Cresco man pleads guilty to cyberstalking Minnesota victim
Michael McGuire, image courtesy of the Linn County Jail.
Faces up to 20 years in federal prison.
Posted: Feb 19, 2021 4:48 PM
Posted By: Mike Bunge
CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa – A Howard County man has pleaded guilty to four counts of cyberstalking.
Michael Shawn McGuire, 57 of Cresco, confessed Friday in Cedar Rapids federal court to using Facebook and the mail to harass and intimidate another person. The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Northern District of Iowa says the cyberstalking took place between August 25, 2018, and May 25, 2019.
Authorities say numerous yard signs were posted at the victim’s home in Minnesota. The signs were sexually explicit and contained the victim’s name, telephone number, address, and email address. Sexually explicit mailings with semi-nude photos of the victim were sent to the victim’s friends, family members, and associates. In addition, various Facebook profiles sent similar semi-nud
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Cresco, Iowa, man pleads guilty to cyberstalking Kandiyohi County woman
The defendant sent lewd photos to businesses and organizations in Willmar, Benson, New London and Spicer and placed photographs and lewd statements on signs in public places including cafes, a service station and the yards of churches in Kandiyohi and Renville counties. 7:00 pm, Feb. 19, 2021 ×
Michael Shawn McGuire
CEDAR RAPIDS, IOWA A man who used Facebook and the mail to stalk another person pled guilty on Friday in federal court in Cedar Rapids, according to the U.S. Attorney s Office in the Northern District of Iowa.
Michael Shawn McGuire, age 57, from Cresco, Iowa, was convicted of four counts of cyberstalking a Kandiyohi County woman.
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