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Stalking - Fear Mongers Among Us

By Steven Rodriguez

Stalkers deal in fear. Their obsessive harassment of celebrities regularly makes the news. Earlier this year, Georgia resident Brady Green was convicted of stalking, harassment, criminal trespass and attempted aggravated harassment for hounding supermodel Tyra Banks. Dawne Wilson was convicted of felony aggravated stalking and sentenced to jail for sending murderous email messages to actor Tyler Perry. Overzealous fans and paparazzi regularly cross the line from acceptable fandom to frighteningly aggressive behavior in their pursuit of celebrities. But stalking is not limited to the famous. Celebrities may get the press, but the majority of stalking victims are ordinary citizens. Jealous ex-boyfriends stalk their former girlfriends, ex-husbands stalk their former wives, sexual predators stalk school children...continue to full post

Full post as published by LA Criminal Defense Blog on July 10, 2009 (boomark / email).