Patrick Fox, a Burnaby, B.C., man who told CBC in February that he created a website to “destroy” his ex-wife, has been charged in Canada with criminal harassment and a weapons offence after he was arrested by U.S. border agents in Washington state.
“It doesn’t take down the website and it doesn’t stop the things that are still happening,” said Desiree Capuano, who has been trying to get the site shut down for two years.
“I’m very thankful to the Crown for understanding the seriousness of the situation and taking action,” she said from her lawyer’s office in Tucson, Ariz.
Capuano, who has custody of their teenage son in Arizona, first complained to RCMP last summer, saying she feared for her life and was being constantly harassed on a website Fox created.
Fox, who is also known by his birth name of Richard Riess, appeared on June 17 in Vancouver provincial court where he was charged with criminal harassment and possession of firearms in an unauthorized location.
Police allege the crime began on Jan 11, 2015, which is the same day Fox sent an email to Capuano stating he intended “to do everything in my power and capabilities to make your life as miserable as possible.… to the point that you ultimately commit suicide.… it is imperative that you experience as much misery, disappointment and suffering as possible first.”
That and subsequent emails are published on the website, which is hosted in Iceland.
‘This website will still be here’
Fox said in an earlier interview he would not take down the website until his ex-wife is dead or “destitute and homeless.”
‘This website is still here,’ writes Fox on his last post to the website. (CBC)
“Tomorrow, and next month, and next year, this website will still be here.… to make Desiree’s life a little more dreary,” reads the most recent post, four days before Fox was arrested in Washington.
“All of your whining and complaining, all of your talk of getting the government, the police, and the prosecutors to do something about it, has accomplished abso-f–king-lutely nothing!” he posted. More at Source
