Yellowstone Nationwide Park stalker sentenced to three years in jail

The sufferer, who labored at Yellowstone on the time, had damaged up with Jose Bradley Isaacson shortly earlier than the incident, which stretched throughout June 21 and the early morning of June 22, in line with the legal professional’s workplace. Isaacson had been sending threatening textual content messages earlier than that, in line with courtroom paperwork, telling the sufferer that if she didn’t cease speaking with the lads she labored with, he would present up at Yellowstone and hurt her and her co-workers. 

On June 19, the sufferer instructed rangers she was afraid and wanted assist. Two days later, Isaacson appeared on the Old Faithful Village in Yellowstone, in line with the legal professional’s workplace. “He physically grabbed her in an effort to get her to go with him,” the announcement mentioned. “When she refused to leave with him, he ran from the area.”

After receiving a report in regards to the incident, park rangers looked for Isaacson all through the night time however discovered solely his car, which they impounded. The following morning, Isaacson stole a rental automobile from the Old Faithful Inn parking zone and drove at “high speed” towards Grand Teton, courtroom paperwork mentioned. Rangers from that park stopped Isaacson with tire deflation units about 65 miles south of Yellowstone and captured him on foot.

Assistant U.S. Attorney Kerry Jacobson prosecuted the case, and U.S. District Court Judge Alan B. Johnson handed down the sentence on Nov. 21.