Aaron James McRae, Jr., 20, and Kemari Leon Thomas, 18, who are both inmates at the Alachua County Jail, have been charged ...

Darium Lizarazo, 11, sent multiple messages to a fellow classmate at Kanapaha Middle School, threatening to have a “shootout, ...

Stephen Oelrich had a long and distinguished career in law enforcement. He loved spending time with his family and helping ...

A deputy was traveling on Newberry Road early Sunday morning when he was almost struck head-on by a suspected impaired driver, according to the Alachua County Sheriff’s Office. Deputy shoots ...

The measure creating single-member districts in Alachua County passed in November 2022 with about 51.5% of the popular vote.

Shelters are opening across North Central Florida as evacuation orders are issued for residents ahead of Helene ...

Florida’s 2024 legislative session saw an unprecedented and extensive wave of criminal justice reform efforts, many of which ...

Authorities say Timothy Frederick Murphy-Johnson and Olivia Ashford Henn lured a girl from Texas, tied her up, gave her drugs ...

National Hurricane Center updates estimates of storm surge as high as 18 feet. Wednesday, 3 p.m. The National Hurricane ...

Carlos Alemany is a fourth year political science student and the Alligator's 2024 Criminal Justice Reporter. In his free ...

Former Alachua County sheriff and Florida state ... He also helped the agency assume control of the county jail and worked with local media to highlight "North Central Florida's Most Wanted ...

I have brought a wealth of executive leadership, fiscal expertise, and proven “successful” leadership back to the Alachua County Sheriff’s Office. The citizens of Alachua County along with ...