Woman sentenced for stalking
NORRISTOWN » A woman who threatened to disseminate to others intimate images of a Schwenksville man and a New Hanover woman faces probation and community service after she admitted to stalking the pair.
Jolen G. Roseberry, 68, of Kunkletown, Monroe County, was sentenced in Montgomery County Court to five years’ probation after she pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor charge of stalking in connection with incidents that occurred between January 2016 and August 2017.
Common Pleas Court Judge Risa Vetri Ferman also ordered Roseberry to complete 125 hours of community service.
The judge said Roseberry must undergo a mental health evaluation and comply with any recommendations for treatment.
Ferman ordered Roseberry to pay $2,500 in restitution to cover the cost of the counseling the female victim sought after the incident.
Furthermore, Roseberry is prohibited from having any contact with the victims and the judge ordered her to refrain from publishing content related to the victims on any “blog, Internet site or any public platforms.”
State police at Skippack began an investigation in August 2017 when a Schwenksville man and a New Hanover woman reported that Roseberry had been harassing them via email messages.
“The emails contained lewd and threatening information about both of the victims regarding intimate images and obscene/ sexual material,” state police Trooper Anthony Giarrizzo alleged in the arrest affidavit.
The victims provided police with email messages from Roseberry and a USB storage device that contained intimate and sexual images of both victims.
“The victims allowed me to view the emails and intimate images Roseberry was threatening them with. Some of the emails contained information from Roseberry threatening the victims that she would disseminate their intimate images to their families, places of business and other individuals if they contacted the police about her harassing them,” Giarrizzo alleged.
The victims told police the harassment had been ongoing for about a year.
“The victims were afraid to contact the police because of the threat from Roseberry that their intimate images would be disseminated,” alleged Giarrizzo.
The victims contacted state police after Roseberry disseminated the intimate images to the Schwenksville man’s family and his place of business and to another person Roseberry believed was a relative of the New Hanover woman.
“Roseberry had created a substantial amount of emotional distress for (the victims),” Giarrizzo alleged.
After Roseberry disseminated the images, the victims did hire a lawyer who wrote to Roseberry and told her to cease all communication with the victims, court papers indicate.
“Roseberry continued to harass via email (the victims) after receiving the cease to communication letter,” Giarrizzo alleged.
By pleading guilty to stalking, Roseberry admitted that she engaged in a course of conduct or repeatedly communicated with the victims under circumstances which demonstrated either her intent to place the victims in reasonable fear of bodily injury or to cause them substantial emotional distress.
Other charges of unlawful dissemination of intimate images, intimidation of witnesses and harassment were dismissed against Roseberry in exchange for her guilty plea to the more serious stalking charge.