Stalking

(A) Any person who repeatedly follows another knowing or having reason to know that the conduct causes the person followed to reasonably fear for his or her safety or suffer significant emotional distress, is guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction thereof, shall be incarcerated in the county or regional jail for not more than six months or fined not more than one thousand dollars, or both.

(B) Any person who repeatedly harasses or repeatedly makes credible threats against another is guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction thereof, shall be incarcerated in the county or regional jail for not more than six months or fined not more than one thousand dollars, or both.

(C) Notwithstanding any provision of this code to the contrary, any person who violates the provisions of subsection (a) or (b) of this section in violation of an order entered by a circuit court, magistrate court or family court judge, in effect and entered pursuant to part 48-5-501, et seq., part 48-5-601, et seq. or 48-27-403 of this code is guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction thereof, shall be incarcerated in the county jail for not less than ninety days nor more than one year or fined not less than two thousand dollars nor more than five thousand dollars, or both.

(D) A second or subsequent conviction for a violation of this section occurring within five years of a prior conviction is a felony punishable by incarceration in a state correctional facility for not less than one year nor more than five years or fined not less than three thousand dollars nor more than ten thousand dollars, or both.

(E) Notwithstanding any provision of this code to the contrary, any person against whom a protective order for injunctive relief is in effect pursuant to the provisions of section five hundred one [§ 48-27-501], article twenty-seven, chapter forty-eight of this code who has been served with a copy of said order or section six hundred eight [§ 48-5-608], article five, chapter forty-eight of this code who is convicted of a violation of the provisions of this section shall be guilty of a felony and punishable by incarceration in a state correctional facility for not less than one year nor more than five years or fined not less than three thousand dollars nor more than ten thousand dollars, or both.

(F) For the purposes of this section:

(1) "Bodily injury" means substantial physical pain, illness or any impairment of physical condition;

(2) "Credible threat" means a threat of bodily injury made with the apparent ability to carry out the threat and with the result that a reasonable person would believe that the threat could be carried out;

(3) "Harasses" means willful conduct directed at a specific person or persons which would cause a reasonable person mental injury or emotional distress;

(4) "Immediate family" means a spouse, parent, stepparent, mother-in-law, father-in-law, child, stepchild, sibling, or any person who regularly resides in the household or within the prior six months regularly resided in the household; and

(5) "Repeatedly" means on two or more occasions.

(G) Nothing in this section shall be construed to prevent lawful assembly and petition for the lawful redress of grievances, including, but not limited to: Any labor or employment relations issue; demonstration at the seat of federal, state, county or municipal government; activities protected by the West Virginia Constitution or the United States Constitution or any statute of this State or the United States.

(H) Any person convicted under the provisions of this section who is granted probation or for whom execution or imposition of a sentence or incarceration is suspended is to have as a condition of probation or suspension of sentence that he or she participate in counseling or medical treatment as directed by the court.

(I) Upon conviction, the court may issue an order restraining the defendant from any contact with the victim for a period not to exceed ten years. The length of any restraining order shall be based upon the seriousness of the violation before the court, the probability of future violations, and the safety of the victim or his or her immediate family. The duration of the restraining order may be longer than five years only in cases when a longer duration is necessary to protect the safety of the victim or his or her immediate family.

(J) It is a condition of bond for any person accused of the offense described in this section that the person is to have no contact, direct or indirect, verbal or physical, with the alleged victim.

(K) Nothing in this section may be construed to preclude a sentencing court from exercising its power to impose home confinement with electronic monitoring as an alternative sentence.

(L) The Governor's Committee on Crime, Delinquency and Correction, after consultation with representatives of labor, licensed domestic violence programs and rape crisis centers which meet the standards of the West Virginia Foundation for Rape Information and Services, is authorized to promulgate legislative rules and emergency rules pursuant to article three [§§ 29A-3-1 et seq.], chapter twenty-nine-a of this code, establishing appropriate standards for the enforcement of this section by state, county, and municipal law-enforcement officers and agencies.

In Michigan, "aggravated stalking" is a term used to label "stalking" the same individual, the individual's family, or someone in their household after being convicted of "stalking" said person(s). If you violate a restraining order, a condition of parole, a condition of probation, a condition of pretrial release (aka 'bail'), and, in doing so, you make one (1) or more credible threats toward the person(s) that you stalked before, then it's labeled as "aggravated stalking," and you'll be jailed longer, fined more, and probation/parole will no longer be an option.

