On January 23, 2026, Lonnie Joe Ward, 49, entered a no contest plea agreement for a misdemeanor battery charge and was sentenced to one year of probation.
Alachua County Sheriff’s Office deputies
Between August 2025 and April 2026, Michael Scott Brannon, 40, was sentenced in a number of misdemeanor domestic abuse cases spanning Alachua and Duval Counties.
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On March 1, 2025, Alachua County
On March 25, 2026, Xzavier Taylor Hawkins, 21, was sentenced to 12 years in prison with a ten-year minimum mandatory following a no contest plea and conviction of attempted second-degree murder.
Hawkins faced
On March 12, 2026, 19-year-old Malachi Ahmad Rosario was sentenced to 15 years in prison with a ten year minimum mandatory following a no contest plea and conviction of attempted second-degree murder.
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On April 1, Alachua County Sheriff's Office (ACSO) deputies arrested Richard Alexander, 78, and charged him with five counts of child molestation and five counts of sexual battery against a child.
