Alachua County

Caleb Dylan Smith became enraged after he got into a car where his live-in girlfriend sat with a man around 3 a.m., according to a High Springs police arrest record, reports The Gainesville Sun. The 28-year-old chimneysweep then tried to stab the man,...

Gainesville cops say Casey Lynn Reames, 21, worked at Walmart for only about four months — and in that time frame managed to steal $30,833, reports The Gainesville Sun. Reames allegedly 'fessed up to taking the money so she could move into a home...

Some folks burn bridges when they leave a job; others nuke them. Apparently Kalpeshkumar Patel and his former boss were at odds when Patel decided to turn up the heat, arriving at his former place of employment, at a High Springs gas station, all fired...

Luis Enrique Quinones, 25, got upset after his live-in girlfriend got home from work after 4 a.m. and told him that she had had a beer at work, reports The Gainesville Sun. So the Gainesville man grabbed his 5-month-old pet parrot from its cage and...

Barnard W. Cato III fled the scene of an accident after his car crashed into another vehicle and newspaper boxes at about 7:15 a.m. on Tuesday, reports The Gainesville Sun. The 29-year-old Gainesville man ran towards a nearby Walmart where he was found...

GAINESVILLE, Fla. (AP) — Officials have ruled the death of a 5-year-old boy after being sedated for dental work as an accident. The Gainesville Sun (http://bit.ly/rLV1pG) reports that the Alachua County Sheriff's Office released a report Friday...

How low will some folks go? Lower than a snake's belly, apparently. Gainesville cops say Kendrick Carter, 22, snatched a purse from a woman in a wheelchair at a Publix parking lot, reports The Gainesville Sun. Get the DUHtails at The Gainesville Sun....

Get a handle on things, dude. But not an ax handle. Gainesville cops say Joshua Adair Foster broke two of his wife’s uncle’s ribs while beating him with an ax handle, reports The Gainesville Sun. The two men had an ax to grind and had...

Sean N. Currier, 37, was driving from St. Augustine back home to N.C. with her kids, a 17-month-old and a 4-year-old — and an open bottle of Sierra Nevada beer in the cup holder — when her car reportedly ran off the road and into a flower bed,...

It was an odd way to spend Mother's Day — trying to get your ex-wife busted. Records show Danny Paige, 43, of Gainesville, was arrested last year on allegations he stalked his ex-wife, the mother of his children. This month Paige allegedly...

Don't be a fast food fool. Suresh A. Chapman was apparently upset that his order wasn’t prepared correctly, so the 30-year-old man allegedly threw his soda at a cash register inside a Taco Bell in Gainesville. His action shut down the restaurant&...

Memo to parents: It's 2:00 a.m. Do you know where your 14-year-old daughter is? Gainesville cops say Bertram J. Harrison, 34, prostituted a 14-year-old girl at a Gainesville hotel, reports The Gainesville Sun. The Palatka man allegedly instructed...