Hawaii man sentenced to supervision over Utah cyberstalking


A file photo shows a warning sign and a police officer’s vehicle at Walt Gilmore’s home in North Salt Lake, Utah. The Gilmore family had to enhance security around the house and lived in fear of the next unwanted person who would arrive at the house, day or night, their attorney has said. — The Deseret News via AP

SALT LAKE CITY: A Hawaii man who pleaded guilty to cyberstalking a Utah family by sending more than 500 people to their house for unwanted services including food deliveries, plumbers and prostitutes was sentenced on May 13 to three years of supervision and ordered to adhere to strict limitations on use of the Internet.

Loren Okamura, 45, apologised while appearing from his home in Hawaii during a video conference hearing based out of US District Court in Utah. Okamura said he was struggling with depression after his wife died when the cyberstalking occurred. He was given credit in the sentence for the nearly one year he spent in jail before being released in October 2020, several months after he accepted a plea deal.

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