Career criminal accused of breaking into home, climbing into bed with child as family slept

An Oklahoma antheral with a lengthy transgression past has been arrested aft allegedly breaking into a family’s location and climbing into furniture with their young child. 

Authorities were called to a location successful Oklahoma City aft Josh Hodnik was jolted awake by his 11-year-old lad who told him determination was a unusual antheral successful his furniture connected Saturday, March 14, according to KOKH. 

"My lad woke maine up, and helium said, ‘Hey, there's a antheral successful my bed,’" Hodnik told the outlet. 

Hodnik said helium did not judge his lad astatine first, chalking it up to the young kid having a nightmare oregon imagining things.

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Charles Bradford is charged with first-degree burglary and 5 misdemeanors aft allegedly entering a family’s location arsenic they slept successful Oklahoma City, Oklahoma connected Saturday, March 14, according to KOKH.  (Cleveland County Sheriff’s Office)

"It conscionable benignant of shocked me, shook me," Hodnik said. "I was like, ‘What, what bash you, what bash you mean?’ I thought helium was sleepwalking and, and, and helium mistook, helium was imagining things oregon whatever." 

However, erstwhile Hodnik went to cheque the bedroom, helium realized his lad was telling the truth. 

"There was a grown antheral laying successful the bed," Hodnik said, KOKH reported. "He brought his ain blanket, had 1 sock on, nary shoes on."

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Authorities were called to a location successful Oklahoma City aft Josh Hodnik was jolted awake by his 11-year-old lad who told him determination was a unusual antheral successful his furniture connected Saturday, March 14, according to KOKH.  (iStock)

Hodnik recalled his 2 children playing extracurricular successful the family’s gait the nighttime earlier the incident. When the kids came backmost inside, the begetter said they did not fastener the beforehand doorway and helium failed to cheque it earlier going to bed. 

"I didn't spell cheque the beforehand doorway aft they played extracurricular connected Friday night," Hodnik told KOKH. "And that was my fault. I privation I would have, but I shouldn't person to. OK? We shouldn't unrecorded successful a nine wherever idiosyncratic other walks into your beforehand door."

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Following Charles Bradford’s arrest, section reports uncovered his lengthy transgression history, including aggregate arrests connected battle and larceny charges. (iStock)

The man, identified arsenic 46-year-old Charles Bradford, was subsequently taken into custody and charged with first-degree burglary and 5 misdemeanors, according to the outlet. 

Following his arrest, section reports uncovered Bradford’s lengthy transgression history, including aggregate arrests connected battle and larceny charges.

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In 2002, Bradford was convicted of first-degree manslaughter aft sidesplitting his cellmate portion successful prison, KOKH reported. 

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The revelation surrounding Bradford’s past near Hodnik questioning however the repetition offender was allowed to locomotion the streets freely.

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"The feline should not person been connected the street, period. He killed his cellmate. Guy has similar 12 convulsive crimes, battle connected an officer, battle connected a aesculapian staff, implicit and implicit and implicit and over. And past conscionable fto this feline locomotion retired free," Hodnik reportedly said.

Following his astir caller condemnation successful Oklahoma City, the territory attorney’s bureau told KOKH Bradford had pleaded into a intelligence wellness tribunal due to the fact that officials determined the stableness and attraction would payment him.

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However, officials are reportedly evaluating his quality to proceed arsenic a subordinate successful airy of the caller charges filed against him. 

"He doesn't request to beryllium connected the street," Hodnik told the outlet. "You know, I felt atrocious for the guy, erstwhile the contented happened. But astatine the aforesaid clip helium came into my location and laid successful my kid's bed, and it was each I could bash to not termination the guy."

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Bradford remains successful custody astatine the Cleveland County Detention Center connected $75,000 bond, according to tribunal records obtained by Fox News Digital. 

The Oklahoma County District Attorney’s Office did not instantly respond to Fox News Digital’s petition for comment.