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Tue Aug 23, 2016, 04:03 PM Aug 2016

The Dubuque area old man mail harasser is in real trouble now

Last edited Thu Aug 25, 2016, 07:27 AM - Edit history (3)

He couldn't keep on the straight and narrow;

A retired Dubuque police captain faces criminal charges for allegedly sending threatening postcards to a pair of local businesses.

Police said the postcards suggested that an accused mass shooter should have "wiped out" Telegraph Herald Editorial Board members, and alluded to a gas explosion "waking up" a local business.

Gerald M. Sjobakken, 77, of 3419 Starlite Drive, made an initial court appearance Tuesday in Iowa District Court for Dubuque County on warrants charging four counts of third-degree harassment.

Sjobakken was released on a $2,000 signature bond. He is not allowed to contact the Telegraph Herald or Rhomberg's Fur and Leather Gallery, according to court documents.


Having been on the receiving end of multiple materials from this jackass it makes me happy that the state is finally holding him to account.

Update: Here's a PechaKucha presentation someone I know did of her experience with this dude;

http://www.pechakucha.org/presentations/mail-male-harassment
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