Staff report
GAINESVILLE, Fla. – In a disturbing turn of events, Kendrick O’Neal Bradley, 28, was apprehended yesterday on charges of stalking a woman. Reports indicate that Bradley had an unsettling desire to “look at” the victim, leading him to twice trespass onto her front porch. Alarmingly, he allegedly confessed to an officer that he should keep away from women and might have attempted to engage in a sexual act with the victim had the circumstances allowed.
The first incident occurred around 1 a.m. on July 20. The woman’s doorbell camera recorded footage of a man accessing her sheltered front porch. In a peculiar move, he took one of her flip-flops, tucked it into his waistband, and then made a hasty retreat.
The tension escalated on August 8 around 10 p.m., when the victim was startled by a loud noise outside. Upon checking her doorbell camera, she witnessed a man, who was carrying a backpack, slowly making his way to her porch. Reacting promptly, she switched on her exterior lights, which prompted the man to retreat across the street to an abandoned house. He lingered there for about five minutes, fixated on her home.
The victim immediately contacted 911. Unfortunately, the man disappeared before Gainesville Police Department officers arrived on the scene.
Because of her fear of the man, the victim went to stay with a friend, and at about 11 p.m. on August 8, she saw the same man on her doorbell camera. She used the two-way audio feature to tell the man she was calling police and she ordered him to leave her property, but the man did not appear to be deterred by this and remained in the area for some time before leaving.
The responding police officer noted that between July 20 and August 8, the same man was repeatedly seen walking past the victim’s house, causing emotional distress to the victim.
A photo line-up was administered to the victim, and she reportedly ruled out all but the picture of Bradley; however, she said she could not be sure Bradley was the man she’d seen at her house because Bradley’s face was “chubbier” in the photo.
The officer noted that GPD has recent body-worn camera footage of Bradley, and he has lost weight since the photo in the line-up was taken. The officer identified the man in the doorbell camera video as Bradley.
Bradley was arrested in the 1700 block of NW 6th Street on August 11 and was interviewed at GPD Headquarters.
Post Miranda, he reportedly identified himself in the victim’s doorbell camera video and admitted to taking a flip-flop from the front porch. He reportedly said he often walks by the victim’s house, and after seeing the victim getting out of her car, he has walked by her house and stayed in the area to “look at” her. He reportedly said he should not be around women, and if he had encountered the victim while he was on her property, he probably would have attempted to have sex with her.
Bradley, who is described as homeless in a court document, told Court Services that he has been in the area for about two months. He has been charged with burglary of an occupied dwelling and stalking. He has three felony convictions (non-violent) and three misdemeanor convictions (non-violent). Judge Susan Miller-Jones 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.