Tara Getter's Page

"I had never heard of tag reading systems until this story broke.  A tag reader is partially credited in helping locate this suspect.   I found an article (it's not local but informative) that describes the tag reading system,…"

"Apparently an earlier report that I read which said he pointed a gun at officers was incorrect. I just read that officers didn't realize he threw the gun while running. "It turns out Bradwell had thrown the gun as he was running and was…"

"It's amazing to me the number of times he was arrested - serve his time, do it again.  Sad really :(  I'm curious to know if his gun was loaded - don't get me wrong KUDOS to PCSO!! But the fact that he points his weapon -…"

"Clues gathered so far, it does sound as if they did indeed find the man responsible for these invasions.   Even though I'm a South Bartow resident I was freaked out by the brazenness of this criminal on behalf of North Lakeland…"

"thank goodness!  I just read the article and glad to see that Sheriff Grady Judd came through again and got that thief off of the streets.."

"PCSO is reporting they shot and killed him early this morning! Deputies Shoot, Kill Burglary Suspect"

"I just peeked at the comments on facebook on this story on the Polk sheriff's page. The sheriff's office didn't comment so I don't know how reliable the info is but 2 of the comments concerned me:   "I heard there was…"

"I'm so mad! We drove out to Orlando Sat afternoon to buy a surveillance camera. I didn't want to order one online and wait for shipping since he's going out of town. Hubby installed in Sun but they screwed up and gave us the wrong…"

"Alicia, I wonder if it's not too late to still call some of these things in?  And as far as increased drive-bys, even if you can't see anything from your home to the road, the fact there's an increased officer presence in your…"

"I didn't report it. Should have I guess to get it on record, but I can't see getting someone unless you catch them in the act. Requesting drive bys does no good either, you can't see my house from the road much less my property - the…"

"I have attempted to reply to this topic several times and always seem to get pulled away from the computer only to come back to see my kids have switched websites on me.  I keep trying because this story just blows my mind!  Days after…"

"i saw the news story on Channel 10 last night but I too am thankful for a site like this.  we live in the area as well and are being extra cautious right now but with all the media exposure and the sheriff's office said they have extra…"

"I live less than a mile from Sutton Road, where the most recent invasion was located. We live on about 5 1/2 acres and this is incredibly scary. I pray they catch this guy. SOON."

""We want the public to know that they have the right to use deadly force in their house."   LOL, I gotta tell you I do love Sheriff Judd.   I saw a lot of comments on facebook to the tune of 'I hope he does come here, he…"

"I know its pretty scary when the crooks are gettin smart enough to cut electric and phone lines. But, I do agree Alicia, I found it odd that he would go to all that trouble and then just run at the scream of a voice. Although, I do have a landline,…"

"I agree Tara, the elec and phone lines freaked me out too! It surprises me though, he'll go through that trouble but ran away in one instance when someone screamed and in another case when the woman refused to drive hito the ATM he hit her in…"