Everett, Washington, man convicted of cyberstalking and making interstate threats

Seattle –A 42-year-old Everett, Washington, man was convicted today in U.S. District Court in Seattle of cyberstalking and making interstate threats following a three-day jury trial, announced U.S. Attorney Nick Brown. The jury deliberated about two hours before finding Christopher Scott Crawford guilty of an unrelenting campaign of online cyberstalking, threats, and harassment against a former romantic partner. Crawford was arrested on a criminal complaint on June 2, 2022. Crawford faces up to five years in federal prison when sentenced by U.S. District Judge James L. Robart on August 29, 2023.

According to records filed in the case, Crawford has repeatedly violated court ordered restraining orders by sending threats by text, email, social media messages, and phone calls. Crawford has sent threatening communications to various people associated with the victim in this case, such as parents, coworkers, siblings, and court-mandated professionals. The harassment included posting intimate pictures of the victim on a website and circulating private information about the victim to others.

Crawford repeatedly stated to the victim and others that he wanted to make her life so miserable that she would take her own life.

Crawford has been detained since his arrest on June 2, 2022, at the Federal Detention Center (FDC) at SeaTac, Washington.

The matter was investigated by the Naval Criminal Investigative Service (NCIS).

The case was prosecuted by Assistant United States Attorneys Cecelia Gregson and Elyne Vaught.