California Man Charged with Cyberstalking, Making Harassing and Threatening Calls to Women in RI, MA, and Other States

PROVIDENCE – A federal criminal complaint has been unsealed in U.S. District Court in Rhode Island that charges a California man in an ongoing investigation into hundreds of obscene and threatening telephone calls made to women in Rhode Island, Massachusetts, and elsewhere, announced Acting United States Attorney Sara Miron Bloom.

Arrested at his home in Anaheim on Wednesday, Justin Glauthier, 30, is charged with cyberstalking, interstate threats to injure, and making interstate obscene or harassing calls.

It is alleged that Glauthier repeatedly called and harassed women whose name, photograph, and other personal information, including information associated with their employment, he often gleaned from the Internet.

To date, at least nine women have been identified as receiving harassing and, in some instances, threatening calls that an FBI investigation attributes to Glauthier. It is alleged that in dozens of calls Glauthier made sexually explicit comments and, at times, threatened his victims if they did not stay on the phone with him and/or cooperate with him during the calls. In some instances, he claimed to know where his victims lived and/or worked and threatened to visit them unannounced at their homes or place of employment.

Glauthier was arrested by agents from the FBI’s Providence and Orange County, CA, Resident Agencies. He is expected to make an initial appearance before a U.S. Magistrate Judge in Santa Ana, CA, on Thursday.

A federal criminal complaint is merely an accusation. A defendant is presumed innocent unless and until proven guilty.

The case is being prosecuted in the District of Rhode Island by Assistant United States Attorney Denise M. Barton, with the assistance of Assistant United States Attorney Lauren Restrepo in the District of Central California.

The matter was investigated by the FBI, with significant assistance from the Lincoln, RI, Police Department.

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