Staff report
GAINESVILLE, Fla. – Jonathan Velez-Rodriguez, 37, has been sentenced to three years in prison, followed by two years of probation, after entering a plea of nolo contendere to aggravated battery for shooting a man who siphoned gas from his car.
At about 7:07 a.m. on September 27, 2024, a Gainesville Police Department officer responded to a call about a shooting and found the victim with a gunshot wound to the thigh. Three shell casings were found in the roadway of the 1400 block of SW 18th Place…