Date: 01-17-2019

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Case Number: 5:18-cr-00120-C-BQ

Judge: Sam R. Cummings

Court: United States District Court for the Northern District of Texas (Dallas County)

Plaintiff's Attorney: Russell Lorfing

Defendant's Attorney: David E. Sloan

Description:
Dallas, TX - Isaiah Alexander Allen, age 22, pleaded guilty to cyberstalking, after law enforcement caught him posting so-called “revenge porn.” Allen met his victim, a California college student, on an internet gaming website. Over the course of their online relationship, she sent him several sexual photos. But when she refused to provide additional lascivious images, Allen posted dozens of her naked photos online, along with screenshots of B.K.’s driver’s license, college ID, and social security card, as well as her phone number and physical address. The photos, originally uploaded to Reddit and Imgur and later shared on sites like 4Chan and PornStarTube, have been viewed more than a million times. The FBI and Lubbock Police Department investigated.

Charges:

18 U.S.C. § 2261A(2) CYBER STALKING
(1)

§2261A. Stalking

Whoever—

(1) travels in interstate or foreign commerce or within the special maritime and territorial jurisdiction of the United States, or enters or leaves Indian country, with the intent to kill, injure, harass, or place under surveillance with intent to kill, injure, harass, or intimidate another person, and in the course of, or as a result of, such travel places that person in reasonable fear of the death of, or serious bodily injury to, or causes substantial emotional distress to that person, a member of the immediate family (as defined in section 115) of that person, or the spouse or intimate partner of that person; or

(2) with the intent—

(A) to kill, injure, harass, or place under surveillance with intent to kill, injure, harass, or intimidate, or cause substantial emotional distress to a person in another State or tribal jurisdiction or within the special maritime and territorial jurisdiction of the United States; or

(B) to place a person in another State or tribal jurisdiction, or within the special maritime and territorial jurisdiction of the United States, in reasonable fear of the death of, or serious bodily injury to—

(i) that person;

(ii) a member of the immediate family (as defined in section 115 1 of that person; or

(iii) a spouse or intimate partner of that person;

uses the mail, any interactive computer service, or any facility of interstate or foreign commerce to engage in a course of conduct that causes substantial emotional distress to that person or places that person in reasonable fear of the death of, or serious bodily injury to, any of the persons described in clauses (i) through (iii) of subparagraph (B); 2

18 U.S.C. § 875(c) INTERSTATE THREATS
(2)

§875. Interstate communications

(a) Whoever transmits in interstate or foreign commerce any communication containing any demand or request for a ransom or reward for the release of any kidnapped person, shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than twenty years, or both.

(b) Whoever, with intent to extort from any person, firm, association, or corporation, any money or other thing of value, transmits in interstate or foreign commerce any communication containing any threat to kidnap any person or any threat to injure the person of another, shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than twenty years, or both.

(c) Whoever transmits in interstate or foreign commerce any communication containing any threat to kidnap any person or any threat to injure the person of another, shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than five years, or both.

(d) Whoever, with intent to extort from any person, firm, association, or corporation, any money or other thing of value, transmits in interstate or foreign commerce any communication containing any threat to injure the property or reputation of the addressee or of another or the reputation of a deceased person or any threat to accuse the addressee or any other person of a crime, shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than two years, or both.

Outcome: Guilty

01/02/2019 35 Minute Entry for proceedings held before Magistrate Judge D. Gordon Bryant, Jr: Rearraignment Hearing as to Isaiah Alexander Allen held on 1/2/2019. Plea entered by Isaiah Alexander Allen (1) Guilty Count 1 of the 3 Count Indictment. Plea Agreement accepted and filed. Factual Resume filed. Deft Custody/ Detention continued. Deft REMANDED to custody. Location interval set to: LC. Attorney Appearances: AUSA - Russell Lorfing; Defense - David Sloan. (No exhibits) Time in Court - :18. (Court Reporter: Mechelle Daniel) (Interpreter N/A.) (USPO Romero.) (bmg) (Entered: 01/02/2019)
01/02/2019 36 NOTICE/CONSENT REGARDING ENTRY OF A PLEA OF GUILTY as to Isaiah Alexander Allen (bmg) (Entered: 01/02/2019)
01/02/2019 37 REPORT AND RECOMMENDATION ON PLEA BEFORE THE UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE as to Isaiah Alexander Allen. Re: 36 Consent Regarding Entry of a Plea of Guilty (Ordered by Magistrate Judge D. Gordon Bryant, Jr on 1/2/2019) (bmg) (Entered: 01/02/2019)

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