加拿大男子被控跟踪前同事追到Dallas：戴橡胶面具上门、在火车上被捕
一名加拿大居民被指多年跟踪一名前同事，从加拿大一路追到美国德克萨斯州 Dallas。美国德克萨斯州北区联邦检察官 Ryan Raybould 宣布，联邦大陪审团已对 Nikolay Sapov（又名 Nikolay Georgiyevitch Sapov）提起起诉，控以两项重罪跟踪罪名。
起诉书指控的两项罪名分别是跨州旅行跟踪与通过电子通信跟踪。Sapov 此前在乘坐火车进入美国时，被美国海关与边境保护局（CBP）逮捕。
据法院文件，Sapov 与受害人多年前在 Miami Open 网球赛共事时相识，两人当时都是季节性球员服务员工。此后数年间，Sapov 被指对受害人产生执念，在工作时间之外反复联系对方，追踪其本人与家人的社交媒体账号，并向其住所寄送不受欢迎的礼物与信件。
文件称，Sapov 曾于 2023 年与 2025 年前往佛罗里达州 Orlando 与 Plantation 跟踪受害人。2026 年 6 月，行为升级：Sapov 从加拿大 Toronto 前往受害人居住的 Dallas，在 Dallas-Fort Worth 国际机场租车后找到其门禁小区。6 月 22 日，受害人发现 Sapov 在其公寓楼附近徘徊，当地执法人员与小区安保到场后向他发出刑事侵入警告。
两天后的 6 月 24 日，一名邻居的门铃视频拍到一名体型、衣着与鞋子都与 Sapov 相符的人戴着全脸橡胶面具走近受害人家门。对方经门铃对讲机对峙后逃离现场。受害人与伴侣因担心安全，一度搬入应急酒店住宿，并自费添置安保措施。
检方称，尽管 Dallas 事件已经报警，Sapov 直到 2026 年 8 月仍持续向受害人发送不受欢迎的电子信息，其中包括一张由人工智能生成的、他与受害人并肩而立的合影图。
8 月 22 日，海关与边境保护局人员依据德克萨斯州的跟踪逮捕令，在一列自加拿大开往美国的 Amtrak 列车上将 Sapov 逮捕。执法人员在其电子设备与两部手机中查获受害人社区周边的地图与街道名称、女性鞋履的照片、配钥匙与锁匠公司的截图，以及显式的、由人工智能生成的受害人照片与视频。
联邦检察官 Ryan Raybould 表示，没有任何人有权恐吓他人、摧毁他人在自己家中的安全感；从无休止的数字骚扰到跨越全球的跨国跟踪，这名被告被指以令人不寒而栗的方式猎寻、伪装并恐吓受害人，起诉表明，跨境的掠夺性行为将面对迅速而坚决的联邦司法。
联邦调查局（FBI）Dallas 外勤处特别探员主管 R. Joseph Rothrock 表示，跟踪与定向骚扰会给受害人的生活带来深刻影响、令其长期感到脆弱，FBI 将继续与执法伙伴合作，识别并追究以威胁与恐吓制造恐惧的人。
若罪名成立，Sapov 每项罪名最高可判 5 年联邦监禁，其后还将面临一段监督释放期与可能的经济处罚。本案由 FBI Dallas 外勤处暴力犯罪任务组主查，海关与边境保护局、Dallas 警察局与 Tyler 警察局提供大量协助，助理联邦检察官 Nadin-Sarah Salkić 负责起诉。
起诉书只是指控，Sapov 在被法庭证明有罪之前被推定无罪。（来源：美国司法部德克萨斯州北区联邦检察官办公室）
Canadian Man Indicted on Federal Stalking Charges in Dallas: Accused of Wearing a Rubber Mask to a Former Coworker's Door
A Canadian resident accused of stalking a former coworker for years, following her from Canada to Dallas, Texas, has been indicted by a federal grand jury. Ryan Raybould, the U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Texas, announced that Nikolay Sapov, also known as Nikolay Georgiyevitch Sapov, faces two felony stalking counts.
The two-count indictment charges Sapov with stalking through interstate travel and stalking through electronic communications. He was previously arrested by U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) on an Amtrak train entering the United States.
According to court filings, Sapov first met the victim several years ago while both were seasonal player services employees at the Miami Open tennis tournament. Over several years, Sapov allegedly developed an obsession with the victim, repeatedly contacting her outside work hours, tracking down personal and family social media profiles, and sending unwanted gifts and correspondence to her residences.
Court documents allege Sapov traveled to Orlando and Plantation, Florida, to stalk her in 2023 and 2025. The conduct escalated in June 2026, when Sapov traveled from Toronto, Canada, to Dallas, where the victim was living. After renting a vehicle at Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport, he allegedly located her gated residential complex. On June 22, 2026, the victim saw Sapov loitering near her apartment building, and local law enforcement and property security issued him a criminal trespass warning.
Two days later, on June 24, 2026, a neighbor's video doorbell captured an individual matching Sapov's build, clothing and footwear approaching the victim's front door wearing a full rubber mask to conceal his face. When confronted through the doorbell intercom, the masked suspect fled. Fearing for their safety, the victim and her partner temporarily relocated to emergency hotel lodging and purchased security measures.
Despite the Dallas incident and subsequent police reports, Sapov allegedly continued sending unwanted electronic messages through August 2026, including an artificial intelligence-generated image depicting the victim posing alongside him.
On August 22, CBP officers arrested Sapov under a Texas stalking warrant as he traveled on an Amtrak train from Canada into the United States. Officers recovered electronic equipment and two cell phones containing maps and street names around the victim's neighborhood, photographs of women's shoes displayed in an apparent sexual manner, screenshots of key-copying and locksmith companies, and explicit AI-generated photographs and videos of the victim.
"No individual has the right to terrorize another human being or shatter their sense of safety inside their own home," U.S. Attorney Ryan Raybould said, adding that the indictment makes clear that predatory behavior across borders will be met with swift, uncompromising federal justice.
R. Joseph Rothrock, Special Agent in Charge of the FBI's Dallas Field Office, said stalking and targeted harassment can profoundly disrupt victims' lives and leave them feeling vulnerable, and that the FBI remains committed to identifying and holding accountable those who use threats and intimidation to instill fear.
If convicted, Sapov faces a statutory maximum of five years in federal prison on each count, followed by supervised release and potential financial penalties. The FBI Dallas Field Office's Violent Crimes Task Force investigated the case, with substantial assistance from CBP, the Dallas Police Department and the Tyler Police Department. Assistant U.S. Attorney Nadin-Sarah Salkić is prosecuting the case.
An indictment is merely an allegation, and Sapov is presumed innocent until proven guilty beyond a reasonable doubt in a court of law. (Source: U.S. Attorney's Office for the Northern District of Texas)
来源：美国司法部德克萨斯州北区联邦检察官办公室
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