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Crime & Safety
3 years ago
Police: Man used fraudulent checks to make over $62,000 in purchases at Alachua County businesses

Police say Carsen Quackenbush purchased an ATV priced around $21,000 from a business in Alachua on July 3 using a fake cashier’s check.

Crime & Safety
3 years ago
NEW INFORMATION: GPD identifies person they say stole an excavator; damaging Walmart auto entrance and more

GPD arrested 47-year-old Jesse Charles Smith in this case. They say no one was hurt. Walmart confirms auto center will be open for business today.

Crime & Safety
3 years ago
CAUGHT ON CAMERA: Citrus County Sheriff’s Office needs your help identifying two men burglarizing vehicles

Can you identify the person in the security camera footage? CCSO says he and another burglarized vehicles in Inverness on Sept. 7.

Crime & Safety
3 years ago
Citrus County Sheriff’s deputies say Hurricane Idalia didn’t stop a man from trying to traffic meth

CCSO says Richard Garrett, 52, turned a bookbag into an employee claiming he’d found it. And, then came back just hours later to retrieve it.

Crime & Safety
3 years ago
Two men from Wisconsin who said they were ‘scrappers’ arrested in Horseshoe Beach on drug charges

Horseshoe Beach currently has a curfew in effect from 11 p.m. to 6 a.m. 

Crime & Safety
3 years ago
Marion County deputies arrest 62-year-old man for allegedly sexually battering multiple children

The suspect allegedly told one of the victims that a gang member would shoot up her home if she told anyone about the abuse.

Crime & Safety
3 years ago
Citrus County couple arrested on charges they arranged to meet with a 13-year-old girl for sex

CCSO says couple was arrested hours before Hurricane Idalia hit the coastal community. “Even though a major hurricane was barreling towards our county during this arrest, our dedicated team was still hard at work protecting our citizens,” said Sheriff Mike Prendergast.

Crime & Safety
3 years ago
Man from The Villages faces more child porn charges

Detectives say Gary Slesinski’s devices contained more than 300 images/videos of child pornography, some of which depicted the sexual battery of children under the age of 4.

Crime & Safety
3 years ago
GPD is asking for your help locating a man wanted on multiple charges including attempted homicide

The Gainesville Police Department is asking for your help locating Jalen Patterson, wanted on multiple charges.

Crime & Safety
3 years ago
Alachua County Jail employee finds himself behind bars, accused of sexually battering a woman

The Alachua County Sheriff’s Office arrested a 32-year-old jail employee. ACSO fired Zachary Wilder the same day the booked him into the jail where he worked.