Kids with bats disarm man with gun


Published: Monday, January 19, 2009 at 11:37 a.m.
Last Modified: Monday, January 19, 2009 at 11:37 a.m.
A pair of 8-year-olds armed with baseball bats are being credited with stopping 
a man who had put a gun into a woman’s face and threatened to kill her.

Charles Arby Bradley, 29, 819 NE 15th Terrace, was arrested and charged with 
armed burglary, battery, aggravated assault with a deadly weapon, aggravated 
battery causing bodily harm, possession of a weapon by a convicted felon and 
obstructing justice. Bail was set at $225,000 after he was booked into the 
Alachua County Jail early Monday.

The situation unfolded over two days, according to Gainesville Police Officer 
Tony R. Ferro, and appeared to be the result of Bradley’s efforts to resume a 
relationship with a former girlfriend with whom he has a child.

The woman told police that each time she rebuffed his attempts to reconcile, he 
threatened her with violence.

The first incident happened on Friday when Bradley reportedly confronted the 
woman to argue about their broken relationship.

The woman told police she tried to get away from Bradley in her car but he got 
into the car through the passenger window and she was driving away.

In the arrest report, Ferro wrote that Bradley “forced the vehicle into park and 
pulled a chunk of hair from the victim’s head.”

The second incident happened shortly before 7 p.m. as the woman was leaving her 
home in the 1400 block of SE 2nd Ave. with her 8-year-old son and his 8-year old 
friend.

The woman and the boys told police that Bradley hit the woman on the back of the 
head with a handgun inside a black sock, then took the gun out of the sock.

Ferro wrote in his report that while the children watched, Bradley “forced the 
handgun in the face of the victim, told her to open her mouth and threatened to 
kill the victim.”

The woman and the children told police that Bradley said to the woman: “If you 
go to the police, I will kill you.”

The woman and the children told police that Bradley left the area when “the two 
8-year-old witnesses attacked the defendant with baseball bats, which stopped 
the attack.”

The woman drove the the police department to report the incident.

Shall the right to keep baseball bats be infringed?

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Kids with bats disarm man with gun


Published: Monday, January 19, 2009 at 11:37 a.m.
Last Modified: Monday, January 19, 2009 at 11:37 a.m.
A pair of 8-year-olds armed with baseball bats are being 
credited with stopping
a man who had put a gun into a woman's face and threatened 
to kill her.

Charles Arby Bradley, 29, 819 NE 15th Terrace, was arrested 
and charged with
armed burglary, battery, aggravated assault with a deadly 
weapon, aggravated
battery causing bodily harm, possession of a weapon by a 
convicted felon and
obstructing justice. Bail was set at $225,000 after he was 
booked into the
Alachua County Jail early Monday.

The situation unfolded over two days, according to 
Gainesville Police Officer
Tony R. Ferro, and appeared to be the result of Bradley's 
efforts to resume a
relationship with a former girlfriend with whom he has a 
child.

The woman told police that each time she rebuffed his 
attempts to reconcile, he
threatened her with violence.

The first incident happened on Friday when Bradley 
reportedly confronted the
woman to argue about their broken relationship.

The woman told police she tried to get away from Bradley in 
her car but he got
into the car through the passenger window and she was 
driving away.

In the arrest report, Ferro wrote that Bradley "forced the 
vehicle into park and
pulled a chunk of hair from the victim's head."

The second incident happened shortly before 7 p.m. as the 
woman was leaving her
home in the 1400 block of SE 2nd Ave. with her 8-year-old 
son and his 8-year old
friend.

The woman and the boys told police that Bradley hit the 
woman on the back of the
head with a handgun inside a black sock, then took the gun 
out of the sock.

Ferro wrote in his report that while the children watched, 
Bradley "forced the
handgun in the face of the victim, told her to open her 
mouth and threatened to
kill the victim."

The woman and the children told police that Bradley said to 
the woman: "If you
go to the police, I will kill you."

The woman and the children told police that Bradley left the 
area when "the two
8-year-old witnesses attacked the defendant with baseball 
bats, which stopped
the attack."

The woman drove the the police department to report the 
incident.