Gainesville FL

GAINESVILLE, Fla. (WCJB) - Officers arrested a man accused of pretending to be an attorney and wrongfully charging his clients, including the city of Gainesville’s Office of Equity and Inclusion. Florzelle Fields, 50, was arrested on Saturday on multiple fraud charges as well as probation violations. According to...

Michael Andrew Stallworth, 27, was arrested yesterday for allegedly throwing objects through windows at the courthouse, a funeral home, a bank, a church, and two cars. The post Man on probation arrested for throwing objects through windows of courthouse, funeral home display, bank, church, and cars appeared first on...

Janice Garry filed a Florida Bar complaint against lawyer Aleksandra Kravets for ethics concerns over ADA lawsuits targeting small businesses. The Florida Bar advanced Garry's complaint to its Fort Lauderdale Office for further investigation after initial filings and rebuttals. Aleksandra Kravets represented 8.8% of...

KEYSTONE HEIGHTS, Fla. (WCJB) - Authorities warned drivers to avoid a major roadway on Wednesday evening due to a crash that killed one person near Keystone Heights. Bradford County Fire Rescue crews say they responded to a head-on collision on State Road 21 near the entrance of the Keystone Golf Course neighborhood...

The City of Gainesville has been awarded a $10,263,750 federal grant to support a series of transportation improvements, including construction of a new Westside Bus Transfer Station and Park-and-Ride facility, ADA accessibility upgrades to bus stops, and the replacement of aging paratransit vehicles. The post City...

BELL, Fla. (WCJB) — Gilchrist County Sheriff’s deputies arrested a Bell man Friday who was wanted for months following a December traffic stop, officials said. Jeffery Long, 45, was taken into custody after sheriff’s officials launched an extensive investigation with help from state and local agencies. Deputies...

GAINESVILLE, Fla. (WCJB) - Alachua County Sheriff’s deputies arrested a man after they say a suspected car thief tried to escape by climbing onto a roof of a home. Sheriff’s officials say Camren Banks, 19 stole a car in Southwest Gainesville on Saturday. Deputies say Banks went up...

A Florida man got busted after not one, but two tries at stealing a spetic tank from a construction site, according to surveillance footage.

A wicker-woven casket emerged from a funeral hearse earlier this month at the Prairie Creek Conservation Cemetery for what would be the final resting place of Barbara Finley James. The coffin, modest and held together by various plant materials, was placed on a wooden cart. After a brief moment, a...

Florida Highway Patrol troopers say the 18-year-old boy was driving an ATV eastbound on a dirt path west of Northeast 171st Avenue Road just before 6:30 p.m.