Micheal Bradley, arresting for stalking an 11 year via phone.

A Florida mother  assumed the identity of her 11 year old daughter to catch a stalker in the act.

The mother's daughter got a Facebook account without permission and accepted a friend request, sharing her phone number with a virtual stranger. Text messages revealed that a grown man identified by police as Michael Bradley was trying to entice her child.

The mother called Bradley up and requested he stop contacting her daughter, siting her age (11) and when Bradley refused the police were immediately notified. Police were unable to act without sufficient evidence even though Bradley sent graphic text to her child including asking if the young 11 year old was a virgin and if she wanted birthday sex.

The mother decided to take further steps and impersonated her 11 year old daughter to lure Bradley into a trap. The mother used her daughter's phone to correspond with Bradley. When Bradley asked for a photo, she sent him pictures of a Target model which Bradley responded to by sending a picture of his a full naked body. However, that was still not enough for police, who stated that they would require a photo of Bradley's face before they could act. The mother ultimately got Bradley to send her a photo with enough of his face and police responded by arresting Bradley.

When queried about the Polices' reluctance to respond to the incident promptly, a police spokesperson stated that the initial evidence via text messages, including a text from Bradley claiming that was his 15 year old brother not he that was sending texts, would only have resulted in a warning for Bradley. In order to punish Bradley by the full extent of the law, the Police needed evidence proving beyond a shadow of a doubt that it was Bradley sending the texts i.e a picture of the suspect. Since the mother had established open communication with Bradley, police felt it represented an opportunity to get better evidence to bring before a court.

Understandably, the mother feels the law was too lethargic in it's response to a potentially deadly predator.

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