Category: Stalking

It seems like every other day we hear about a new hate crime that’s been committed online. Whether it’s revenge leaking, trolling, or defamation, the Internet has become a hotbed for these despicable activities. But what makes them so different from other crimes? And why are they so difficult to prosecute? In this blog post,…

Interstate Stalking of a Sexual Nature On April 23, 2021, federal investigators arrested and arraigned Gary Leach, 23, a graduate student at the University of Georgia, for allegedly cyberstalking and extorting a Massachusetts woman between October 2019 until April 2021. Until investigators arrested him, Leach allegedly obtained sexually explicit videos and photographs from the victim…

Juror in Stalker Case Believes Accused to Be Delusional Recently, deliberations of R&B; singer, Ashanti, and her alleged stalker began in New York City. The man claims that he was just “sex texting” as a joke when he sent more than 30 messages with photos of male genitalia to the singer’s mother. The singer’s manager…