Republicans Stalking People Criminal Scandals

Displaying 12 Crimes
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Jesse LawClark County GOP Chair
1/07/25
Installed GPS tracking devices on his ex-fiancée's cell phone and on the undercarriage of her car to monitor her movementsAccording to charging documents by local officials
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James SchenkeFmr. State Rep. Nominee
11/04/24
Illegally contacted a victim who had a protective order against him and was arrested by police after they determined he violated the orderAccording to charging documents filed by local officials
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David TruaxMayor [R-NY]
3/25/23
Physically assaulted his estranged wife resulting in charges and a restraining order against him, which he promptly violated by going to her home, injuring her and damaging her propertyAccording to charging documents filed by local police
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William PruittFmr. Chief of Police
12/09/22
Raped a 14-year-old girl twice at gunpoint after luring her into his truck, threatened to "blow her brains out" if she ever told anyone, conspired with friends who were former police officers to send a torrent of threatening messages to scare her from reporting it to the authorities and continued to stalk her even after being charged with raping herAccording to charging documents filed by local police
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Brandon BeckhamFmr. State Sen. Candidate
3/10/22
Forcibly pinned his date to the ground and tried to rip her clothing off while ignoring her demand that he let her go and then admitted that he had "gone too far" with her in a subsequent phone callAccording to charging documents filed by local officials
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Omar NavarroFmr. U.S. Rep Nominee
12/10/19
Lurked outside his ex-girlfriends home late at night and texted her "b*tch, I came to see you" from a blocked number in violation of a five-year restraining order she received against him earlier in the year and was apprehended by police when they responded to her 911 callAccording to charging documents filed by local police
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Jonathan ParkerFmr. Idaho GOP Chair
12/09/19
Repeatedly spied on his estranged wife from the bushes outside her apartment window while pleasuring himself which also violated a restraining order against him that she was grantedHe pleaded guilty to stalking and was sentenced to 27 days in jail and five years of probation
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David MartinezFmr. City Council Nominee
5/11/19
Posted nude images of his wife on the internet without her consent in retaliation for a restraining order she filed against him for domestic violenceAccording to charging documents filed by local police -
Nick MiccarelliFmr. State Representative
3/09/18
Brandished his gun and threatened to kill his then-girlfriend state rep Tarah Toohil and himself, threatened to kill them both by taking the car they were in up to 100 mph and crashing it and stalked her so incessantly that a judge granted her a restraining orderRep. Toohil [R] was granted a restraining order against Miccarelli
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Omar NavarroFmr. U.S. Rep Nominee
10/19/17
Attached an electronic tracking device on his ex-wife's car on Valentine's Day to monitor her movementsAccording to charging documents filed by local police
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John ThompsonIowa GOP Board Member
8/23/17
Physically threatened his ex-fiancé after finding her by tracking her location on the "Find My iPhone" App installed on her phone which prompted a judge to issue a restraining order against himAccording to a report filed by local media
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John CouchFmr. Mayor Candidate
10/27/14
Trailed and harassed Democratic state rep Karlee Macer at least six times and sent a number of threatening emails and calls to her personal cellphone over a six-month period including one time when he approached her at the tax services center he worked at to let her know he "knew everything" about herAllegedly according to reporting from credible media outlets
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