Green Cove Springs murder suspect arrested by police in Gainesville

ALACHUA COUNTY, Fla. — Police arrested the suspect in connection with the murder of a Green Cove Springs woman on Friday.

The Gainesville Police Department and the Alachua County Sheriff's office, working with the U.S. Marshals service, tracked down and arrested Victor Lamar Cruger Jr., 25, Friday.

Police said they surrounded Cruger in a home across the street from Williams Elementary School.

The school is at the intersection of SE 15th Street and SE 7^th Avenue in Gainesville.

Cruger was the suspect in the murder of 55-year-old Ernestine Hines in Green Cove Springs.

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