CLEVELAND – A 28-year-old man has been sentenced to prison for making extremely violent and graphic threats that terrorized three women on social media platforms, according to a press release from the United States Attorney’s Office for the Northern District of Ohio.
Logan Stanford, of Shelby, was sentenced to 78 months (6.5 years) in prison by U.S. District Judge Donald C. Nugent after pleading guilty in June to three counts each of :
- Cyberstalking
- Threatening Interstate Communications
Stanford was also ordered to serve a three-year term of supervised release upon completion of his prison sentence which includes a provision that prohibits him from internet usage.
According to the indictment, throughout about a three-year period, Stanford harassed, stalked, intimidated, and threatened three separate female victims online. Some of the victims had never even met Stanford.
He would reach out to the women via various social media platforms, using mostly fake names, authorities stated. Although the women blocked the unwanted communications, Stanford would respond by opening new accounts under different, fictitious names to continue to harass and threaten them. His communications included multiple threats to violently kill the women.
This case was investigated by the FBI Mansfield Resident Agency.
First Assistant United States Attorney Michelle M. Baeppler prosecuted the case for the Northern District of Ohio.
To report cyberstalking, visit stalkingawareness.org/what-to-do-if-you-are-being-stalked/