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Iowa man, 58, is jailed for ten years for Cyberstalking and ‘mentally torturing,’ woman he met online, setting up explicit Facebook accounts in her name, sending X-rated flyers with her images to her kids, church, job and neighbors

&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"wpcnt">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"wpa">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<span class&equals;"wpa-about">Advertisements<&sol;span>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"u top&lowbar;amp">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<amp-ad width&equals;"300" height&equals;"265"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; type&equals;"pubmine"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; data-siteid&equals;"109460728"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; data-section&equals;"1">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;amp-ad>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<h2 class&equals;"has-text-color has-normal-font-size wp-block-heading" style&equals;"color&colon;&num;413939"><strong>Cyberstalker&comma; 58&comma; is jailed for ten years for &&num;8216&semi;mentally torturing&&num;8217&semi; woman he met online by setting up explicit Facebook accounts in her name and sending X-rated flyers with her pictures to her church <&sol;strong><&sol;h2>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<h2 class&equals;"has-text-color has-normal-font-size wp-block-heading" style&equals;"color&colon;&num;413939"><strong>Michael Shawn McGuire dated the victim for seven months starting fall 2017&comma; but after she broke up with him&comma; his stalking escalated from from virtual to physical<&sol;strong><&sol;h2>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<h2 class&equals;"has-text-color has-normal-font-size wp-block-heading" style&equals;"color&colon;&num;413939"><strong>The defendant created five fake Facebook accounts featuring the victim&&num;8217&semi;s name and lewd photos and made fliers and yard signs with her personal information and explicit pictures<&sol;strong> <&sol;h2>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<h2 class&equals;"has-text-color has-normal-font-size wp-block-heading" style&equals;"color&colon;&num;413939"><strong>McGuire runs an insurance and tax business in Cresco&comma; Iowa&comma; but the victim lives in Minnesota&comma; where McGuire faced 91 separate charges<&sol;strong><&sol;h2>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<h2 class&equals;"has-text-color has-normal-font-size wp-block-heading" style&equals;"color&colon;&num;413939"><strong>The fliers were sent to her kids and neighbors&comma; while the signs were placed in front of her job&comma; her church and a popular local restaurant<&sol;strong><&sol;h2>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<h2 class&equals;"has-text-color has-normal-font-size wp-block-heading" style&equals;"color&colon;&num;413939"><strong>The fliers were sent to her kids and neighbors&comma; while the signs were placed in front of her job&comma; her church and a popular local restaurant<&sol;strong><&sol;h2>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<h2 class&equals;"has-text-color has-normal-font-size wp-block-heading" style&equals;"color&colon;&num;413939"><strong>After his time in jail&comma; McGuire will have three years of supervised release<&sol;strong><&sol;h2>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<h2 class&equals;"has-text-color has-normal-font-size wp-block-heading" style&equals;"color&colon;&num;413939"><strong>He is also ordered to pay a fine of &dollar;15&comma;000&comma; along with &dollar;17&comma;500 in restitution to the victim&period; <&sol;strong> <&sol;h2>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<figure class&equals;"wp-block-image size-full is-resized"><img src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2021&sol;08&sol;Michael-Shawn-McGuire-1&period;jpg" alt&equals;"" class&equals;"wp-image-386300" width&equals;"831" height&equals;"501"&sol;><figcaption><strong>Michael Shawn McGuire&comma; &lbrack;seen L-R in two separate mugshots&rsqb;&comma; was sentenced to ten years in federal prison after pleading guilty to four counts of cyberstalking in US District Court<&sol;strong><&sol;figcaption><&sol;figure>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>An 58-year-old man has been sentenced to 10 years in prison for stalking his ex for two years&comma; going as far as putting &&num;8216&semi;sexually explicit&&num;8217&semi; yard signs with her image on them and sending flyers to her job and church&period; <br>Michael Shawn McGuire of Cresco&comma; Iowa who pled guilty to four counts of cyberstalking back on December 8 was jailed Friday&period; <br>At his sentencing hearing&comma; Judge C&period;J&period; Williams said McGuire engaged in &&num;8216&semi;a form of