Suspect Steals Car, Wants To Kill Cops; Says “Living Is Hard And Dying Is Easy”

May 7, 2010

Out of jail for just two days, a Cantonment man is back in the Escambia County Jail without bond after he stole a car, tried to lure deputies into a wooded area while threatening to kill them, and making statements that “living is hard and dying is easy” and that he would “kill the police”, according to deputies.

bradley.jpgJimmie Bradley, Sr., 54, of Hazard Lane, Cantonment, is charged with grand theft of a vehicle, resisting an officer without violence/obstruction of justice, domestic violence battery, possession of ammunition by a convicted felon and driving with a suspended license.

The incident involving Bradley began about 10 a.m. Wednesday when Escambia County Sheriff’s Office Deputy Thomas Joyner responded to a vehicle theft in progress call at the intersection of Highway 29 and Airport Boulevard. He was advised by dispatchers that the suspect was traveling north on Highway 29 in a blue 1994 Toyota Corolla occupied by Bradley.

When deputies located the victim on Highway 29, she told them she had driven Bradley, who is her ex-husband,  to the Escambia County Clinic on Palafox Street for a doctor’s appointment. On the return trip, Bradley became very irate and angry “stating that he was going to get everyone including his son’s people in Alabama, (the victim) and police”. While northbound on Highway 29, Bradley pulled the keys out of the car, causing the victim to run off the road. He then allegedly tried to pull her out of the car before getting into the driver’s seat.

That’s when, according to the arrest report, he “stated that he wanted the police to come to Hazard Lane and said he knows he can get at least four cops then he’ll pull their cars down into his yard”.

Bradley was located by deputies in a wooded area off Quintette Road about a quarter mile from Highway 29. He was given numerous orders by deputies to get down on the ground, but he failed to comply for at least five minutes. According to the report, Bradley eventually complied and was taken into custody after making several attempts to lure deputies into a wooded area visible from Highway 29. He also reportedly made numerous statements that he would “kill the police”.

On the way to jail, Bradley reportedly told deputies that, “If I make bond, someone’s going to die”.  Deputies found 59 .22 caliber bullets and one spent 410 shotgun shell in his possession.

According to Sheriff’s Office reports, this was not the first incident in which Bradley threatened to kill officers. In late March, he allegedly robbed a man and then committed battery on an Escambia County Sheriff’s Office deputy before telling them that he would kill them and another man when he gets out of jail. [Read that story here.] The battery on an officer charge in that case was dropped. He was released from jail May 3 on $20,000 bond in connection with that incident.

Comments

9 Responses to “Suspect Steals Car, Wants To Kill Cops; Says “Living Is Hard And Dying Is Easy””

  1. DJ Sheffield on May 11th, 2010 12:17 pm

    Why is it when LEO do something that doesn’t involve shooting someone and killing them….they are the greatest, but if he would have shot this man and killed him; the LEO would have been rediceulled (?) to no end and the race card would have been pulled out once AGAIN….

    Great job LEO for proving Escambia County residents wrong again….You are all very capable for doing YOUR job without so called violence.

  2. Just Because on May 8th, 2010 5:24 pm

    harley1,

    Unfortunately everything you said is the absolute truth.

  3. harley1 on May 8th, 2010 8:05 am

    prediction, our system WILL release this man back into society, because our system is stupid. Five minutes to comply with orders to get on ground? He should have been shot dead after 10 seconds. This sounds harsh until you realize someday soon you will read about the DEAD victims this garbage leaves in his wake. All because his kind can’t be dealt with properly the first time.

  4. JJ on May 7th, 2010 7:09 pm

    “I’ll meet him in the woods anytime. Only one of us will walk out.”

    And the other one is riding a bicycle out?

  5. rachel on May 7th, 2010 1:18 pm

    omg, thats bad

  6. rachel on May 7th, 2010 1:17 pm

    wow, i would not say anything like that to a cop. that would just make me get even more jail time, if not time in prison.

  7. rachel on May 7th, 2010 1:14 pm

    that man is clearly in need of some mental assistance. does he have any idea that what he says CAN AND WILL BE USED AGAINST HIM!!??? i mean, i really wouldnt be that incredulously stupid.

  8. JUDY MASEK on May 7th, 2010 10:38 am

    i cant imagine that a judge would let this violent fellow out anytime soon…a good mental eval will explain alot, im sure…..sounds like, amoung other things, he had an element of a “police suicide” event planned…thank the Lord, the police were well controlled in their responses to this unstable guy…good work!

  9. whitepunknotondope on May 7th, 2010 6:42 am

    This man is obviously a mental case. Although society would be better off if he got his death wish, I commend LEO for their patience after “He was given numerous orders by deputies to get down on the ground, but he failed to comply for at least five minutes.”

    Good training, good judgement by the officers. Unfortunately next time this fool bonds out or is released, someone will probably get hurt.

    I’ll meet him in the woods anytime. Only one of us will walk out.

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