SEATTLE (AP) — A Seattle police student officer has been charged with cyberstalking for allegedly harassing a girl online.
The Seattle Times reports Jafar Al-Salehi is accused of sending messages and texts to the girl from November 2021 into August 2022, in line with a criminal criticism.
The cyberstalking charge is a gross misdemeanor. It wasn’t immediately known if Al-Salehi has a lawyer to comment on the case.
Al-Salehi, 22, continues to be in his probationary period throughout the department’s field training program. He has been placed on unpaid leave, police said Wednesday.
Al-Salehi first messaged the girl through a dating app on Nov. 8, 2021, in line with charges filed by the Seattle City Attorney’s Office.
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They met a West Seattle diner Nov. 11 and the girl later went with him to his home, where he insisted on showing her his badge and firearm, in line with the fees.
The lady decided to not proceed seeing Al-Salehi, the fees say. She told police that he continued to send her messages via Instagram and when she blocked him, he created one other account, in line with the fees. Al-Salehi also sent her messages on Facebook, followed by messages on OKCupid to apologize for being “rude,” charging documents say.
The lady told police he kept sending messages after which received a text from Al-Salehi although she never gave him her phone number, in line with the fees.
She told police she was anxious about Al-Salehi’s access to a firearm, the fees say.
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