without great bodily harm and failure to report suspected child abuse. Her arrest follows an investigation that revealed she witnessed the sexual assault of a juvenile and failed to report it toContinue Reading
Stephen Christopher Young, 58, of Gainesville, Florida, has been sentenced to 121 months (over 10 years) in federal prison for receipt/attempted receipt of child pornography. The sentence was announced by Michelle Spaven, Acting United States Attorney for the Northern District of Florida. “Crimes against children are unacceptable,” stated Acting U.S.Continue Reading
A 14-year-old student at Kanapaha Middle School was arrested on Monday, May 12, 2025, after authorities traced multiple violent threats made on social media to her. According to the Alachua County Sheriff’s Office (ASO), school officials contacted law enforcement on Wednesday, May 7, and Thursday, May 8, 2025, regarding separateContinue Reading
A quick response by multiple law enforcement agencies resulted in the safe return of a young child who was allegedly kidnapped by their biological father, Ali Scarborough, 26, from a diner in Ocala. According to the Ocala Police Department (OPD), Scarborough approached his child and the child’s grandmother at theContinue Reading
On Sunday, April 20, 2025, at approximately 8:15 p.m., gunfire erupted as attendees were leaving the Easter event at TB McPherson Park. According to the Gainesville Police Department, an unidentified Black male wearing red shorts and a gray hoodie opened fire into the crowd, striking three individuals. Officers already onContinue Reading
Following an investigation that began with a CyberTip from the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children (NCMEC), the Gainesville Police Department (GPD) arrested 36-year-old Daniel Reginald Hanna on Thursday, April 8, 2025. The NCMEC CyberTip, received in early 2024, indicated that a user of a cloud storage service hadContinue Reading
A six-year-old home invasion case has led to the arrest of a suspect after a DNA match linked him to evidence left at the scene. On January 19, 2019, at approximately 2:43 p.m., deputies responded to a reported home invasion in the 6000 block of NW 18th Ave. They foundContinue Reading