Homeless man arrested for armed burglary after being confronted by armed resident
Staff report
GAINESVILLE, Fla. – Kim Gregory Melton, 65, was arrested yesterday morning after allegedly burglarizing a house, armed with a knife; he fled when a resident with a gun confronted him.
At about 10:55 a.m. on July 5, a Gainesville Police Department officer responded to a home in the 1700 block of NW 6th Avenue, where a resident of the home said he saw a man on his screened back patio, stealing a bottle of Crown Royal alcohol and some pliers. The victim said that when he saw the man, he went to get his gun, and when he came back into the living room, he saw the man inside his house; the victim said the man pulled out a four-inch knife, and the victim raised his gun and called 911. The victim said he was in fear for his life and didn’t know what the man would do. He said he told the man to get out, and the man left.
The victim said he locked himself in the house but told officers which way the man went. Officers arrested Melton in the 800 block of SW 2nd Avenue, and a search incident to arrest reportedly produced several crack pipes. Melton reportedly said he used them to smoke marijuana, but the pipes reportedly had a burnt crystal-like residue.
Melton, who is described as homeless on the arrest report, has been charged with armed burglary, aggravated assault with a deadly weapon, possession of drug paraphernalia, and theft. He has 14 felony convictions (one violent) and 12 misdemeanor convictions (non-violent); he has served seven prison sentences and was most recently released in February 2025 after serving a two-year sentence for burglary. 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.
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Resident should have shot him.
Agreed, the city won’t take action so residents need to protect themselves.
“… And the next bum coming to the Ring is 6’2, 235lbs, and hails from disGRACE marketplace. ‘A boy named’ Kim Melton!!!”
What came fist, being homeless or being groomed by scummy judges that kept him here instead of leaving long ago?
Quote “He has 14 felony convictions (one violent) and 12 misdemeanor convictions (non-violent); he has served seven prison sentences and was most recently released in February 2025 after serving a two-year sentence for burglary.”
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I’ll keep repeating this. Type the word homeless into the search box above and you can see hundreds of rapes, robberies, and attacks going back years. What you never see is the city of Gainesville solving this problem.
https://pubapps.fdc.myflorida.com/offenderSearch/detail.aspx?Page=Detail&DCNumber=080364&TypeSearch=IR
this guy has been to FDOC 7 times but if you notice he managed to stay out a few times longer than usual 7,7, and 14 years which only makes me think maybe he got sent to FLDCF state hospital instead of prison or maybe was locked up out of state.
Getting convicted of burglaries since 1985! Dedicated his life to being a menace to society. Now he’ll once again get 3 hots & a cot on the taxpayers’ dime.
He needs a permanent cot…6 feet under! Obviously he’ll never change, work or stop making more victims.
(There- that ought to trigger a few libtards).
Come steal my stuff. Giggle, giggle
Living in that neighborhood, the resident had his gun in his house.
If he had been a suburban neighbor, his gun would have been stored in his unlocked car, making it easier for Melton to steal.
My wife is almost 69, her father was a Firearms Expert & Instructor with Military, She was Decorated in her service and achieved highest levels of Marksmanship, she use to hunt Squirrels as a child with a single shot 410 or 22 and has a legal concealed carry. They not only know hot to Load a weapon but clean it. So before you eye that frail looking little old Lady, say a Prayer she isn’t a Lioness in disguise or they will be reading the Obituary’s of Fools