Because in most jurisdictions in the United Stats stalking is a felony or gross misdemeanor and they will go to jail.

To make a defense against false stalking charges. You should first ask for the proof of allegation. They will fail to prove you guilty and you will win.

block them

stop talkinq to them

and him they dont go away

then tell them you want nothinq to do with them anymore

and if that doesnt work then tell an adult or someone you can trust

Stalking in Indiana can turn to a Class C felony, which is the least severe. Normally, offenders will need to pay a fine, be sentenced to prison time, and probation is (sometimes) an option.

Being stalked by a gang? The police are always there. You can always report it to the detectives of your local police station. They should do an intelligence report. If you are not getting satifactory responses from the police go to your State government or the newspapers.

Reverse engineered organized stalking is not typically recognized as a formal category by law enforcement or government agencies, and thus, it may not be specifically on any official watch list. However, concerns about stalking, harassment, and related activities are generally monitored by authorities. If individuals believe they are victims of such actions, they are encouraged to report to local law enforcement for investigation. Awareness of these issues is growing, but formal recognition and categorization may vary by region and agency.

The same way you know if anyone is stalking you. You get a creepy feeling, unexplained things happen, and they thing wont leave you alone.

the police have to see if the stalker has had any past stalking times/ restraining orders

Call 911 and get her off your back!

Of course he's lying. He is hoping to make you somehow jealous with the new girlfriend. My suggestion would be to call the police. Cyber-stalking is at least a misdemeanor and can easily be upgraded to a felony if there is suspected threat to your well-being.

It took so long to make stalking a crime because it's hard to define when someone is stalking. There are also First Amendment issues involved.

The case that set the precedent involved Rebecca Shaeffer, who was murdered by an obsessed fan who had stalked her for 2 years prior to the incident.

I heard it was Brick Tambland

Julian Talkington is good person who couldn't hurt a fly. No. He is not a stalker. I hope... I share his first name...

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Stalkers seldom give up. They will continue to harass the person and make their life as miserable as possible. Some victims can get away by moving away, but only a few are successful. Some people are more obsessed and will follow a person around because they can't bare to lose them, but real stalkers are very dangerous. They can threaten you, make trouble for you at work or with your friends and family and can threaten to harm your family and friends if you don't cooperate. If you, or anyone you know is being stalked then it's time to get a detective to catch this person in the act and then let the police handle it. When I was single I was working at a plant, in the office. I began to get threatening phone calls right at work (not at my home) and the person threatened me with rape. When I refused to talk to them and hung up it infuriated them and the next two calls were much more serious. They threatened to cut my throat and that of my brothers. I have no idea how this person knew I had a brother. I immediately went to Management and the police were brought in. I had to write word-for-word what the stalker had said, and for 3 months I was lucky enough to have two detectives see me too and from work and check my apartment out before I entered it. The fearful thing of it all was I had no idea who it was so every man in that company was suspicious to me. It was a terrible way to live. The truckers were kind enough to offer to drive me too and from work, but I couldn't even trust them. The police never did catch the stalker, but had a hunch it was a certain man the plant, but couldn't prove it. Why this person decided to pick on me was beyond my comprehension. As soon as the police were brought into it the stalker stopped calling me. Still, for many months after I was terrified and was very aware of my surroundings. Marcy Stalkers and the Borderline Personality The Borderline Personality In recent years psychologists have learned about and done case studies on a new personality disorder which the DSM-III-R classifies as an Axis II disorder- the Borderline Personality . This classification includes such personality disorders as the Anti-social Personality, the Histrionic Personality and the Narcissistic Personality. Several psychologists (including myself) diagonosed my stalker as afflicted with the Borderline Personality. Characteristic of the Borderline (derived from research done by Kreisman & Straus, 1989) are: a shaky sense of identity sudden, violent outbursts oversensitivity to real or imagined rejection brief, turbulent love affairs frequent periods of intense depression eating disorders, drug abuse, and other self-destructive tendencies an irrational fear of abandonment and an inability to be alone Not much research has been done on the Borderline Personality, and for many years it was difficult to diagnose- and to treat. A Borderline often feels as though his/her life is marked with a distinctive emptiness; a void in which a relationship often acts to fill. Many times the Borderline is a victim of an early dysfunctional family situation and/or emotional/physical abuse by those he/she trusted early on in childhood. The Borderline is psychotic , in the original, psychological meaning of the term: he/she is not in control and not in touch with reality. To the Borderline, a softly spoken word of advice can be construed as a threat on his/her emotional stability. An outsider's viewpoint that the Borderline is not in touch with reality often ends in a bitter and irrational dissassociation from the outsider on the part of the Borderline. Often, the Borderline ends up very much alone and victim to his/her disillusions. The Borderline stalker is very apt to see his/her actions as perfectly justified; he/she has paranoid disillusions which support these-often with disturbing frequency. The Borderline often has brief love affairs which end abruptly, turbulently and leave the Borderline with enhanced feelings of self-hatred, self-doubt and a fear that is not often experienced by rational people. When the Borderline's relationships turn sour, the Borderline often begins to, at first, harass the estranged partner with unnecessary apologies and/or apologetic behavior (i.e. letters of apology 'from the heart', flowers delivered at one's place of employment, early morning weeping phonecalls, etc.). However, the Borderline does not construe his/her behavior as harassment- to the Borderline he/she is being 'responsible' for his/her past behaviors. The next phase of the Borderline Personality develops relatively quickly and soon he/she feels suddenly betrayed, hurt, etc. and seeks to victimize the estranged partner in any way he/she can Strangely enough, this deleterious behavior is always coupled with a need to be near or in constant contact with the estranged partner . While sending threats to the estranged partner, it is very common for the Borderline to begin to stalk his/her estranged partner in an effort to maintain contact. This effort is motivated by the excruciating fear that the Borderline will end up alone and anger that [the estranged partner] has put him/her in this position. We are finding, in many cases, that a great deal of stalking behavior is associated with Borderline or related personality disorders. Earlier research did not incorporate the Borderline Personality in stalking profiles; research now is beginning to focus on the Borderline in such disorders as Erotomania, etc. Stalkers dont stop If he/she follows u around then tell the police If he/she broke into some account or something, change the password Happytreefriendlover

