A cop gave Fresno man a jaywalking ticket. Then came ‘cyber campaign of hate and revenge’


Court records and police reports detail the lengths Spatafore took to carry out his plan of revenge. A few days after writing the jaywalking ticket, the officer began receiving password reset codes, indicating someone was trying to hack his email account. — Unsplash

For nearly a month, a Fresno police officer and his family were the targets of a relentless campaign of harassment and revenge by a man furious over being given a ticket for jaywalking, according to a civil lawsuit.

The officer, who is identified in the lawsuit as John Doe, was on duty Oct 25, 2019, about 2pm when he spotted a man, later identified as John Christopher Spatafore, illegally crossing the street in downtown Fresno near Fresno City Halland the railroad tracks.

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