Wednesday morning, Alachua County Sheriff’s Office deputies booked Jarrod Austin Lawrence Free, 33, into jail on a probation violation warrant.
In July 2017, Free was convicted of traveling to meet a minor
The Gainesville Police Department (GPD) announced the arrest of Keshawn Quantrell Taylor, 25, on their social media today.
According to court records, Taylor is charged with five capital felonies for sexual battery by
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
