On Friday, a jury in Gainesville found Travis Lamont Hale, 47, guilty of sexual battery (rape), felony battery and domestic battery by strangulation.
Hale was also on trial for a misdemeanor count of
On May 27, 2026, Lorenzo Lee Crawford, 57, was transferred into the custody of the Florida Department of Corrections (FDC) to begin serving time in prison.
Crawford faced a plethora charges ranging from
Wednesday afternoon, Ronald Pate Newman, 27, was sentenced to 35 years in prison followed by a lifetime of federal supervision at the Gainesville Federal Courthouse after grooming and sexually abusing a child on
On August 24, Thomas James Akins, 49, was convicted of sexual battery and sentenced to eight years in prison.
Facing a maximum sentence of 15 years in prison, Akins reached a plea agreement
Prosecutors formally granted Christina Marie Moody Waldeck a pretrial diversion for obstruction charges at the Gainesville Federal Courthouse this morning.
Ms. Waldeck was accused of tampering with a witness or victim and obstructing
