Crime & Safety
Former WBAL-TV Anchor Confronts Stalker In Court, Suspect To Get Treatment: Report
A past WBAL anchor confronted her stalker in Baltimore County court. A report said the Belcamp suspect will get behavioral health treatment.
BALTIMORE COUNTY, MD — Former WBAL-TV news anchor Theodosha Hayes confronted her stalker Friday in Baltimore County Circuit Court, The Baltimore Banner reported.
The Banner said Hayes accused Belcamp man Eugene Dixon, 57, of sending her unsolicited pictures of male genitals and threatening sexual violence against her and her daughter starting in 2023. Hayes said Dixon — who she described as her Christian mentor — used burner phones and fake email addresses to hide his identity during the eight months of stalking, The Banner reported.
The Banner said Judge Stacy A. Mayer delayed sentencing until later this week, planning for Dixon to be released from the Baltimore County Detention Center to a behavioral health treatment program.
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Dixon pleaded guilty to one misdemeanor count of electronic communication harassment in May, court records show.
Hayes was a WBAL-TV anchor from October 2017 to March 2023.
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To learn why Hayes alleged that Dixon "concocted a web of lies to keep me terrorized and in need of help so that he could stay in my life as some knight in shining armor," read The Banner's full story.
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