I was hearing signs from the nurse and I thought that this woman was in >> December 30th, 2022, Monroe County. Deputies respond to a [music] chilling call. A man stalking a young woman. Her family was terrified, on edge from his disturbing behavior. When confronted, he pointed fingers, blaming [music] the very people afraid for their safety. Watch as officers step in, shielding a young woman and her family from a man who [music] wouldn't take no for an answer. [snorts] drove from where did you take to um drove down for good drive like 25 hours? Um well, why are you on floor 2 hours? I was apparently gaslighting myself. >> You're gaslighting yourself? >> Here we go. So you you >> were you like invited here? >> I'm trying to understand. I don't understand what he was saying. >> Gaslight yourself into what? I >> had thought that there was >> I had believed in certain things >> and uh it I thought that this woman this girl was into me and >> she was about a girl who came to Florida for a girl. >> Okay. >> And I thought that I was getting signs that >> so come on we come down. >> Okay. So you were you listened to intuition from the universe. >> I was hearing signs from the universe. I had thought that I found a playlist from her about me because of the poem I wrote about her. >> Okay. Do you know this person in New Jersey? Like is this somebody else from New Jersey? >> Yes. >> Okay. How do you know? Like how long have you known them? >> I knew them from uh June. >> Since June. How did you meet >> at the gym? >> At the gym. >> Yeah. >> And how tell me about that. Like you were at the gym and you just I mean how did that conversation work? >> Um I >> sorry you can repeat yourself. >> So you said that you met this person at the gym. How so? Like were you guys you guys just happened to work out at the same gym and then did you >> She worked there and I asked her for her Instagram. >> Okay. So she was working at this gym. >> You were just you go work out at this gym. >> Yes. >> Okay. So then you asked her for her Instagram and then what did she say then? Um, >> originally I wanted to invite her to my birthday and it didn't end up happening. >> What do you mean it didn't end up happening? Like did you did you invite her? Did you ask her? >> Um, I invited her until I found out that she was not old enough to go to a bar and then I had sent her the message on Instagram. I'm still around to hang if you want. >> And I mean I'll if you'd like I can pull up all the messages. >> When did you guys meet? >> Uh the 15th of June. >> 15th of June. >> Did you guys carry on a relationship at all or? >> No. >> There was nothing physical or anything? >> Nothing physical. Did you guys ever hang out or talk in person ever? being in the chest at the gym and originally I was going to hang out and talk to but then we ended up >> she never invited you. >> You say you found a playlist that told me >> what did what did >> um All right. So, the the quick synopsis is uh the RP is the mother of the 19year-old, her daughter is 19. Uh anyway, her 19-year-old daughter worked at a gym where he was a member of and that's how they knew each other. Um only speaking to the mother, I haven't uh I haven't confirmed this with the 19-year-old, but speaking with the mother, um the there was no relationship. It was just, you know, business. >> He's sick and he needs help. >> He's telling me he got mixed signals. I said, "From who?" And he said, "From >> my intuition." >> So, how did you know she was in Florida? >> I was up one of her stories >> on Instagram. >> Yeah. >> And when did you see that she was in Florida? >> Um, two days ago. >> You saw she was in Florida 3 days ago. And when did you get a cure? Um, >> so you was she like tagged her location or whatever? >> Huh? >> No, I whenever I posted a story, >> Yeah. >> she would post a story like a minute after. >> Okay. So, it's kissed by the universe just sign a lot of synchronicity that I was [crying] thinking that was a sign from the universe. You just should get you should get your was also getting likes about what I was posting >> from her or from other people >> from bots. >> Okay. >> From spy bots basically. >> Okay. >> And so I had thought that it might have occurred >> influencing them, >> right? >> Okay. >> So you just decided to get in your car and drug for them, >> right? >> I don't want to I don't know if he asked you this already, but are you guys friends on social media? >> We were. You were >> and now you're not. >> Did she block you or did you block her? She blocked you. When was that? >> Um, a while ago. How did you see her stories? >> Um, 17. >> Same way that it felt to me like she was watching my stories. >> So, so you have like fake accounts and your your friends were uh anonymous. She had made her she had switched her account from private to public. >> Okay. So, you're You're still using your own account. It's not like you went through the process of creating another account under your name. >> I uh >> I would open up >> I would open up I would >> you open up social media. Is that >> uh there's a lot of online websites that you can easily watch other people's stories without an account. >> Oh, okay. So, >> that I've never heard that either. >> The first that we want to do is the court order if uh if we can get that and we're going to check and I'll just wait for your your daughter to come here with her information. Uh but we'll check both of you's information, make sure that there's a a court order on file. will check with uh his information in the system to see if there's a court order on file there. My fear is if it just happened last Friday, it may not be in the system. Uh it should be. >> It was Monday the um I'm not sure of the date. We went