Here are five stalkers and accused stalkers who were recently either arrested for or convicted of their crimes. Thank you to the law enforcement officers who worked diligently to keep the victims safe and bring the accused to justice.
5. Aden Bratcher – Spencer County, IN
While responding to a 911 call for shots fired in December 2023, police in Spencer County, Indiana spoke with a victim who claimed he had been followed home from work by a masked man on the motorcycle. The suspect, who was later identified as 23-year-old Aden L. Bratcher, discharged two rounds from a handgun as he sped past the victim.
Surveillance footage from the night of the incident reportedly showed Bratcher lying in wait for the victim to leave work. Investigators identified the culprit in the footage as Bratcher by cross-referencing his clothing and unique motorcycle features to photos on his social media page. Based on this information, they were able to get a warrant for Bratcher’s SnapChat account, where they found footage of the crime in its entirety that Bratcher had filmed.
In early 2025, Bratcher was convicted of one felony count of Stalking While Armed with a Deadly Weapon. The judge imposed a six-year term consisting of three years in prison, two years on house arrest and GPS monitoring, and one year of supervision.
4. Michael Potente – Broward County, FL
A stalker terrorised residents of a Tamarac, Florida neighbourhood for months before he was finally arrested on February 25th. Identified by law enforcement as Michael Potente, he allegedly stalked and pointed a gun at community members on multiple occasions.
Speaking to local news outlet NBC 6, Vanessa Acosta said that Broward County deputies had been called to the neighbourhood multiple times in the past, and that they brushed the problem off. Law enforcement finally started to take meaningful action against Potente after Acosta emailed the sheriff, who assigned a detective to the case.
Acosta’s brother, Jonathan Sulzer, told NBC 6 that Potente had pointed a gun at him at least a half-dozen times, and that the suspect had also pulled the weapon on his mom and sister. The station ran a public records check and discovered that police had responded to calls about Potente nine times before he was finally arrested. These incidents were entirely unprovoked, typically occurring as the victims simply went about their normal routines.
Potente is also accused of violating an order of protection by throwing a pot at a neighbour. Following his arrest, he was booked into custody on multiple charges including two counts of aggravated stalking, three counts of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon without intent to kill, aggravated assault with the intent to commit a felony, battery, and violation of an injunction for protection.
As of March 2nd, Potente remains in custody at the Broward County Jail with bond pending. His release won’t come as good news to Acosta, who said she’ll be terrified of Potente retaliating against her family for reporting him to the police.
3. Joonho Jun – Alachua County, FL
Twenty-one-year-old University of Florida student Joonho Jun is accused of waging a years-long antisemitic campaign against a fellow student which recently escalated to stalking and shooting threats. The victim told Gainesville police that Jun approached him and a witness at a Wawa store at two in the morning and made a shooting motion with his hand. The two friends left in an effort to get away from Jun, who allegedly ran after them while continuing to pretend to shoot the victim.
Jun proceeded to tag the victim in numerous antisemitic social media posts the next morning. He also told the victim to “watch his back” and threatened to torture him. Fearing that Jun’s behaviour would escalate to physical violence, the victim filed a police report.
The judge took the case seriously, despite Jun having no prior criminal history, and remanded him without bail on an aggravated stalking charge. If bond is granted in the future, Jun will be required to wear a GPS ankle monitor and will be banned from using the internet and contacting the victim. He was also ordered to stay away from the Lubavitch Chabad Jewish Center and is prohibited from owning guns while the case is ongoing.
2. Michael Angel Coronado Jr. – Midland County, TX
Over a nearly year-long period starting in March 2024, a Midlands, Texas homeowner endured a campaign of harassment at the hands of the former owner’s son, 34-year-old Michael Angel Coronado Jr., who was apparently upset about having to move out of his childhood residence. According to the victim, Coronado had attempted to enter the home several times through the backyard and had removed window screens and broken a doorbell camera.
In early February 2025, Coronado allegedly threw a brick through one of the home’s windows, causing an estimated $500 in damages. While checking his history, police discovered that he was the subject of two previous family violence reports. He was listed as the aggressor in both reports, which were reportedly connected to his eviction from the residence that he seemed so desperate to regain access to.
On February 26th, police arrested Coronado on a warrant for felony third-degree stalking. He’s currently in custody at the Midland County Detention Center with bail set at $750,000.
1. Joey Miles Strickland – Lexington County, KY
A Lexington County, Kentucky woman was going about her normal business at a gas station in mid-January when 41-year-old Joey Miles Strickland approached her and asked if she was married. He then allegedly followed the woman home, blocked her in her driveway, and tried forcing her into his car.
The victim managed to fight Strickland off by hitting him with an unloaded pistol, but he reappeared eight days later at the woman’s workplace, where he made comments to her coworkers about her “pistol whipping” him. Clueless as to why a complete stranger was stalking her, the woman reported Strickland to law enforcement. He was charged with first-degree assault and battery, stalking, and kidnapping and is being held without bond as he awaits his next court hearing.