Jeffrey Dale Kerkau has made a career in law enforcement at the Gainesville Police Department (GPD) over the past two decades. During his time with the department, he’s been subject to internal
Officer Erin Lynn Armstrong began working for the Gainesville Police Department (GPD) in October 2019. Since 2022, she has been involved in multiple vehicle crashes, costing thousands of dollars in damage and injuring
Update | Jan 15, 2026: This article cites a Gainesville Sun article from 2018, as GnvInfo did not have access to the shoplifting-related internal affairs investigation (IA) at the time. Since then, GnvInfo has
Update August 19: This morning, GPD announced on their Facebook account that they’ve made three arrests in connection to the shooting.
Thursday evening, former Gainesville Police Department (GPD) Lieutenant and retired chief
Donald Tyler Scoates, 33, was convicted of domestic battery and resisting an officer without violence Wednesday and sentenced to 12 months of probation.
Socates was initially charged with felony battery but the state
