Staff report
GAINESVILLE, Fla. – Craig Darnell Presley, 53, was arrested yesterday on allegations that he exposed himself while looking at a child younger than 16.
At approximately 6:45 p.m. on October 21, a Gainesville Police Department officer went to Presley’s apartment complex. The officer reportedly found Presley on the walkway outside his second-floor apartment, where he was visible from the sidewalk and windows of nearby units.
A six-year-old child reportedly told investigators that Presley pulled down his pants and began “flopping his weewee.” The child’s sister said she saw him sitting on the family’s staircase and looking toward Presley’s walkway. When she looked in the same direction, she reportedly saw Presley stroking himself.
After being read his Miranda rights, Presley acknowledged that he had been outside his apartment but denied exposing himself. He later reportedly said his pants might have fallen down while he was standing outside, though he maintained that he did not intentionally expose himself and was unaware the child was present.
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The officer also noted that Presley had recently been recorded by a nearby doorbell camera in an unrelated incident while allegedly exposing himself and urinating outdoors at the apartment complex.
Presley faces a charge of exposing himself while looking at a child younger than 16. He has three prior nonviolent felony convictions and three nonviolent misdemeanor convictions. Presley was arrested on a child-neglect charge in September 2025 and is currently on probation in that case. Judge Adam Lee ordered him held without bail pending a hearing on the State Attorney’s Office motion to keep him jailed without bail through trial. If the motion is denied, bail will be addressed at that hearing.
Articles about arrests are based on reports from law enforcement agencies. The charges listed are taken from the arrest report and/or court records and are only accusations. All suspects are innocent until proven guilty in a court of law.
