Former San Antonio Resident Pleads Guilty to Federal Internet Stalking Charge
| U.S. Attorney’s Office July 21, 2011 |
United States Attorney John E. Murphy announced that in San Antonio today, 41-year-old Robert Lee Crews of San Diego, California, faces two years in federal prison after pleading guilty to Internet stalking.
According to court records, Crews admitted that while in Nevada on July 27, 2010, he sent an e-mail which included 15 sexually explicit images of his victim to her and 29 of her co-workers in San Antonio with the intent to cause his victim substantial emotional distress.
On April 8, 2011, FBI special agents, along with deputy U.S. Marshals arrested Crews in San Diego. He remains in federal custody. Sentencing is scheduled for October 7, 2011, at 8:30 a.m. before Chief United States District Judge Fred Biery.
This case was investigated by agents with the Federal Bureau of Investigation. Assistant United States Attorney Sarah Wannarka is prosecuting this case on behalf of the government.