On April 27, Alachua County Sheriff’s Office (ACSO) deputies arrested Paul Phillip Foco, 74, and charged him with seven capital felony charges of sexual battery against a victim under 12 years of
A judge has denied a Putnam Correctional Institute inmate’s motions to be given credit for time he served in Volusia and Putnam county jails while he had a pending Alachua County warrant.
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
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
