A Farmington Hills man involved in an altercation involving firearms — along with his wife, a former Wayne County official — was sentenced Tuesday morning in Oakland County Circuit Court.
Larry Bradford, 73, will spend two years in the Michigan Department of Corrections for a charge of felony firearm in connection with the New Year’s Day 2025 incident at a Farmington Hills gas station. He was also sentenced to one day incarceration with credit for one day served for a charge of felonious assault, as ordered by Judge Yasmine Poles.
Bradford was found guilty of the charges at the conclusion of a jury trial in February. His wife, Alicia Bradford, opted out of trial by pleading guilty to felonious assault and was handed a delayed sentence last month. She’s to return to court in February 2027 after serving 11 months probation and complying with requirements outlined by the judge. She was also sentenced to one day in jail, with one day jail credit applied. A felony firearm charge against her was dismissed as part of the plea deal.
In this still frame from surveillance video, Alicia Bradford points a handgun at an unidentified customer (far right, face digitally obstructed) after the man and Bradford’s husband, Larry Bradford, got into a verbal and physical confrontation on Jan.1, 2025 over the price of a bottle of pop (Farmington Hills Police Dept. via FOIA)
The Bradfords were charged after pulling guns on a customer at a gas station on Orchard Lake Road in Farmington Hills. Officials said the customer got involved when Larry Bradford began arguing with the gas station clerk, accusing him of charging tax on a bottle of Mountain Dew. Larry Bradford left the store and returned with a 9mm handgun and pointed it at the customer, demanding he get on his knees and apologize, and struck him. Alicia Bradford then entered the store armed with a firearm and pointed it at the customer.
When she was arrested, Alicia Bradford was the Wayne County Parks and Recreation director. She was suspended without pay after the Oakland County Prosecutor’s Office filed charges against her, and then resigned from her job a few weeks later.
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