Delaware man jailed for cyberstalking

A DELAWARE County man will spend nearly two years in federal prison after he cyberstalked a woman for months in 2020, authorities said.

United States Attorney Jacqueline C. Romero said Karanjot Singh, 25, of Upper Darby, was sentenced to a year and eight months in prison, and three years of supervised release for cyberstalking a woman online for the better part of a year.

Beginning in March 2020 and continuing for more than nine months, Singh stalked a woman online by sending in excess of 100 sexually violent and threatening text messages to her.

Singh terrorized her repeatedly, messaging her at all hours of the day and night with escalating threats to rape and murder her, her children, and her family members.

To prove that he knew who she was and could carry out his threats, Singh sent the victim photographs of her children's school.

To disguise his identity and as part of the course of his harassment of the victim, Singh used multiple cell phone applications that allowed him to create numerous anonymous phone numbers.

Following an intensive investigation, agents with the Federal Bureau of Investigation

ultimately traced each of the 'anonymous' phone numbers and linked them to Singh, after which he was arrested.

‘This defendant used his words as weapons, sending threatening messages and personal information to reinforce the targeted bullying of his victim,' Romero said. ‘His behavior very well could have escalated, which is why sending threatening communications is a crime, and why our Office and our partners take threats so seriously.'