Homeless man arrested for repeatedly hanging around woman’s home to “look at” her

Staff report

Updated on August 20 with pre-trial detention information.

GAINESVILLE, Fla. – Kendrick O’Neal Bradley, 28, was arrested yesterday for allegedly stalking a woman because he wanted to “look at” her and twice entering her front porch; he reportedly told an officer that he should not be around women and probably would have attempted to have sex with the victim if he’d had the opportunity.

At about 1 a.m. on July 20, the victim’s doorbell camera captured video of a man entering her attached and covered front porch and then taking one flip-flop, placing it in his waistband, and quickly fleeing.

At about 10 p.m. on August 8, the victim heard a loud noise outside her home and pulled up her doorbell camera; she saw a man slowly approaching her front porch while carrying a backpack. She turned on her outside lights, and the man walked back across the street to a vacant home and then stayed there for about five minutes, staring at the victim’s home.

The victim called 911, but the man left before Gainesville Police Department officers could get there.

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. On August 20, Judge Susanne Wilson Bullard granted the motion and ordered him held without bail until trial.

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