The woman testified the man reappeared at her house unwanted several times and sent her unsolicited e-mail messages.
A Glassboro man was found guilty by a Gloucester County jury on Tuesday, March 27, of stalking a Monroe Township woman he didn’t know.
The woman testified he reappeared at her house unwanted several times and sent her unsolicited e-mail messages.
The man committed the offense with a course of conduct that instilled fear, Senior Assistant Gloucester County Prosecutor Dana Anton told the jury. He became fixated and failed to respect boundaries between himself and a stranger, Anton said.
The woman testified that he came to her house in a rental truck a few times a week for two or three weeks, stopped when warned by police, then reappeared in February 2017. She had given him her e-mail address because he offered a work opportunity, but she said it did not interest her. She was fearful because he was much bigger than her, she had two young children and she did not know what he was capable of, she testified. Her boyfriend also testified, saying he had a September 2016 confrontation with the man.
Stalking is a fourth-degree crime with a maximum sentence of 18 months in prison. The man has been jailed since his arrest in March 2017. He will receive credit for that incarceration when sentenced. Superior Court Judge Kevin T. Smith set sentencing for May 25.
Following the jury verdict, Judge Smith also said he would sign a restraining order barring him from contact with the Monroe Township woman.
