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
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
