Gainesville FL

A 35-year-old Ocala man is behind bars after local authorities reportedly caught him using a vacant apartment’s electricity to charge his cellphone and electric bicycle. Shortly after 1 a.m. on Friday, June 19, a Marion County Sheriff’s Office corporal responded to an apartment complex located on SE 53rd Court in refer

An Ocklawaha man was arrested on a charge of driving under the influence after swerving all over the road on the way back from drinking at a pub. A deputy on patrol spotted a red pickup truck parked in front of a dumpster at CVS, 15843 E Hwy. 40, Silver Springs, at 9:35 p.m. Sunday, according to an arrest report from t

BRONSON, Fla. (WCJB) - Levy County Sheriff’s deputies say a woman faces animal abuse charges after the smell from her home gave her away. Deputies say Rychianna Figueroa, 29, was running a rabbit breeding facility in Bronson. Her neighbors called 911 because of the smell coming from her home.

A restaurant inspection at Afternoon Restaurant in Alachua County here in Florida resulted in 11 violations and an administrative complaint recommendation after inspectors identified multiple food safety concerns during a June 19 visit. The Florida Department of Business & Professional Regulation reported three high-pr

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (WCTV/Gray Florida Capital Bureau) - It was just last October when faith leaders from across Florida took their ask to the front door of state government: Let us access Alligator Alcatraz to minister to those inside. Now, the camp appears to be shutting down. Signatories spread across three...

OCALA, Fla. (WCJB) - Four more men were arrested on warrants obtained during North Central Florida’s latest crackdown on child predators, Operation Bad Habits. All of the men believed they were communicating with a 14-year-old girl, sending and requesting explicit photos and asking her for sexual activities, the Marion

GAINESVILLE, Fla. (WCJB) - A Chinese national living in Apopka, Florida was arrested in November last year after being accused of a scheme to defraud and obtain property of over $20,000 from an elderly victim. On Tuesday, she was sentenced to 27 months in federal prison. Xin Liu, 40, lived...

Candice Shantell Patrick, 35, an attorney from Collin, Texas, has been arrested for breaking into a Gainesville home while the residents were sleeping; she claimed she was trying to recover a "spiritual stick" that one of the residents had taken from her at a recent "Ancestral Spirits" convention. The post Texas attor

Local authorities are reminding boaters and swimmers that the natural serenity of Silver Glen Springs c omes with a strict soundtrack. Law enforcement agencies in Lake and Marion counties have ramped up enforcement of the area’s designated Noise Sensitive Zone regulations as summer crowds peak. View this post on Instag

The Marion County Board of County Commissioners has delayed a decision on a proposed pet cremation facility in Reddick after the applicant was unable to answer several operational and environmental questions during a public meeting last week. On Wednesday, June 17, the board voted unanimously to table a special use...