Three Alachua County schools went into lockdown Thursday morning after police responded to a reported fight at the Sherwood Oaks Apartments in Alachua, where metal bats were used and shots were fired around 8:30 a.m. Two people were taken to the hospital with injuries believed to be from the bats rather than gunfire. Alachua Police Department led the response with SWAT support from the Alachua County Sheriff’s Office, and one of two suspects was taken into custody.
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Terry Lee, 43, entered a guilty plea to one count of conspiracy to violate the Animal Welfare Act in connection with a scheme to buy and sell dogs for fighting purposes. Lee is among six people indicted by a federal grand jury in September following an investigation that led to the recovery of 42 dogs, many found in poor conditions at a co-defendant’s property. His sentencing is set for January 26.
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Two men received life sentences and a third pleaded guilty in unrelated child sex crime cases across North Central Florida. James Hurne was sentenced to two life terms in Dixie County for molestation of children under 12, while Joshua Bryan, 40, was convicted on 29 counts of child pornography possession. Bryan Cardozo-Mendieta pleaded guilty in federal court to attempted enticement of a minor and child pornography possession, facing a minimum of ten years when sentenced in late January.
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