联邦法院判刑：Whitehall 男子跨州跟踪多名女性获刑46个月
司法部（DOJ）宾夕法尼亚西区联邦检察官办公室宣布，Whitehall 居民 Brett Michael Dadig（31岁）10月20日在 Pittsburgh 的联邦法院被判处46个月监禁，刑满后监督释放3年。联邦法官 Marilyn J. Horan 宣判，Dadig 罪名包括网络跟踪、跨州跟踪与跨州威胁。
联邦检察官 Troy Rivetti 表示，Dadig 以 Pittsburgh 地区为据点，在多个城市之间流窜，肆无忌惮地跟踪、骚扰和恐吓不同女性，不仅当面纠缠，还通过社交媒体帖子、短信、电话和播客散布充满仇恨的内容，有时甚至违反法院发出的防虐待保护令。许多帖子和播客公开了受害人的全名、照片以及住址、工作单位和财务等个人信息。Rivetti 赞扬挺身而出的女性协助阻止其继续害人，并表示判决向网络与现实中的跟踪骚扰者发出信息：此类行为不会被容忍。
根据检方此前公布的起诉书，案件涉及11名受害人，分布在 Pennsylvania、Ohio、Florida、Iowa 与 New York 等州。Dadig 多在健身场所结识受害人，随后未经邀请出现在她们的住所和工作场所、从工作地点尾随、试图让她们被解雇，并在网上发布私拍照片与个人细节。起诉书还列举了涉及折断下颌与手指、勒死他人、焚烧健身房等内容的威胁，以及两名 Pittsburgh 受害人取得的防虐待保护令被违反的情形；在一座城市被禁入或被报警后，他便转往另一座城市继续。此案由联邦调查局（FBI）牵头、会同 Pittsburgh 及全国多地警方调查，助理联邦检察官 Nicole Vasquez Schmitt 负责公诉。
Federal Sentencing: Whitehall Man Gets 46 Months for Stalking Women Across Several States
The U.S. Attorney's Office for the Western District of Pennsylvania, part of the Department of Justice (DOJ), announced that Brett Michael Dadig, 31, of Whitehall, was sentenced in federal court in Pittsburgh on October 20 to 46 months in prison, followed by three years of supervised release. U.S. District Judge Marilyn J. Horan imposed the sentence on Dadig's convictions for cyberstalking, interstate stalking and interstate threats.
U.S. Attorney Troy Rivetti said Dadig used the Pittsburgh area as a home base and moved from city to city, brazenly stalking, harassing and intimidating different women in each location. He sought to terrorize the women in person and through hate-filled social media posts, text messages, phone calls and podcasts, at times in violation of Protection from Abuse orders, Rivetti said. Many of the posts and podcasts included the victims' full names, photos and personal information such as their locations, places of work and finances, and Rivetti commended the women who came forward to help bring Dadig to justice and prevent him from harming others.
According to the indictment previously announced by prosecutors, the case involved 11 victims in Pennsylvania, Ohio, Florida, Iowa and New York. Dadig met many of the women at fitness establishments, then showed up uninvited at their homes and workplaces, followed them from work, tried to get them fired, and posted photographs and private details online without consent. The indictment cited threats referring to breaking jaws and fingers, strangling people and burning down gyms, and said two Pittsburgh victims had obtained Protection from Abuse orders that Dadig violated online and in person. When he was banned from gyms and businesses or reported to police in one city, he moved on to another city to continue the conduct.
The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) investigated the case with assistance from police departments in Pittsburgh and across the country, and Assistant U.S. Attorney Nicole Vasquez Schmitt prosecuted it. Rivetti said the sentence sends a clear message to cyber and in-person stalkers and harassers that such conduct will not be tolerated by his office and its law enforcement partners. The charges were filed in the Western District of Pennsylvania, and the sentence was announced by the U.S. Attorney's Office in Pittsburgh on the day Judge Horan imposed it.
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