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
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