If you are old enough, and a law abiding citizen of the United States of America. Apply at your local police station for a gun permit. They will ask you the reason, and you reply for all lawful & legal purposes only. You should maybe try to take some self defense classes. Move to another location, try a Post Office box. Don't leave a paper trail, be very careful how your information is viewed and used everywhwere. The first thing to do though is call your local Police and file a police report!

Hold on to concrete evidence like letters from your stalker and any other odd articles that you may find. Report anything that goes missing from you. Keep a fast shutter camera handy (maybe take a picture of stalkers' car in front of your house on many different occasions...night, day,cloudy, sunny, etc.), yell real loud when s/he is hiding in bushes to draw attention and gain potential witnesses. Alert your neighbors, coworkers, classmates, teachers, bosses...you want witnesses whenever possible.

If you have the stalker that truly believes in their mind that you two are together, this should be easy to prove. At the very least, you can get someone for tresspassing/loitering.

The good thing is that 'cyberstalking' scares you, as it should. This has become a huge issue in the past decade, so I'm going to share a few tips with you to help you avoid stalkers on the Web.

1. Never, ever, ever give out your home address.

- This also means you shouldn't add strangers to media sites (e.g. Facebook) if it contains personal information. 2. Add Passwords!

- It may seem like common sense, but (some) people use super simple passwords like their birth date. This information is easy to attain, if the user isn't careful. Try another person's birth date mixed with punctuation and symbols or whatever you can remember, just make it difficult for others. 3. Search Yourself - Try conducting a Web searching using your name and phone number. You need to ensure nothing is out there that you don't know about; it can be fatal. A cyber stalker could have created a blog, Facebook page, or other accounts using your name, picture(s), or other personal data. Only you can control how you're viewed on the Web.

4. Be Suspicious

- Don't respond to suspicious incoming e-mails, phone calls, or text messages requesting your information. There are many spoofs out there that can mimic the number of your bank, for example, and this tricks people into unveiling critical information. If you feel vulnerable, hang up the phone, and call the bank (or other institution) directly to ensure you're not the target of a cyber stalker.

5. Never, ever, ever give out your Social Security Number (SSN)!

- Again, it seems like common sense, right? Well, many people have fallen victim to identity theft because they weren't careful. A cyber stalker with your "social" will have immediate access to every part of your life. Don't give the number out unless you know who it is, and why they're asking for it.

You confronted them, they lose interest, they find all the information they need, they got caught,

This depends on the state, but probably not. Check with your attorney.