Staff report

GAINESVILLE, Fla. – In a recent development, 35-year-old Corey Patrick Kelly was taken into custody yesterday. He faces charges for fleeing the scene after allegedly striking a cyclist near the Aldi on NW 13th Street on January 21. Additionally, he was apprehended under warrants for missing court dates in a DUI case and another case involving probation violation.

The incident unfolded around 8:17 a.m. on January 21 when Kelly reportedly collided with a cyclist in the driveway on the NW 39th Avenue side of Aldi (3773 NW 13th Street). Shortly after, a nearby resident heard a loud noise and discovered a damaged parked car and a pickup truck plunged into a creek, with its front driver’s door ajar.

An eyewitness from the apartment complex recounted to a Gainesville Police Department officer that a man approached him asking for a ride. When declined, the man fled on foot.

Kelly now faces charges of leaving the scene of a crash resulting in non-serious injury, leaving the scene of property damage, and operating a vehicle without a valid license.

In addition, Kelly was apprehended on warrants from two separate incidents. In June 2025, he was arrested for driving under the influence and later entered a plea of nolo contendere in December 2025, with a suggested sentence of 180 days in jail. He, however, failed to appear for a hearing on January 27. This DUI arrest also breached his probation for a 2023 case involving vehicle theft and drug possession, and he subsequently missed a February 2 court appearance related to that case.

Judge David Kreider set bail at $100,000 in his January 29 arrest warrant on the new charges, and Judge Mitchell Bishop added $5,000 in the DUI case and ordered him held without bail until the probation violation is resolved.

Kelly has 10 felony convictions (non-violent) and 10 misdemeanor convictions (non-violent) and has served two state prison sentences, with his most recent release in 2023; he is on probation until 2027 in the vehicle theft case.

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