RELATED: LGBT advocate says man used gay slur, robbed him during Midtown march

Charles Stadtlander Credit: Channel 2 Action News Credit: Channel 2 Action News

Hardnett approached Stadtlander, who was marching near the intersection of Peachtree and 10th streets, on a bicycle before the robbery. Stadtlander said Hardnett kicked him and called him a gay slur.

When Hardnett tried to ride off, Stadtlander grabbed his bike in an attempt to stop him. That’s when Hardnett said he had a handgun, threatening to kill anyone who got in his way.

“(Hardnett) called me a gay slur and snatched my iPhone out of my hand,” Stadtlander told Channel 2 Action News at the time. “He told all of us that he had a Glock and told us he was going to kill all of us and used gay slurs.”

Wilford Hardnett was also arrested in 2017.

Hardnett was initially charged with aggravated assault and robbery, but he was only convicted of the robbery charge, according to Fulton County court records. He was sentenced in August to time served plus seven years on probation as part of a negotiated plea deal.

For an incident in April, he was also convicted of a count of interference with government property, court records show. He received a two-year suspended sentence for that charge, but no other information on the incident was immediately available.

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