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
Connor Scott Brockenbush, 35, was booked into the Alachua County Jail yesterday on a warrant for sending written threats to kill or do bodily injury.
On May 17, Brockenbush reportedly sent the victim
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 Thursday, Gainesville City Commissioner Cynthia Chestnut officially endorsed Republican Byron Donalds for governor, turning away from her prior support of Democrat David Jolly’s campaign.
Chestnut is a Democratic politician and was
