POLICE TAKE STALKING CRIMES SERIOUSLY
Here's an article about stalking that deserves a read.
The CM PRESS has received reports of a stalker in Costa Mesa who may be targeting some local politicians and others.
If you are a victim of telephone, mail, Internet, or personal harassment or smears, be sure to report it to the CMPD at (714) 754-5252 or email the CMPD at PDADJUTANT@ci.costa-mesa.ca.us.
The harassment may start with subscriptions to magazines that you never subscribed to or similar seemingly minor things, and then escalate to hang-up telephone calls and on and on.
If you're on our email list, feel free to send us your tips in this regard. Be sure to document everything as much as possible in case of legal action.
Generally, stalkers are cowards with psychological problems who try to remain anonymous.
Some of these nutcases start blogs in order to harass others. It is important to drag these slime balls out from under the rocks where they hide, and shine some bright light on them. Some may then face criminal charges as well as civil penalties.
Phony letter on the Westside
According to an article in an alternative weekly newspaper recently, a phony letter to the editor was composed and sent to the newspaper falsely claiming it had been written by someone involved with the Minutemen anti-illegal immigration group.
The letter contained various ethnic smears and said the letter writer had defecated in the trash can of a restaurant near 19th and Placentia.
To the credit of the weekly, they checked on the facts and quickly realized that the letter was phony and was meant to discredit the supposed writer.
Some activists in Costa Mesa believe the letter was written by a local Costa Mesa blogger and/or his associates who go to great lengths to remain anonymous.
This anonymous blogger has implied that he has contacts within the CMPD, and he seems to have inside CMPD information that the general public doesn't have.
Perhaps internal affairs should look into this.
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