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A Youngstown man is expected in federal court today for a probation violation hearing connected to his cyberstalking conviction in December 2019.
Didier Saint Julien, 48, is to appear before U.S. Judge Dan Aaron Polster in Northern Ohio District Court to deal with accusations he was "congregating around" the former workplace of his victim, according to a court document.
A motion by federal public defender Christian J. Grostic states Saint Julien's alleged conduct does not violate his conditions of supervised release.
Saint Julien in June 2020 was sentenced to 30 months in prison, with credit for the 10 months he has already served in the Mahoning County jail.
He pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court in December 2019 to one count of cyberstalking. The indictment accused Saint Julien of stalking, harassing and intimidating an unnamed victim starting in April 2018.
Documents state the cyberstalking involved comments made on the victim's social media sites in 2018. Authorities also accused the defendant of trying to contact the victim and taking pictures of the victim's vehicle. The indictment states Saint Julien tried to contact the victim's relatives several times.
The victim obtained a protection order against Saint Julien, and according to an affidavit, the defendant texted the victim the next day.
As terms of his supervised release, Saint Julien was not supposed to contact the victim or the family.
According to a document, Saint Julien in April "was seen congregating around" the workplace in which his victim previously was employed. According to an employee, Saint Julien was seen facing the employee entrance while he was across the street for several hours.
Saint Julien was arrested after the incident and has been in custody for two months in the Mahoning County jail. A court docket entry states authorities have been trying to find a bed available for Saint Julien in a Cleveland halfway house.
At a previous probation violation hearing in January 2022, Saint Julien was ordered to undergo a mental evaluation and housing through Veterans Affairs.
gvogrin@tribtoday.com