ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – An Albuquerque man was sentenced to federal prison for cyberstalking multiple women over a nine-month period.
Phillip Gonzales, 39, stalked and harassed three women using anonymous texting applications and online calling services between June 2022 and March 2023, according to the DOJ.
Investigators learned Gonzales sent the victims graphic sexual messages, made threats, and obtained their personal information.
On May 11, 2023, the FBI executed a search warrant at Gonzales’ home and seized a number of electronic devices. A review of the devices revealed at least four additional women who were believed to have received messages from Gonzales to include threats of rape and murder, the DOJ stated in a news releas.e
On Sept. 6, 2023, Gonzales was charged with cyberstalking. As a condition of his release, Gonzales was strictly limited to one monitored phone and required approval for any device with internet access. Officials later found him with two unauthorized phones, which he had used to send unwanted and potentially harassing messages to two women.
Gonzales later pleaded guilty to three counts of cyberstalking, and he was sentenced to 33 months in prison. When released, he will be subject to three years of supervised release.
