Nurse charged with online impersonation

She allegedly posed as another woman to post fake sex ads

A judge Friday ordered a Houston nurse not to contact her ex-husband or his alleged mistress after being accused of posing as the alleged mistress in order to post fake Craigslist ads requesting sex from married men.

Tamantha Johnson, 47, is charged with felony online impersonation and is accused of creating the Craigslist ad on July 14, court records show.

Johnson, free on $5,000 bail, appeared briefly before state District Judge Jan Krocker, who issued the no-contact order prohibiting the nurse from contacting either her ex-husband and the victim.

She also is barred from using drugs, alcohol or accessing the internet without court-ordered internet monitoring software. The monitoring software allows court personnel to see what she is doing online.

After the hearing, Johnson and her attorney did not take questions from reporters.

The woman allegedly received “about 100 inquiries to her personal cell phone about a Craiglist ad requesting sex from married men that she did not post,” the affidavit for Johnson’s arrest states. “Complainant received several unwanted naked pictures from unknown men due to this ad.”

Johnson also allegedly wrote about the affair her then-husband, who was the victim’s divorce attorney, was having on “cheater sites,” the court documents stated.

Harris County civil records show Johnson’s divorce was finalized in October. According to a sworn affidavit filed by prosecutors, the criminal allegations took place while she was still married and believed her husband was having an affair.

Houston police investigators were able to track Johnson down using an IP address registered to Baylor College of Medicine, where she worked as a quality nurse since September 2013, according to court documents. Johnson is now on paid administrative leave from the medical school, pending further review, officials said.

In a previous incident, Johnson was charged with misdemeanor harassment after sending a series of text messages and photos to a woman with whom she believed her husband was having an affair.

In the August incident, Johnson was told by police not to contact the woman.

“Because you are unable to control your behavior, you have made it necessary for me to help you control your unacceptable behavior,” Johnson allegedly texted to the woman, according to court documents. “You are a very evil person. And you will suffer the consequences of this behavior.”