Former WCCO Meteorologist Says Stalker Showed Up At Her Home

DENVER, CO — Former WCCO meteorologist Kylie Bearse says she’s living in fear after a longtime stalker appeared outside her Denver home last month, despite court orders meant to keep him away.

According to The Denver Post, the 36-year-old Burnsville native obtained a protection order in 2023 after a man repeatedly contacted her online, re-created online accounts to evade blocks, showed up at events she hosted, and reached her family and personal phone.

The newspaper reported he violated that order dozens of times and has even claimed she was his wife.

After about 18 months without contact, the man showed up on Sept. 11 as Kylie Bearse was backing into her garage.

She recognized him when his truck pulled up in front of her car and stopped. Bearse shut the garage door, ran inside, grabbed her dog, called 911, and fled out the back door.

Police arrested the 69-year-old about an hour later while he sat in his truck outside, noting that Bearse was visibly shaken and afraid.

Despite his long pattern of harassment, prosecutors charged only a misdemeanor protection-order violation, not felony stalking, and released him on a $1,500 bond within days.

“I’ve found different housing since he got out of jail,” Bearse said. “My whole sense of safety has completely shifted. I believe this man should be in jail right now.”

On Facebook, Bearse thanked the reporter and criticized the system’s response:

“This has been an incredibly frustrating process and I hope the courts, especially in Denver, start taking stalking seriously so others don't have this experience.”

Bearse worked at WCCO-TV in Minneapolis from 2014 to 2018 before moving to Colorado, first joining 9News and now Fox31.