On April 15, Jamel Dashaun Lovan Robinson, 23, was placed into the custody of the Florida Department of Corrections to begin serving time in prison for willfully abusing a child.
Robinson was sentenced
On April 16, Judge James Colaw sentenced Luis Narvaez, 43, to three years in prison for robbery. Narvaez entered an open no contest plea, meaning there wasn’t a set sentence and Colaw
On April 27, Alachua County Sheriff’s Office (ACSO) deputies arrested Paul Phillip Foco, 74, and charged him with seven capital felony charges of sexual battery against a victim under 12 years of
A judge has denied a Putnam Correctional Institute inmate’s motions to be given credit for time he served in Volusia and Putnam county jails while he had a pending Alachua County warrant.
In April 2025, Gainesville Police Department officers arrested Alex Lewis Smith, 49, for child sexual abuse and possessing a firearm as a convicted felon.
The young adult victim reported that Smith had sexually
