Gainesville man arrested for threatening to kill 14-year-old neighbor

Staff report

GAINESVILLE, Fla. – Derrien Derrell Brockington II, 23, was arrested yesterday and charged with making a written threat to kill after allegedly threatening to kill a 14-year-old neighbor if the neighbor returned to his own apartment.

The arresting Gainesville Police Department officer reported that on March 17, Brockington made several explicit threats via Instagram voice messages to harm and kill the victim, who is 14 years old. Brockington allegedly warned the victim that he would be waiting for him if he returned to his own apartment, which is in the same complex where Brockington lives (the address of the apartment complex is redacted in the report). Brockington also allegedly sent the victim a picture of a handgun and wrote that he should have shot him when he had the chance.

Post Miranda, Brockington reportedly admitted that he sent death threats to the victim, but he said he wasn’t serious about harming the victim.

Brockington has two adult felony convictions (one violent) and has served two state prison sentences (both for the same initial charge because he violated probation after being released from the first prison sentence), with his most recent release in January 2024. Judge Kristine Van Vorst ordered him held without bail pending a hearing on a motion from the State Attorney’s Office to hold him without bail until trial.

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