20 September 2022 · Protection order
A court found he committed domestic violence against his ex-wife and their children
Finding by a preponderance of the evidence that he had committed domestic violence against his ex-wife, their two minor children and other members of her household, the court issued a five-year protection order. It found the petitioner's testimony credible, and recorded on the order that he has access to firearms.
In the same order, the court found that he:
- had "engaged in menacing conduct," sending emails, postcards and social media messages to his ex-wife, her mother, her family, friends and neighbours from April 2022 onward;
- "threatens to take the children from the Petitioner and change their identity so that Petitioner never sees the children again";
- had published postings stating that a named FBI agent "would come to Cleveland and execute Petitioner, Petitioner's mother, and their children";
- linked every message to a website carrying accusations of criminal conduct against them that no court has ever found to have any basis;
- told his ex-wife he could arrive at her home "armed to the 'T' and take the children," and she would never see them again;
- caused her "significant mental distress" — she does not sleep well, is afraid to leave her home, and fears he will remove the children from school.
Cuyahoga County Court of Common Pleas, Division of Domestic Relations · Judge Tonya R. Jones · Stark v. Horner, No. DV-22-391235
See also. Two weeks after it issued, he wrote across its face in marker and filed it back with the court — see what he wrote.