Woman admits stalking couple

COURTHOUSE » A woman who threatened to disseminate to others intimate images of a Schwenksville man and a New Hanover woman potentially faces time in jail after she admitted to stalking the pair.

Jolen G. Roseberry, 68, of Kunkletown, Monroe County, pleaded guilty in Montgomery County Court to a misdemeanor charge of stalking in connection with incidents that occurred between January 2016 and August 2017. Judge Risa Vetri Ferman deferred sentencing so that court officials can complete a background investigation report about Roseberry.

Roseberry, who remains free on bail pending sentencing, faces a possible maximum sentence of 2 ½ to five years in prison on the charge. However, state sentencing guidelines could allow for a lesser sentence.

Ferman ordered Roseberry to have no contact with the victims as a condition of bail.

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 Rose-

berry 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 allegedly 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 are slated to be dismissed against Roseberry in exchange for her guilty plea to the more serious stalking charge.