Staff Report
GAINESVILLE, Fla. – Caleb James Martin, a 20-year-old with an outstanding warrant for probation violation since last May, was taken into custody last night. He also faced additional warrants for domestic battery and stalking issued in March. The arrest occurred in a neighborhood near the University of Florida campus.
At approximately 11:53 p.m. on April 10, officers from the Gainesville Police Department (GPD) responded to a call on the 1400 block of West University Avenue. They were there to assist the University of Florida Police Department (UFPD) and the Alachua County Sheriff’s Office (ASO) after Martin allegedly evaded a UFPD officer by fleeing into a residential area.
An officer from the UFPD successfully located and detained Martin, leading to his arrest by GPD officers. During the arrest, a search reportedly uncovered a bag containing around 3.2 grams of fentanyl.
In April 2025, Martin entered a plea of nolo contendere for possessing a firearm as an adjudicated delinquent and resisting an officer without violence. Judge James Colaw decided to withhold adjudication of guilt, sentencing Martin to one year of community control, also known as house arrest, followed by two years of probation.
Just a month later, on May 11, 2025, Martin allegedly fled from a traffic stop, resulting in a car crash and then attempted to escape on foot. A sworn complaint was filed against him; however, no warrant has been issued, and Martin has yet to face booking on charges related to that incident.
However, Martin was instructed to report to the community control officer at least once a week, and on May 13, 2025, he failed to report; a violation affidavit was filed, alleging that he had moved from the address he gave the community control officer, committed new criminal offenses, failed to report, and was not at his residence when an officer checked on him on May 14. A warrant for his arrest was issued on May 20, 2025.
On February 19, 2026, Martin allegedly punched his girlfriend and choked her until she was unconscious, preventing her from talking to deputies who arrived in response to her 911 call, which was abruptly ended. The same victim told an ASO deputy on March 15 that Martin was stalking her and had threatened to kill her, and the deputy reported that Martin called the victim multiple times from a blocked number while he was taking the victim’s report. Warrants for both of those incidents were issued on March 16.
Martin has been charged with violating probation, domestic battery by strangulation, false imprisonment, hindering communication with law enforcement, aggravated stalking, possession of fentanyl, and resisting an officer without violence. Judge David Kreider ordered him held without bail pending a hearing on a motion from the State Attorney’s Office to hold him without bail until trial; if the judge denies the motion, bail will be set at that hearing.
Articles about arrests are based on reports from law enforcement agencies. The charges listed are taken from the arrest report and/or court records and are only accusations. All suspects are innocent until proven guilty in a court of law.
