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On October 19, 2023, Gainesville Police Department
In April 2025, Gainesville Police Department officers arrested Alex Lewis Smith, 49, for child sexual abuse and possessing a firearm as a convicted felon.
The young adult victim reported that Smith had sexually
Alachua County Sheriff’s Office deputies arrested registered sex offender Bradford Keith Gary, 33, Thursday for two registration violation charges.
In 2014, a jury in Alachua County found Gary guilty of committing sexual
A man who was arrested and charged for rape in Gainesville is not facing sexual battery charges.
In February 2026, prosecutors with the Eighth Judicial Circuit State Attorney’s Office (SAO8) formally filed
On April 1, Thomas Andrew Ray, 37, was placed into the custody of the Florida Department of Corrections (FDC) to begin serving an 18-month prison sentence.
Ray’s path to prison began nearly
