Gainesville man arrested for side-swiping car and crashing in a front yard after drinking at family event on Easter

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GAINESVILLE, Fla. – Raytheon Lamarcus Slater, 43, was arrested last night after allegedly side-swiping a vehicle and crashing into a front yard after drinking at a family event on Easter.

At about 10:21 p.m., Gainesville Police Department (GPD) officers responded to a report that a pickup truck had hit a house in the 600 block of SE 15th Street; officers later determined that the structure had not been hit. A witness told an officer that Slater had been drinking all day at a family event…

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