Man arrested in Newberry after 9-hour stand-off

Staff report

NEWBERRY, Fla. – Earnest Lee Coleman Jr., 44, was arrested this morning in Countryway Town Square after a nine-hour stand-off.

Coleman’s arrest report is not yet available, but according to a release from the Alachua County Sheriff’s Office (ASO), deputies responded to a residence in the Jonesville area at about 8:45 p.m. on September 1 after a call was received about a battery that had occurred at a residence in Countryway Town Square…

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