A 19-year-old sophomore at the University of Florida and Phi Delta Theta fraternity brother was arrested Wednesday on charges of sexual battery. The Gainesville Police Department believes that the man and the alleged victim communicated via Snapchat for about 3 weeks. They apparently ran into each other at a downtown…
A University of Florida junior cornerback was arrested by Gainesville police Monday and is facing a charge of simple battery/date violence following an alleged altercation with his girlfriend in his apartment. The man and the woman got into an argument, and as she attempted to leave the apartment, the man…
Alachua County Sheriff’s deputies arrested a Gators football staff member accused of cyberstalking his ex-girlfriend. Investigators charged the 51-year-old man, who is the assistant director of player personnel for UF football, with felony aggravated stalking in a string of incidents dating back to April 14. An arrest report says the…
A University of Florida student was arrested Sunday morning after police claim he raped a woman Sunday in the UF Keys Residential Complex. The 19-year-old was arrested on a charge of sexual battery. A UF spokesman said the man is enrolled at UF as a construction management sophomore. The man…
A Gainesville barber was one of seven men arrested in a Volusia County internet sex sting. The 34-year-old was arrested at a RaceTrac station in Deltona over the weekend. He allegedly told Volusia County sheriff’s deputies he only came to the meeting place because he believed it was an undercover…
Former Alachua County Manager Lee Niblock was booked on a misdemeanor battery charge in Collier County early Thursday evening, according to reports. Niblock, 64, is charged with a misdemeanor battery in Marco Island — a city of 16,000 — where he was city manager for about three months following his…
A 35-year-old unemployed Gainesville man is accused of devising a scheme to use dark web-bought identification information to rent hotel rooms and then sublease the rooms to people for illicit activity, according to Gainesville police. The man faces 11 fraud-related charges and two counts of using a communications device —…
A top University of Florida housing official has been charged with stealing more than $180,000 to buy $16,000 worth of lunches, nearly $45,000 in furniture and $37,000 more in electronics, a report shows. The 41-year-old senior director of UF housing and education, was arrested Monday night and charged with grand…
A Gainesville doctor convicted of 162 counts of health care fraud for false billing and using drugs not approved in the United States was sentenced Friday to effectively serve one year in prison and to pay a fine of more than $1.13 million plus restitution. The doctor, who had practices…
A University of Florida professor has been arrested on a cyberstalking charge, according to a police report. The 45-year-old professor in the College of Pharmacy is accused of stalking a woman who used to work for him, according to the University of Florida Police report. The woman told UPD’s victim’s…