By Sharyn L. Decker
Lewis County Sirens news reporter
The former human resources manager at the Great Wolf Lodge in Grand Mound pleaded guilty today in federal court to cyberstalking in a case authorities say included victims who had worked with him at Great Wolf, at his previous job at a Miami hotel and even at the Olympia apartment complex where he lived.
Daniel Christopher Leonard, 32, faces up to five years in prison on each of five counts when he sentenced, according to a news release.
Leonard was arrested in April following an investigation by police in Monterey, Calif. prompted by a woman who reported obscene and threatening phone calls coming from a variety of area codes and phone numbers with a voice that sounded electronically altered, according to the U.S. Attorneys Office.
Monterey detectives discovered the calls were being made with the help of an Internet “spoofing” service based in New Jersey, the office reported.
The U.S. Attorneys Office said in its news release Leonard admitted to making more than 4,000 harassing and sexually threatening calls to more than 1,200 phone numbers across the U.S and Canada.
He pleaded guilty today in U.S. District Court in Tacoma to one count of cyberstalking and four counts of making threatening communications, according to the news release.
Leonard remains in custody at the federal detention center in SeaTac. He is scheduled to be sentenced on Dec. 3.
Tags: By Sharyn L. Decker, news reporter