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Friday, June 5, 2026
An Alachua County grand jury has indicted Tierra Scott-Franklin, 23, on a charge of first-degree premeditated murder in the death of her seven-month-old daughter. Scott-Franklin had called 911 in January reporting her baby in distress; emergency responders found the child unresponsive in a bathtub at Sweetwater Square Apartments.
Sources: WCJB TV20
A judge sentenced Christopher Knight, 21, to 20 years in prison after he pleaded no contest to second-degree murder in the 2021 death of a 58-year-old High Springs man. High Springs Police say Knight and possibly others entered the victim’s backyard on Northwest 179th Place and beat him with a baseball bat; the man later died at a hospital. Investigators say the attack occurred during a period of violent incidents in the Patricia Gardens neighborhood, and authorities continue working to identify others involved.
Sources: WCJB TV20
An Alachua County grand jury has indicted Geremy Navarro and Nathaniel Kendrick on first-degree murder charges in the 2022 death of 16-year-old Zhane Sanders, who was killed at a high school graduation party in Gainesville. The two men were originally arrested in November 2024, more than two years after the shooting.
Sources: WCJB TV20
Alachua County Sheriff’s Office deputies stopped a man riding a bicycle in Gainesville after detecting the smell of marijuana and took him into custody following a brief struggle. A search of Darrell Johnson, 52, turned up 14 grams of fentanyl — packaged individually in a manner consistent with distribution — along with 5.3 grams of cocaine. Johnson is being held at the county jail on a $60,000 bond.
Sources: WCJB TV20
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