Blog 4 The Dark Side
Cyber Stalking
“If someone
keeps contacting you on Facebook or any kind of online site and it’s making you
scared and upset, it sounds like you’re being stalked” (DCRVC) . Cyber stalking is a
serious issue online. With the powers of the Internet it is easier than ever.
On May 17, 2013:
“Joseph J.
Ostrowski, 29, of Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, was sentenced to serve 30 years
in federal prison by a federal judge in the Middle District of Pennsylvania for
offenses that included a charge of cyberstalking in the Western District of
Michigan. The investigation of the cyberstalking charge by the Lansing, Michigan
FBI and the Michigan State University Police Department (MSUPD) resulted in the
execution of a federal search warrant for Ostrowski’s residence in Wilkes-Barre
in May 2012. That search resulted not only in the seizure of evidence of
cyberstalking of MSU students, but also in the discovery that Ostrowski—at the
time the head football coach of a local high school—was committing numerous
child pornography felonies in Pennsylvania. Charged both in the Western
District of Michigan with cyberstalking and in the Middle District of
Pennsylvania with numerous child pornography felonies, Ostrowski pled guilty to
both cases in Pennsylvania as part of a plea agreement that allowed for the
transfer of the Michigan case to Pennsylvania for guilty plea and sentencing.”
There are ways that you can protect
yourself from cyber stalking. If you feel like someone knows your email account
information then you should think about creating a new one. Also keep your
password hard to guess and never let your computer remember it. Stay signed out
of things you are not using. Don’t check the “keep me signed in box” on
Facebook. Lastly, save any threatening or abusive email’s, messages or photos
in case they are needed for evidence later on.
Works Cited
DCRVC. Cyber-stalking and harassment. n.d.
Document. 24 November 2013.
Office, US Attorney's. Pennsylvania Man Sentenced
for Cyberstalking and Child Pornography Offenses. 17 May 2013. Article. 24
November 2013.
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