The perp would have had better success if he took the lens covers off
Posted on 01/27/2012 11:29:02 AM PST by Tolerance Sucks Rocks
Their first and only date was an innocent stroll through Central Park.
But when an Upper East Side woman rejected her running-club pal’s bid for an encore, the creep lost his mind and embarked on an 18-year reign of terror — stalking her through six states as she desperately tried to escape his reach.
“I was terrified of him,” Linda Arnaud, 45, told The Post of twisted Queens native Moses Shepard, who last week was finally found guilty of federal stalking charges.
“He showed up at my place of work. He showed up at my school, at my apartment — he showed up on the subway platform. He stalked me all over New York City.”
The frightened elementary-school teacher-turned-yoga instructor spent two decades moving to New Mexico, Arizona, California and Connecticut — praying that each stop would be her last.
He always found her — bombarding Arnaud with phone calls, e-mails, letters, CDs and porn, according to prosecutors.
When Arnaud got restraining orders, Shepard would wait until they expired and then renew his sick fantasy of reuniting with her.
Finally, in 2010 — with Arnaud living in Connecticut — Shepard sent her “a death threat” that shook her to the core.
“He said he’s ‘coming for me.’ And that’s when I feared for my life,” Arnaud said.
“He came here; he scoped out my house; he scoped out my work,” she said. “He’s never taken no for an answer.”
Cops got an arrest warrant and alerted the FBI — and Shepard was finally arrested at his Arizona home in May 2010.
Last week, he was convicted by a federal jury, but faces only a maximum of five years in prison.
“I hope that justice is served and that there’s more awareness that stalking is a serious crime,” Arnaud said.
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Not the judge's fault; 5 years is the maximum sentence.
White Pages on the internet make it easy for stalkers.
You call ME.... LAZAMATAZ .... a SMARTASS???!?
Comeon. As long as you have known me, WHEN have I *EVER* been a *SMARTASS*.....???
The perp would have had better success if he took the lens covers off
The frightened elementary-school teacher-turned-yoga instructor spent two decades moving to New Mexico, Arizona, California and Connecticut — praying that each stop would be her last.
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Flame away at me for blaming the victim here, but come on!!!
She’s lucky she isn’t dead. Why she let a creep like that do that to her is just unbelievable. I know she moved from state to state, but I see her in the same postion of a battered spouse who won’t leave her husband.
She just never had the guts to do the right thing.
Of course she does. WTH?
Well, he is crazy.
Oops, I misread the article. If he is sentenced to 5 years, he will serve a minimum of 51 months; he hasn't been sentenced yet. Five years is the statutory maximum.
If you can’t dissappear someone in NM, that’s pretty bad.
Agree she not easy on the eyes. But maybe he goes for giraffe necks.
And he looks like a cross between Doctor Smith and Vincent Price.
Since the Universe began, billions of years ago. But this time, you were #notcool also.
Oh, good Lord. What part of IRREDEEMABLE do the Feds not understand?
18 years is a long time.
I stay off death threads, unless it was a dirtbag who needed it. I stay off kid-injury threads. Animal abuse threads, physical or sexual. Rape threads. This is stalking, and while it's not great, A) She could have ended it and B) She was not physically hurt.
He'll be out in 3 (or less) and his obsession will be even stronger.
Perhaps this chick needs to solve the Riddle of Lead.
No jury in the world would convict, and precious few DA's would press charges.
I don’t want you to be orthodox (PC). But at the same time, I’m free to respond.
anti glare covers.
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