Man Arrested For Aggravated Stalking After Sending Over 200 Threatening Texts
Michael Darnell White, 52, was arrested Tuesday at 7:23 p.m. and charged with one count of aggravated stalking, one count of drug trafficking, and two counts of drug possession.
Between August 7 - August 12, White sent the victim over 30 threatening text messages. After she blocked him, he proceeded to text her 200 threatening text messages with a new phone number.
White threatened to go to the victim’s place of work and kill her boyfriend in several texts.
On August 9, the victim returned home from work and heard White knock on her door. He left shortly after.
The next day White got into the victim’s house, with her roommates reportedly leaving the door unlocked. He was standing in the stairwell and fled after the victim yelled at him to leave.
Two days later, the victim saw White staring at her through the window of her workplace.
White was reportedly friends with the victim for 30 years before he aggravatedly stalked her.
Gainesville Police Department (GPD) officer Nicholas Domico was not able to locate White and submitted a sworn complaint for aggravated stalking.
On Tuesday, Corporal Casey Walsh located White riding his bike on NE Waldo Road. After he stopped, Walsh arrested him for aggravated stalking.
A search by Walsh found 15.4 grams of ecstasy, 4 grams of crack, and 1.6 grams of cocaine.
Walsh was in her marked K-9 patrol vehicle at the time. She is the officer who allowed her K-9 to attack a homeless woman sleeping in bushes believing she was a domestic battery suspect last March.
White doesn’t have a registered address and is currently homeless.
White is eligible for a bond of $210,000 for his drug charges and currently has no bond eligibility for his stalking charge.
White has eight violent felony adjunctions, with the most recent being a 2023 aggravated battery case where he beat his girlfriend, who was pregnant with his child, using a pitchfork.
White took a plea deal from the State Attorney’s Office and was sentenced to six months and 20 days in prison after being found guilty of battery.
