A man serving a four-year prison sentence for firearm and drug charges out of Alachua County, Samuel Joseph Mantone IV, 27, has been placed under a detainer by the Oklahoma Department of Corrections.
Update | April 23, 2026:
On April 22, prosecutors with the Eighth Judicial Circuit State Attorney's Office dropped Havis Velasquez-Rosario's case. Court records show they never filed formal charges.
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On December 15, 2025, Julio Alberto Schlaefli, 51, pleaded no contest to sexual battery and was sentenced to roughly five years in prison followed by just over seven years of sex offender probation
On February 22, 2026, Alachua County Sheriff’s Office (ACSO) deputies arrested Jermaine Isiah Jacob, 36, and charged him felony battery. The battery was charged as a felony due to his prior battery
Alachua County Sheriff’s Office deputies booked Jay Cutter Swerbilow, 34, into jail Monday on a warrant for misdemeanor domestic battery and a felony charge for installing a tracking device on person or
