Harasser Arrested at Ft. Bliss

This morning the FBI, along with the Ft. Bliss civilian security guards, arrested Robert Ted Coleman, 22-years old, for making threatening phone calls. Coleman, of Aztec, New Mexico, had begun making harassing phone calls to his ex-wife, a soldier at Ft. Bliss. He threatened to beat her, choke her, and torture some of her family.

Based on Coleman’s past history and the nature of the calls, an arrest was issued for him. Coleman then traveled to El Paso, Texas and attempted to enter Ft. Bliss this morning about 3 a.m. when the Ft. Bliss security guards stopped him at the Cassidy gate. Coleman is charged with one count of using interstate communications (a telephone) to abuse, threaten, or harass another person, which is a violation of Title 47, United States Code Section 223(a)(1)(A).

Coleman’s initial appearance will be this afternoon before US Magistrate Judge Richard P. Mesa.