SHELBY — A 28-year-old Shelby man has been charged federally for alleged cyberstalking at least three different victims over a three-year period, according to court records.
Logan Stanford, 28, was indicted by a federal grand jury Thursday on charges of online cyberstalking and making interstate threatening communications, according to U.S. District Court records for the Northern District of Ohio.
Stanford was arrested on the six-count indictment on Friday, court records said.
Stanford is accused of stalking his victims online between September 2021 and May 2024, including harassing them in comments on their social media posts, according to Carol Skutnik, acting U.S. attorney.
Some of the messages he allegedly sent to the women “were sexual or violent in nature or threatened to cause them physical harm,” according to a press release.
Stanford allegedly sent the intimidating and harassing messages from several different social media accounts, including Facebook and X, and also email addresses he had created, according to the indictment.
(Below is a PDF with the federal indictment handed down against Logan Stanford, 28, of Shelby.)
In one count of the federal indictment, Stanford allegedly sent a text message to a victim and her roommate, saying, “I’ll strangle your roommate too. You’re gonna have blood on your hands” and “I’m headed to Atlanta to pull a … mass apartment slaying.”
In another count, Stanford allegedly threatened a victim with a message that included, “May I please violently describe murdering you without you wigging out.”
In another, Stafford allegedly messaged a victim with, “I’m going to her dads … Im gonna slice n dice that bitch” and “He threw you to the wolves. Left you to be eaten by me.”
The case was investigated by the FBI Cleveland Division.
According to Mansfield Municipal Court records, Stanford was charged in 2022 with telecommunication harassment and menacing, both misdemeanor offenses. He pleaded guilty to menacing and the other charge was dropped.
In 2023, also according to Mansfield Municipal Court records, Stanford was found guilty of violating a protective order, receiving a 180-day jail term that was suspended. He was placed on probation for a year.