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A Putnam County Sheriff’s Office reserve deputy is on administrative leave after he was arrested on Sunday. The sheriff’s office identified the reserve deputy as 30-year-old Zachary Prevatt. According to the sheriff’s office, Prevatt worked as a full-time deputy since 2016 before he requested to tra…

Alachua County detectives are investigating an early-morning shooting that left a 12-year-old child suffering from multiple gunshot wounds. Deputies responded to the 6900 block of SW 6th Place shortly after 1 a. m. on Tuesday following reports of a shooting, according to the sheriff’s office. When they arrived at the scene, they found a 12 year old who had been shot multiple times.

A Gainesville man’s 15 calls in one day to the employer of his estranged wife was among a series of incidents that eventually landed him in jail, according to an arrest report. William Mills, 56, and the victim are still married, but they are in the process of getting a divorce, according to Gainesv…

An 18-year-old woman is facing charges of attempted murder after shooting a 12-year-old boy early Tuesday morning, according to the Alachua County Sheriff’s Office. Quashanti Samuel was one of multiple shooters who targeted a young boy in the6900 block of SW 6th Place, according to an arrest report. READ MORE | Child, 12, shot multiple times in Gainesville; suspect at large. Samuel reportedly fired first and told the others with her, who were wearing ski masks, to

A Silver Springs man is facing 12 felony charges following his arrest on Wednesday. The Marion County Sheriff’s Office received a tip from theNational Center for Missing and Exploited Children indicating that someone at the residence of 31-year-old Will LaPlant had uploaded child pornography online.…

Inmates at the Putnam County Jail now have the opportunity to refine their paint-pouring skills thanks to a new class started by employees of the sheriff’s office. Corrections deputyLizette Batchelder and her husband patrol deputy Chris Batchelder brought their love for art to the workplace, holding…

A woman is dead following a shooting at Legacy at Fort Clarke in Gainesville, according to the Alachua County Sheriff’s Office. On Thursday, shortly after 10 p. m. , deputies responded to the apartment in northwest Gainesville to find a victim lying on the balcony of an apartment, according to ASO. Deputies forced their way into the residence and found a woman dead from a gunshot wound. Deputies also found a man with a gunshot wound to the head, according to ASO.

The Marion County Sheriff’s Office is requesting help in identifying a theft suspect. On Thursday, the pictured man walked up behind the 71-year-old victim in an aisle of the Winn-Dixie located at 7131 N Hwy 441, according to MCSO. When the woman wasn’t paying attention, the suspect grabbed her purs…

NORTH CHARLESTON, S. C. (WCIV) — Dozens of gunshots sent spectators and players at a youth baseball game ducking for cover Monday evening. Video shows the chaotic scene unfolding around 8:45 p. m. as a flurry of gunshots is heard going off in what sounds like the immediate area of Pepperhill P…

A man and woman from Charleston, South Carolina are facing charges after leaving their young child alone in an apartment to take a trip to New York.