1/8/14 - After he allegedly executed a complex plan to get close to his stalking victim, a Howell man has been sentenced. 24-year-old Jesse Clayton Bartsch pleaded guilty to aggravated stalking and impersonating a police officer. A count of perjury was dismissed. On January 2nd, he was sentenced to 30 days in jail with credit for 10 already served. He was also sentenced to 5 years of probation, but he will be allowed to petition the court for early release from that after 18 months. According to police, Bartsch used the name of a real Livingston County Sheriffâs detective to set up an email account last summer and befriend a woman he had been stalking. The woman had filed a personal protection order against him, but Bartsch allegedly got the order dropped by changing the documents she received from the court and keeping her from being notified. Investigators say Bartsch used the persona of the Sheriffâs Department detective to get close to the woman, even sending her a nude photograph of another man, while encouraging her to reach out to Bartsch in real life. The woman eventually showed evidence of the relationship to her attorney, who knew the detective in question and was able to identify the account as fake. (TD)
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