mental torture&&num;8217&semi; and a &&num;8216&semi;form of public terrorism in a way&period;&&num;8217&semi; <br>McGuire who runs an insurance and tax business in Cresco&comma; according to the <a rel&equals;"noreferrer noopener" href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;wctrib&period;com&sol;news&sol;crime-and-courts&sol;4927278-Man-faces-federal-state-charges-for-allegedly-stalking-harassing-Kandiyohi-County-woman-with-revenge-porn" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank">West Central Tribune<&sol;a>&comma; dated the unidentified victim&comma; who a Minnesota resident&comma; for seven months after meeting her on a dating site in the fall of 2017&comma; according to the Department of Justice&period; <br>After she broke up with him&comma; he texted and emailed her so much that she sought a &&num;8216&semi;no-contact&&num;8217&semi; order in the summer of 2018&period; Instead&comma; his harassing actions intensified worse after that&period;  <br>McGuire created more than five Facebook profiles with her name and photo&period;  He then proceeded to send friend requests to more than 80 of his friends and family from the accounts&comma; which included &&num;8216&semi;sexually explicit messages&period;&&num;8217&semi; <br>He also made &&num;8216&semi;dozens&&num;8217&semi; of fliers and yard signs featuring her name&comma; phone number&comma; address and &&num;8216&semi;sexually explicit photographs of women appearing to be the victim&period;&&num;8217&semi; <br>The fliers were delivered to victim&&num;8217&semi;s children&comma; extended family members&comma; neighbors&comma; friends&comma; her employer&comma; a priest&comma; and a businesses she associated&comma; the <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;justice&period;gov&sol;usao-ndia&sol;pr&sol;cresco-man-will-spend-decade-federal-prison-tormenting-minnesota-woman-two-years">DOJ said<&sol;a>&period; <br>The yard signs were left at her employer&&num;8217&semi;s parking lot&comma; her church and a popular local restaurant&period;  <br>At one point&comma; he spray-painted her name and a lewd message in front of a business in her hometown&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<figure class&equals;"wp-block-image size-large"><img src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2021&sol;08&sol;fac-1024x679&period;jpg" alt&equals;"" class&equals;"wp-image-386316"&sol;><figcaption><strong>At trial it was revealed that McGuire made five separate Facebook accounts with the victim&&num;8217&semi;s name and sexually explicit photos&period; He sent requests from them to her friends and family<&sol;strong><&sol;figcaption><&sol;figure>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>He spent &&num;8216&semi;a few days&&num;8217&semi; in county jail after texting her that she should call the police because he was violating his restraining order by following her around in his car&period; <br>The victim saw him following her around Wilmar&comma; Minnesota&comma; about 95 miles west of Minneapolis&comma; on October 3&comma; 2018&period;  The stalking incident coincided with a court hearing he had in Wilmar&comma; according to the West Central Tribune&period;<br>Kandiyohi County&comma; where Wilmar is located&comma; filed 91 separate charges against McGuire&comma; ranging from misdemeanor harassment to felony stalking&period;  Those charges have since been dismissed&period; <br>During a search of his workplace in the fall of 2019&comma; investigators found photos of the victim&comma; her family and friends&comma; her Facebook friends list&comma; supplies for fliers and yard signs&comma; rubber gloves and rope&period; <br>&&num;8216&semi;Michael McGuire tormented the victim for over two years&comma;&&num;8217&semi; Acting United States Attorney Sean R&period; Berry said after the sentence&period; <&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<figure class&equals;"wp-block-image size-full is-resized"><img src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2021&sol;08&sol;Wilmar-in-southwestern-Minnesota-2&period;jpg" alt&equals;"" class&equals;"wp-image-386311" width&equals;"840" height&equals;"811"&sol;><figcaption> <strong>Much of the stalking happened in Wilmar&comma; a small lake-side city in southwestern Minnesota<&sol;strong> <&sol;figcaption><&sol;figure>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>&&num;8216&semi;He will spend the next decade in federal prison&comma; protecting both his victim and the public from his malicious behavior&period; This sentence sends a strong message to all that this kind of behavior will not be tolerated&period;&&num;8217&semi;  <br>McGuire was also sentenced to three years of supervised release after his prison term&comma; and he was fined &dollar;15&comma;000&comma; along with &dollar;17&comma;500 in restitution to the victim&period; <&sol;p>&NewLine;

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