MIAMI (CBSMiami) — Some girls within the Brickell group of Miami are feeling a bit extra comfortable after a person who allegedly groped them is now behind bars.
Miami police say 43-year-old Emmanuel Bradley was arrested on Tuesday for groping a girl whereas she strolling along with her daughter and canine.
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According to the police report, the girl stated she was “inappropriately groped on the left breast,” by Bradley as they handed one another on the crosswalk at Brickell Avenue and SE 7 Street on April 2, round 9:00 a.m.
Ashleigh Giliberto advised CBS4’s Joe Gorchow stated she had simply grabbed espresso that morning along with her daughter on Brickell Avenue and she or he observed Bradley yelling close by.
“As we begin to cross paths, he grabs my chest out of nowhere,” she recalled. “So I turn around and start to yell at him. He runs away. By the time I look at my phone and call 911 for some help, he’s gone.”
She was upset and didn’t hesitate to file a police report that very same day.
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“I was mad. Really mad. I think that’s why I called 911. What else am I going to do? I was 35 weeks pregnant and could not fight back,” she stated.
However, police couldn’t discover him instantly after that incident. More than two weeks later, on April 19, she picked Bradley out of a police lineup and he was arrested.
The police report additionally states he’s “known to have committed similar acts in the Brickell area.”
“What bothers me is if he hurt my daughter. And, B, if he is bold enough to do this to women now if we don’t file claims and take the next step, what’s he going to be emboldened to do later.”
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At final examine, Bradley was being held on the Turner Guilford Knight Correctional Center, charged with misdemeanor battery and his bond was listed at $1,500.