An Orange County man pleaded guilty last week to a federal criminal charge for stalking and harassing a Canadian professional online gamer for almost two years.
Evan Baltierra, 29, of Trabuco Canyon, Calif., was accused of stalking, a crime that carries a maximum sentence of five years in federal prison.
According to his July 11 plea agreement, Baltierra met the victim, a prominent gamer of “World of Warcraft,” at a gaming convention in Anaheim in November 2019. After that, he asked to meet the victim in her hometown in Canada and was rejected by her.
After the victim blocked him on various social media, he created hundreds of accounts to send her threatening messages beginning in June 2020….