Man on pre-trial release arrested for pushing his way into his previous victim’s apartment

Staff report

Updated on May 6 with pre-trial detention information.

GAINESVILLE, Fla. – Nathan John Zudoffsky, 41, was arrested yesterday after allegedly violating a court order by pushing his way into the apartment of the victim in his pending domestic battery case.

Zudoffsky was arrested for domestic battery on April 12 and was released the next day on his own recognizance; Judge David Kreider ordered him to have no contact with the victim.

After his release, Zudoffsky sent the judge a letter, asking for the no-contact order to be removed so he could help care for his daughter.

On April 29, Alachua County Sheriff’s Deputies responded to the victim’s apartment, where the victim said Zudoffsky had knocked on her door wearing all-black clothing, a green mask, and glasses; she said she opened the door, immediately recognized his voice, and told him to leave. Zudoffsky allegedly forced his way into the apartment by pushing the door into the victim and then tried to hug and kiss her; she said he smelled like alcoholic beverages. She said she repeatedly told him to leave the apartment, and he eventually left.

Deputies found Zudoffsky’s vehicle at Sun Bay Apartments (708 SW 16th Avenue), and Zudoffsky reportedly got into his vehicle and started it; deputies conducted a traffic stop and detained him.

Post Miranda, Zudoffsky reportedly only nodded his head in response to questions. When he was asked whether he wanted to answer any questions, he reportedly shook his head to indicate that he did not.

Zudoffsky has been charged with burglary with battery and violation of pre-trial release conditions in a dating violence case. He had no criminal history before his April 12 arrest and told Court Services that he works for a business that delivers Amazon packages. Judge Meshon Rawls 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 May 4, Judge Robert Groeb granted the motion and ordered him held without bail untl trial.

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