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HAWTHORNE, Fla. (WCJB) - Putnam County sheriff’s deputies say a man from Gainesville faces charges for threatening to burn down his ex-girlfriend’s house. Sheriff’s officials say Vincent Lamura, 45, made the threats while the woman had him on speaker phone. She had sheriff’s deputies with her at her home in Hawthorne.

Tabitha Page Ashby, 35, was arrested on Wednesday and charged with DUI with serious bodily injury after an investigation into several crashes on January 7. The post Alachua woman arrested for DUI with serious bodily injury appeared first on Alachua Chronicle .

Marion County Animal Services is asking the public to come out and walk some shelter dogs at Silver Springs State Park this weekend. The organization will host a Pack Walk on Sunday, January 25, from 9 a.m. to 10:30 a.m. Volunteers will get to interact with shelter dogs while taking...

MARION COUNTY, Fla. – A man and woman were arrested after claiming they were undercover detectives and stealing someone’s wallet while at a bank in Marion County, according to the sheriff’s office. Colby Thompson, 48, and Autumn Cashman, 38, were arrested Thursday in Marion County. According to...

Michael Theondra Mozell, Jr., 32, of Williston, pleaded guilty in federal court to possession of a firearm by a convicted felon, a charge that arose from a traffic stop in Gainesville The post Williston man pleads guilty to federal firearm charge arising from traffic stop in Gainesville appeared first on Alachua...

GRU and Duke Energy Florida have announced that they are sending crews to Georgia and the Carolinas to provide mutual aid for Winter Storm Fern. The post GRU and Duke Energy send crews to Georgia and the Carolinas to provide mutual aid for winter storm appeared first on Alachua Chronicle .

A Marion County husband has been arrested on a domestic battery charge after he allegedly struck his wife in the face during an argument over his infidelity, leaving her bruised and bloodied. On Monday, January 19, a Marion County Sheriff’s Office deputy arrived at a local residence after receiving reports...

A man who beat a count of negligent homicide after accidentally shooting and killing his mother, Tatjana Omanovic, has an active warrant in California. Adrian Sjolund, 23, was released from the Alachua County Jail on November 20, 2025, after serving nine months for violating a firearm possession injunction....

GAINESVILLE, Fla. (WCJB) - Months after testifying in a murder trial, the Gainesville homeowner who shot at robbers in self-defense has been sentenced to decades in prison on federal gun and drug charges. Dovico Raynard Miles, 47, of Gainesville, was sentenced to 22 years and six months in prison after...

GAINESVILLE, Fla. – Gregory Leon Curtis Jr., 41, an inmate at the Alachua County Jail, has been charged with making 26 calls to the victim in his domestic battery case after he was ordered by a judge to have no contact with her. Curtis was arrested on January 11...