Police officers from New York picked up Daniel Shaffer today to extradite him back to his home state, the Alachua Country Jail told GnvInfo.
Last month, Gainesville Police Department officers arrested Shaffer for
Alachua County Sheriff’s Office deputies arrested Masiah Amadeous Patrick, 27, last week and charged him with child cruelty and domestic battery.
Deputies responded to Shands ER at the request of the Department
MARION COUNTY. Prosecutors with the Fifth Judicial Circuit dropped the child molestation case against Christopher Chell, a former St. Patrick Interparish Catholic School physical education (P.E.) teacher, two months ago, going unnoticed
Update | April 20, 2026:
On August 29, 2025, a judge ordered Evan Trlak to be arrested again. According to the judge's order, Trlak "has not contacted court services as ordered
Jeffrey Dale Kerkau has made a career in law enforcement at the Gainesville Police Department (GPD) over the past two decades. During his time with the department, he’s been subject to internal