Orlando Webber, Internet Stalking, Indiana 2019

A Mississippi man has been sentenced to 46 months in prison for stalking young women in Evansville, Indiana, using social media platforms under the moniker 'Lando'.

Orlando Webber, 44, of Columbus, Mississippi, was sentenced by United States District Judge Richard Young in Evansville on July 31, 2019, following a sentencing hearing.

For over four years, Webber used his 'Lando' account to stalk as many as 30 high school-aged young women using various social media outlets. The victims recall receiving vulgar and sexually explicit communications from Webber when they were 15-16 years old. Each time victims received the stalking messages, they would block him from their accounts, only to have Webber use a different account name to resume the stalking.

'This case should be a warning to anyone considering using social media platforms to sexually harass and stalk others,' said U.S. Attorney Josh J. Minkler. 'I want to commend the victims in this case for coming forward and assisting the investigators in identifying Webber and finally putting an end to his harassment.'

In April 2016, Victim 1 contacted the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children Cyber Tip Line to report that she and several other Evansville area high school girls were being harassed through their Twitter accounts. The messages included nude photographs of an adult male asking for sexual favors.

Federal law enforcement officials subpoenaed subscriber records and were able to locate Webber, who lived with his mother in Columbus, Mississippi. FBI agents used facial recognition technology to identify Webber after capturing images from a 'Lando' social media account based on a tip from one of the victims.

At the time of Webber's sentencing hearing, some of Webber's victims appeared in court to describe the negative impact Webber had on their lives by placing them in fear because of his persistent stalking. As many as 30 different young women made reports about Webber's stalking to the Federal Bureau of Investigation and the Evansville Police Department.

This case was investigated by the Federal Bureau of Investigation and the Evansville Police Department. The case was prosecuted on behalf of the government by Assistant United States Attorney Todd S. Shellenbarger.

Source: https://www.justice.gov/usao-sdin/pr/mississippi-man-sentenced-internet-stalking-young-evansville-women