in on Saturday, the day after. >> It's not like there's a time limit where it has to where it doesn't get, >> you know, nationwide for a certain >> 19th that he we we went into the police department 17th. Here's her license. Is your your daughter getting her license? >> Yeah, I'm going to >> I would feel a little bit more comfortable if we were out of eyesight of him. If we >> Yeah, we were over there. >> If I showed you some of the messages he sent to my daughter, you'd have him at the psych word right now. Like, >> come over here. >> I'd like to see the the stalking p paperwork. >> Okay. They told me the police department told me I reached out to them. We went there on Monday. Um, we went there on the 17th, which was a Saturday, and then Monday the 19th, they said they brought him in for fingerprinting and took all the information down, everything. And they were charging him with cyber harassment, cyberstalking. >> So, they arrested him. >> Yes. And and harassment and against her. And then against me, they charged with cyber stalking and cyber harassment. And they said, "It's that guy right there. >> It's that guy right there. He came out." I went to the bathroom and my daughter said came in screaming. I'm like, "What happened?" And she said, "Will's here?" And I said, "What?" >> Did you guys ever carry on any type of messaging relationship where you guys were talking back and forth? >> No. >> No. So, you just met her at the gym one day. She worked at the gym that you went to. You met her. You asked her for your in for her Instagram and you just developed this relationship in your mind. Not really. There was never one in real life basically. And you wanted to invite her to your birthday, but you never did or you didn't. >> When I was at the gym, they probably was responding. Okay. So, you just like she was being nice to you. She was she was a nice person. She was attractive is what you're saying. You were attracted to her. You felt there was something in between you two. >> Let me just ask you a few quick questions and and the other officer is going to talk to you as well, but your mom was telling us, but I want to be able to also hear from you. Um you What's your relationship with him? >> No relationship. I worked at a gym in New Jersey and he went to the gym and the only really conversations we would have >> like a paid membership. >> Yes. The only conversations we would have is, "Hello, have a good workout." I blocked him on like Instagram. He found like my other social medias, started messaging me really weird things, telling me for um my sorority that I'm in, we have an Alzheimer's philanthropy and we had a walk going and fingerprinted. Yes. >> And he was saying that he was going to come to my school to participate in the walk. He has like reached out to my friend at school to ask him a good place to stay where my school is at so he could go to the walk. He like messages her. He >> He was posting pictures of us. >> Yeah. Posting pictures of me saying I was his muse. Never had any relationship with him. I just saw him at the gym. >> I thought you guys didn't really have like conversation. >> It was through conversations, through messages, like through pictures, images, art. >> Okay. So like her stories, your stories, but you guys never actually communicated anything. >> Nothing verbal. >> Nothing verbal. Just like you're just thinking in your mind and maybe I don't know, but you guys were posting similar things at the time. >> So for example, I would call myself a void or zero. and she made a post of >> like because I whistle a lot and I talk and like I like showing pictures of birds and whatnot. I saw a post of a bird house mile zero Key West and a musty like purple. >> Like it started getting weirder and weirder and like confessing his love for me and then I would block him on one account, he would find the other one. I would block him on that. He would find like my friends. >> They filed. >> So you're using some back channel website to look at her Instagram and you see a story that she's in Key West. Well, I knew that they were going to be going to Key West for a long time. >> Were they moving here or? >> No, they're vacation. >> How did you know that they were coming on vacation? >> Um, location. >> Her mom posts stories on Facebook. >> So, you're friends with her mom also on Facebook, you know. >> So, how she keeps her she made the stories public. >> Okay. So you're also not only are you she is aware of our of messaged her mom in Facebook but nothing ever really like >> crazy that she is well aware of my account. >> Your her mom knows who you are. You guys you guys talk. She's messaged you back. She's talked to you. No, >> we've just kept it to like story watching or >> Okay, so you just watch each other's stories. >> I >> Well, you're not friends on Facebook. >> I can't say that. I know for sure that she watched my stories, >> but she's watched hers. >> How do you know her mom? Does her mom go to the same gym or how do Okay, so that's how you know her mom, too. >> We're going to do everything in our power >> within the within the law >> to do we can to make sure that he gets held accountable for this. Mhm. >> If we can. >> So, so basically when it boils down to it, you knew they were coming to Key West for a couple weeks now at least. >> You've been basically following her stories on Instagram. You saw that she posted a birdhouse in Key West in a musty we >> so you and Mile. So that's Key West. It's pretty famous. >> Milo is a cat. >> Milo or mile? >> It says mile zero. So if you brought it all together, you could think of it as Milo. >> Okay. >> And Milo is a cat that I got I nicknamed Martian. >> Okay. >> And so it felt to me like that was a call out to