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Alachua couple arrested for attempting to defraud elderly man of his home

Alachua couple arrested for attempting to defraud elderly man of his home

Two women are facing charges after financially exploiting and scheming to take the home of an elderly man wit…

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Halo Potato Donuts to close temporarily

Halo Potato Donuts to close temporarily

Halo Potato Donuts closed Sept. 19 for a five-week hiatus to prepare for its move to a brick and mortar locat…

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Cat owners can tour local cat patios for inspiration

Cat owners can tour local cat patios for inspiration

Gainesville residents can learn about catios, or outdoor cat enclosures attached to peoples' homes, at the se…

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Gainesville child missing

Gainesville child missing

Ema Hernandez, 14, is described as 4 feet 10 inches tall and 120 pounds. She was last seen wearing a grey shi…

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Opus Coffee to open new shop in Gainesville's Innovation District

Opus Coffee to open new shop in Gainesville's Innovation District

Gainesville residents will no longer need to take a trip to the doctor to grab some Opus Coffee. The locally …

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Newly released autopsy report from cassowary attack clears up confusion over cause of death

Newly released autopsy report from cassowary attack clears up confusion over cause of death

New details have surfaced about the fatal attack in Alachua County earlier this year from what ornithologists…

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Broward baker blamed Uber driver for $3K in missing cinnamon rolls. CBP had him

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By Alex DeLuca Verified
| Miami New Times Verified
Roll & Dough owner Julie Pierre said an Uber driver stole 400 cinnamon rolls. It turns out CBP had detained him mid-delivery. Last Saturday, Julie Pierre baked, boxed, and loaded more than 300 cinnamon rolls into an Uber bound for the Yellow Green Farmers Market in Hollywood. But while they were supposed to arrive by 10 a.m., they never did. Pierre, the 21-year-old owner of Roll & Dough, says she frantically called and texted the courier more than a dozen times and got nothing back.
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Coral Gables home of couple killed in Kenya helicopter crash burglarized, police say

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By Alex DeLuca Verified
| Miami New Times Verified
Police have arrested a man and a woman accused of ransacking the Coral Gables home of a married couple who died last week in a helicopter crash in Kenya. The Aug. 19 crash near Mount Ololokwe, in Kenya’s Samburu County, killed all seven people on board.
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Miami ICE security guard arrested for stealing $5K from detainee

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By Alex DeLuca Verified
| Miami New Times Verified
A security guard at a Miami immigration detention facility is facing felony charges after police say he stole cash from a detainee. Matthew Christian Torres, a 31-year-old security guard at Krome Detention Center, was arrested August 24 after he was caught stealing thousands of dollars from a man in the process of being deported, according to a Miami-Dade Sheriff’s Office police report (attached at the bottom of this story).
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