Brooker, FL

One person is dead and another is in critical condition after Gainesville police say a pair of young men attempted to flee in a stolen vehicle and crashed. The incident began around midnight Tuesday when a Gainesville police officer was on foot patrolling the Sweetwater Square apartment complex, located at 3501 NE 15th St. when the cop spotted a stolen 2015 Chrysler 200 sedan.

LAKE CITY, Fla. (WCJB) - A woman from Lake City known to some as “Grant Bae”, may have taken that title for granted. Officials with the Federal Trade Commission say Traeshonna Graham is a scammer who preyed on minority-owned small businesses. They say she charged the businesses money,...

GAINESVILLE, Fla. – State Attorney Brian Kramer has announced that the Alachua County Spring Term Grand Jury has issued indictments against 11 defendants on charges of first degree murder, racketeering, robbery with a firearm, burglary with assault or battery, aggravated battery with a deadly weapon, possession of a firearm by a felon, possession of a firearm by a delinquent, and more. The indictment alleges that the defendants engaged in a “pattern of racketeering activity.”

GAINESVILLE, Fla. (WCJB) -After eleven indictments, including the shooter of last year’s fatal American Legion Post shooting, the mother of the 13-year old who died at the post is speaking out. Stephanie Scott’s son Christoper died during a fatal shooting at a birthday party at American Legion Post 16...

Two women were arrested and booked into jail on drug charges Wednesday night in Cherokee County. Those include 25 year old Serina Gagnon, of Sugar Hill, who was charged with Illegal Possession of Prescription Drugs, Unlawful Possession of a Controlled Substance and Drug Paraphernalia and with Possession of Marijuana 1st Degree; she was booked in at the Cherokee County Detention Center at 6:35pm.

Federal agents in Florida had been seeking to question Evan Edwards, a pastor, and his family for days when their Mercedes SUV was spotted speeding on I-75 north of Gainesville. The Edwardses were Christian missionaries from Canada who lived in Turkey for many years and moved to Florida in 2019....

FORT WHITE, Fla. (WCJB) - The indictment against the man accused of robbing a pharmacy at gunpoint in Fort White was unsealed Wednesday. Federal prosecutors are charging Jesse Moore, 45, with Hobbs Act robbery, robbery involving controlled substances, and brandishing a firearm in violent crimes. The resident of Bell is...

One person is dead and a minor is in critical condition after a car accident early Tuesday morning. First responders found a stolen 2015 Chrysler 200 with two stolen firearms flipped sideways on 1400 NW 23rd Ave., near the Wawa on the corner of Northwest 13th Street and Northwest 23rd Avenue, according to a Gainesville Police Department press release.

Nicholas Jerome Bell was taken into custody Thursday after fleeing to the Gainesville area to hide out with family, officials said.

LAKE CITY, Fla. (WCJB) - The Columbia County Sheriff’s Office SWAT team member injured during an operation is out of the hospital. The identity of the deputy hasn’t been released, but officials say he is now recovering at home. On Wednesday, while executing a search warrant near northwest...

Alachua County — Tuesday night Gainesville Police arrested 28-year-old John Mosley, accusing him of exposing himself to two people at the Lexington Crossing apartments on 3700 SW 27th Street. Police say the two victims were repairing their car while Mosley was sitting on nearby steps, exposed, touching himself, and...

In a society that shames plus-size people into hiding and hating their bodies, Shoog McDaniel is rewriting the narrative by showcasing their figures through nude photography. Nature’s beauty and tranquility, namely the springs’, inspired the 41-year-old plus-size photographer to illuminate the beauty within fatness by photographing plus-size bodies in the water.

The suspect in a shooting at Port Charlotte Home on June 11 has been arrested by Gainesville police. Charlotte County Sheriff’s deputies responded to a home on Coulton Ave. in Port Charlotte on June 11 after receiving a call about multiple gunshots. Deputies say one person was hurt in that shooting.

GAINESVILLE, Fla. – On Tuesday, June 28, 2022, at approximately 12:30 a.m., while on an increased foot patrol at an apartment complex, a Gainesville Police Department (GPD) officer saw a vehicle he knew had been reported stolen on Monday, June 27. The stolen vehicle (2015 Chrysler 200) exited the apartment complex, and the GPD officer got back into his vehicle to initiate a traffic stop. The stolen vehicle fled at a high rate of speed, at which time the officer discontinued the traffic stop.

GAINESVILLE, Fla. - A Florida man accused of being a serial flasher was arrested Tuesday evening after officers tracked him down in a Gainesville neighborhood. The Gainesville Police Department said John Mosley, 28, is likely linked to at least 15 indecent exposure cases this year. Detectives in plain clothes, traveling...

One person died and another person is in critical condition after eluding a Gainesville Police Department (GPD) officer and crashing a stolen vehicle on Tuesday morning. According to a GPD release on Wednesday, at around 12:30 a.m. a GPD officer was on foot patrol at an apartment complex when he spotted a vehicle that had been reported stolen on Monday.

LAKE CITY, Fla. (WCJB) - A SWAT team member for the Columbia County Sheriff’s Office was taken to a trauma center after being hurt during an operation Wednesday morning. According to sheriff’s office officials, the deputy was injured around 9:00 a.m. while assisting the Lake City Police Department with a search warrant near the intersection of Northwest Long Street and Fowler Avenue.

An Alachua County grand jury indicted 11 defendants on multiple charges on Wednesday. In an Eighth Judicial Circuit press release, State Attorney Brian Kramer’s office announced the grand jury indictments that include racketeering, first-degree murder, robbery with a firearm, burglary with assault or battery, aggravated battery with a deadly weapon, possession with a firearm by a felon and possession of a firearm or ammunition by a delinquent.

PORT CHARLOTTE, Fla. (WWSB) - A Port Charlotte man wanted in a June 11 shooting has been arrested in Gainesville, authorities said Thursday. The Charlotte County Sheriff’s Office says Nicholas Jerome Bell surrendered to Gainesville police after hiding with family in the area. “Nicholas stated he could not take the pressure of being a wanted fugitive and subsequently surrendered without incident,” a news release said.