FORMER U.S. FISH AND WILDLIFE EMPLOYEE SENTENCED TO PROBATION AND COMMUNITY SERVICE FOR STALKING FORMER CO-WORKER

ALBUQUERQUE – Peter Fitzpatrick, 44, of Byron Center, Mich., was sentenced in federal court on Monday to five years of probation and 40 hours of community service for stalking a former co-worker. 

            Fitzpatrick previously pleaded guilty to stalking on March 1, 2019.  In his plea agreement, he admitted to stalking the victim with angry and confrontational telephone calls, emails, and text messages from February 1, 2016, to September 1, 2017.  In these communications, Fitzpatrick also objected to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service’s management of the Mexican Grey Wolf Recovery Program based in Albuquerque.

            Fitzpatrick’s communications placed his former co-worker in reasonable fear of death or serious physical injury.  Fitzpatrick also made comments about his former co-worker’s daughter expected to cause emotional distress.        

            The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Office of Law Enforcement and United States Postal Inspection Service investigated this case.  Assistant U.S. Attorney Letitia C. Simms prosecuted the case.