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Florida corrections officer trainee arrested for attempting to smuggle drugs into prison

LAKE CITY, Fla. — A corrections officer trainee at Suwannee Correctional Institution has been arrested on drug charges after a multi-agency investigation uncovered an alleged plan to smuggle narcotics into the prison,…

Florida News·Police Blotter

Florida teen arrested for school shooting threat on Instagram

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — A 14-year-old student at Lincoln Middle School has been arrested after allegedly posting an online threat to carry out a school shooting, the Alachua County Sheriff’s Office said Tuesday.…

Florida News·School and Education News

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Teen Charged with Homicide in Eastwood Meadows Shooting

ALACHUA COUNTY, FL — In a recent announcement, the Alachua County Sheriff’s Office reported the arrest of 18-year-old Terrell N. Weeks on homicide charges. The charges stem from a violent shooting that…

Florida News·Police Blotter

Investigation Underway After Fatal Shooting at Eastwood Meadows Apartments

GAINESVILLE, FL – Deputies from the Alachua County Sheriff’s Office were dispatched to the Eastwood Meadows Apartments at 918 SE 44th Street, Gainesville, following reports of gunfire this afternoon around 4:30 p.m.…

Florida News

Loud Boom Leads Deputies to Deadly Plane Crash in State Park

MICANOPY, FL — Yesterday afternoon, shortly after 2 p.m., the Combined Communications Center (CCC) received reports from Micanopy residents of a plane losing altitude, followed by a loud boom. Simultaneously, the Jacksonville…

Florida News

Florida Teachers Unions Suffer Financial Blow Thanks To New Paycheck Laws

Florida Teachers Unions Suffer Financial Blow Thanks To New Paycheck Laws Reagan Reese on July 25, 2023 Several teachers unions are seeing a decrease in their revenue due to a Florida law…

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Teachers Union Sues Over DeSantis’ Law Blocking Auto-Deducting Dues From Paychecks

Teachers Union Sues Over DeSantis’ Law Blocking Auto-Deducting Dues From Paychecks Reagan Reese on May 10, 2023 Florida’s largest teachers union and its affiliates are suing over Republican state Gov. Ron DeSantis’…

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Illegal Alien Sentenced To Federal Prison For Drug Trafficking And Firearm Offense

GAINESVILLE, FLORIDA – Jorge Mario Velasquez, 40, of Nayarit, Mexico, was sentenced to 211 months in federal prison after pleading guilty to conspiracy to distribute one kilogram or more of heroin and…

Department of Justice Press Releases

Two-Armed Career Criminals Sentenced To Federal Prison For Firearm Offenses

GAINESVILLE, FLORIDA – Two Alachua County men, each with multiple prior felony convictions, were sentenced on December 6, 2022, to federal prison terms ranging from 18 to 19.5 years followed by supervised…

Department of Justice Press Releases

Gainesville Man Convicted Of Drug Trafficking And Firearm Offense

GAINESVILLE, FLORIDA – A federal jury in Gainesville convicted Edwin Giovanny Mendoza-Verdugo, 20, of Sinaloa, Mexico, on one count of conspiracy to distribute controlled substances, further finding Mendoza-Verdugo responsible for 40-400 grams…

Department of Justice Press Releases

Armed Career Criminal Sentenced To Over 25 Years In Prison For Firearm And Drug Related Offenses

GAINESVILLE, FLORIDA – Lorenzo Joshua Johnson, Jr., 41, of Gainesville, Florida, was sentenced to 27.25 years in federal prison after he was convicted at trial of drug trafficking and possessing a firearm…

Department of Justice Press Releases

Armed Career Criminal Sentenced To Over 20 Years In Prison For Firearm And Drug Related Offenses

GAINESVILLE, FLORIDA – William Harrison Quarterman, III, 33, of Gainesville, Florida, was sentenced on September 20, 2022, to 21 years in federal prison after he pled guilty to drug trafficking, possessing a…

Department of Justice Press Releases

Leader Of Drug Trafficking Organization Sentenced To More Than 38 Years In Federal Prison, Eight Conspirators Also Sentenced To Prison

Ocala, Florida – Senior U.S. District Judge John Antoon II has sentenced Jonathan Jermain Thomas (33, Ocala) to 38 years and 4 months years in federal prison. A federal jury had convicted…

Department of Justice Press Releases

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Florida corrections officer trainee arrested for attempting to smuggle drugs into prison

Florida teen arrested for school shooting threat on Instagram

Teen Charged with Homicide in Eastwood Meadows Shooting

Investigation Underway After Fatal Shooting at Eastwood Meadows Apartments

Loud Boom Leads Deputies to Deadly Plane Crash in State Park

Illegal Alien Sentenced To Federal Prison For Drug Trafficking And Firearm Offense

Two-Armed Career Criminals Sentenced To Federal Prison For Firearm Offenses

Gainesville Man Convicted Of Drug Trafficking And Firearm Offense

Armed Career Criminal Sentenced To Over 25 Years In Prison For Firearm And Drug Related Offenses

Armed Career Criminal Sentenced To Over 20 Years In Prison For Firearm And Drug Related Offenses

Leader Of Drug Trafficking Organization Sentenced To More Than 38 Years In Federal Prison, Eight Conspirators Also Sentenced To Prison

Huey Magoo’s Now Open in Gainesville, Florida

Convicted Felon Sentenced To 25 Years In Prison For Armed Carjacking And Firearm Possession

Codefendants Sentenced To Ten Years Federal Prison For Firearm And Drug Related Offenses

Federal Jury Finds Leader Of Drug Trafficking Organization Guilty

Mandatory School Masking Ends In Florida

Florida Court Temporarily Blocks Vaccine Mandate

Former Deputy Arrested For Lying On Federal Firearm Forms At Gun Dealer

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