me. >> Okay. So and then you sitting at home up in Jersey. It's cold. you just decided to jump in your car that is around the corner and you drove 25 hours to Key West everywhere >> in the state of Florida and that's where we're at. That's the rules that we have to go by. It defines stalking as uh a repeated thing multiple times. >> And although I'm sure there has been multiple repeated things back in New Jersey, >> I'm not sure that legally we can use any of those things in conjunction with this one thing. >> Mhm. Um, again, mine's not the final say or the interpretation of the law. Uh, the sergeants's on scene who used to be a major crimes detective, so she'll be able to interpret that and see what we can do. I hope we can, but I think that the way the law is worded might work against us. >> And I had sent out a message saying like I wanted to be by your side. >> You message her or you like send it out here on Twitter. Okay. And because Twitter was the last location when birds >> Yeah. Yeah. >> So >> I got you. Makes sense. >> That's what I'm thinking. You know, like I got you. If I'm going to be playing with the meta, >> I play with the meta. And so it felt to me like she was playing with the meta as well. >> And so I had took that picture of me and his son. And like m moments after she'd post a picture of the sun, like a sunrise and saying good morning. >> Feeling a little bit better. >> Hi. Well, really scary. >> I completely understand. >> Absolutely. >> And I really thought it was going to be over. Mom had posted a location yesterday >> and so I was at that location and Charlie won >> event. >> Yeah. I mean it's just like a jurisdiction thing. That's the only thing. I mean we're just going to have to confer with sorry. Yeah, that's what she's she's waiting on cuz I told I asked her. They do have an injunction that she filed. It's not confirmed whether it's signing approved by the judge yet, but she did turn in the documents. >> And then he he sent her a picture. He had her p her face on his uh phone screen saver and sent her a picture. >> Oh boy. >> Some crazy movie show. >> This is my crazy movie show. >> Yeah. So they start looking it up and let us know what's up. I'm ready. I mean honestly like >> what were you even charging it >> staffing? >> But that that's the thing is it's too it's a repeated behavior. I mean it you have to talk to dep have to talk to the state attorney to see if you can use something that they're alleging happened in New Jersey documentation. >> You know what I mean? >> It's just kind of >> We'll see. Okay. We're taking them to jail. >> Okay. And then after I just got off the phone with our um assistant state attorney, she's on the same page as me that if just based upon his statement along the fact that he's here, we're going to go ahead and we're going to take him for stalking and then we're going to dig and see if we can get him for some type of violation. And that's when I'll I'll call um your chief of police up there. >> Okay. >> Okay. I do not feel comfortable, which is why I called her. I can't say that he's not going to follow you. Like, I have chill bumps just thinking about it. Like, this as a female is scary. >> Yeah. >> Go ahead, sit up for me. You can face me. >> All right. See, I'm going to drop this. Leave that right there. Okay. >> Am I under arrest? >> Yes, you are. >> Yeah, you can. I'm taking off your watch and I'm going to >> remember when we have conversations with reasonable people and make people uncomfortable, >> right? >> Did Did you Did you I mean, honestly, did you think there was anything? >> I think that I'm harmless. I know I'm harmless. >> Mhm. >> Do you think that perception people think you they perceive you as harmless? >> That's unfortunate cuz I mean like I'll be honest with you, if you followed me 22 hours, I wouldn't If you if you drove across the eastern seabboard, I would not think you like you literally almost can't get higher than New Jersey. There's maybe what three states higher than New Jersey and you drove all the way you got about 40 miles to the end of the road. That means you drove the entire eastern seabboard of the United States to come see a girl that blocked you six months ago. >> Is this all you have? >> Uh >> or do you have other property somewhere in the beach? >> In the car. in the car. >> What are we What are we gonna do with that? >> D probably can't steal it. >> I mean, I can just I can leave. >> You could leave. Where are you going to go? >> Back home. Jersey. >> Jersey? >> Yeah. >> You just think it's okay now. We can just let you get back in the car and go home. >> I mean, I don't know if it's okay. So you already got Yeah. But no, no, you already got So just so I may understand, you knew right from wrong because you got in the car and you drove to a police station where they told you you were under arrest for cyber harassment, >> but you still decided to drive 22 hours to a fourth street >> and you want us to let you go now? >> Man, we kind of passed that point. >> Is there a car far from here? >> Yes, it's >> Yeah, he saw it. Do you have anything on in here? >> My car's right there. If you want to put them in my car real quick. >> I'll be right there. >> Take your glasses off there, too. >> Just wait with this cell phone. >> You already told them that you have one? >> Yeah. What is this? Water? >> Yeah. >> It should be open right here. Watch your hand. Thank you. >> We'll turn the AC up for you, too. >> You can turn the AC up, D. Well, was taken [music] into custody by the Monroe County Sheriff's Office. Two charges filed for the fear and distress he caused [music] that family. So, what would you do to shut down behavior like this? Drop your thoughts in the comments below.