Herndon Man Imprisoned For Cyberstalking Woman: DOJ

ALEXANDRIA, VA — A Herndon man will spend a year in prison for cyberstalking a woman in New York, according to the Department of Justice.

Brandon Theresa, 21, "engaged in an extensive cyberstalking campaign against a victim" from May 2015 through December 2018, the DOJ said in a statement.

"During that time, he accessed the victim’s online accounts without her permission; created fake accounts in her name; and sent sensitive information from her account in order to embarrass her," the report states. "When the victim tried to cut off communication with him, Theresa took more serious steps to maintain an unwanted presence in her life."

For example, he used personal information he had gathered about the victim and her friends and family to establish U.S. Postal Service Informed Delivery accounts in their names so he could get notifications about mail delivered to them, using it to track the victim's activities, the statement notes.

"He continued to send veiled threats to the victim, using anonymizing technologies that made it difficult for the victim to block the communications," it adds. "Theresa's harassment of the victim continued well after the victim informed him that she was reporting his conduct to the police and did not cease until federal authorities executed a search warrant at his home in December 2018."

Theresa pleaded guilty back in April. He had faced a maximum of five years in prison.