Washington man sentenced to prison after pleading guilty to federal cyberstalking charge
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A Washington man will serve time in prison after pleading guilty last year in federal court to cyberstalking.
Eric Scholl, 56, was sentenced Wednesday by U.S. District Judge Marilyn Horan to serve two years in prison followed by three years of supervised release.
Scholl pleaded guilty to one count of felony cyberstalking on Oct. 25 after being indicted by a federal grand jury in Pittsburgh in July 2022, according to court documents.
He was accused of placing a GPS tracking device on his estranged wife’s vehicle and sending her harassing and intimidating electronic messages using a service to disguise his phone number.
Investigators said the harassment began in March 2021 following a domestic abuse incident, which prompted the woman to request a protection-from-abuse order against him and continued through May 2022. Scholl was also accused of accessing online banking accounts, posting lewd content of the woman on the internet and impersonating her in messages sent to other people.