Man Pleads Guilty to Cyberstalking
Kevin Grooms, 23, pleaded guilty in federal court Monday to cyberstalking his ex-girlfriend, said a news release from the office of the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of West Virginia. Grooms used his cellphone to send 158 threatening messages,…
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which included photographs, to his ex-girlfriend on Instagram and via text in an eight-hour time span, the release said. He was under a domestic violence protection order when he sent the threats. Grooms faces a sentence of up to two years in prison and a maximum fine of $250,000, it said.