Man arrested for indecent exposure and taking videos of women on Gainesville trail

Staff report

GAINESVILLE, Fla. – Martin Delray Lavel Cloud, 36, was arrested yesterday after allegedly exposing himself to a woman on a Gainesville trail and then taking videos of two women as they passed him on the trail.

A Gainesville Police Department officer reported that at about 8:30 a.m. on March 23, a woman who was running on the Hawthorne Trail near SE 4th Street saw a man in plain view who was moving his hand up and down in his crotch area; the victim said that when she passed the same area again, the man’s camera was pointing at her, and the phone followed her movement.

An officer reportedly saw Cloud filming another woman as she walked on the trail, and Cloud allegedly fled when he saw the patrol vehicle. He was apprehended after a brief foot chase.

According to the arrest report, Cloud was released from Sexual Offender status on March 11, 2026. The arrest report also notes that he was born in Gainesville, but his listed address is in Grand Junction, Colorado, and his employer is listed as a Walmart in Grand Junction. He was identified by his Georgia ID photo, and Georgia court records indicate that he currently lives in Gainesville.

Detectives believe there may be additional victims, and potential victims or witnesses are encouraged to contact GPD detectives at 352-393-7670.

Cloud has been charged with indecent exposure and resisting an officer without violence. His full criminal history is unavailable; his criminal history in Alachua County stops in 2015, and he had three misdemeanor convictions at that time. He was arrested in Georgia in 2021 on misdemeanor charges of sexual battery, battery, public indecency, and disorderly conduct; he entered a plea of nolo contendere to battery and was sentenced to 364 days in jail, and the rest of the charges were dropped. Also in 2021, he was charged with child molestation, cruelty to children, and violating probation; he entered a plea of nolo contendere to cruelty to children and was sentenced to one year in jail, followed by five years of probation, and he was required to register as a sexual offender; his probation was revoked after he was arrested in August 2025 for exploiting an elderly person.

Judge Meshon Rawls set bail at $10,000 on the new charges.

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