Man once convicted of stalking arrested on same charge

CHARLOTTE, N.C. — A man’s stalking conviction was overturned and he was arrested a few months later on the same charge.

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Brady Shackelford admitted he wrote a letter to his neighbor.

He said the letter talked about the woman being his future wife, his $1 billion business plan and his talks with God.

He said he couldn't tell Channel 9 on Tuesday why he had written the letter.

Shackelford has been in and out of court and prison, accused and convicted of stalking over many years.

His most recent charge is felony stalking involving his neighbor.

Court documents show he met her in May when she was teaching her niece how to ride a bike in their west Charlotte neighborhood.

The woman said Shackelford stuffed a few letters in her door.

One letter explained his requirements for his future wife and, in it, said he “Constantly observes women from afar to see if they meet those standards.”

The letter goes on to to say, “I am now pursuing you full force, because I see in you a definite interest in a long-term commitment with me.”

The woman told police she’s afraid of Shackelford and scared to walk in her own neighborhood.

About two months prior, Shackelford got out of prison because after winning his appeal in a stalking case from 2015.

The appeal said Shackelford met a woman at Myers Park Presbyterian Church and he wrote in length about wanting to be with her and, also, that she was his future wife.

He would refer to her by name.

Shackelford wrote about the woman on social media and that was the grounds of his appeal.

Shackelford’s attorneys argued his writings were protected under free speech by expressing himself on social media, records show.

Shackelford was set to be released from prison in November but in March, the North Carolina Court of Appeals ruled in his favor and overturned his felony stalking conviction.

His current felony stalking case is pending.

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