A Casper man on Friday admitted to placing a tracking device on a woman s vehicle.
Jacob Karl Babock appeared in Natrona County District Court on Friday and pleaded guilty to single counts of stalking along with a count of misdemeanor interference. As part of a plea agreement, Babcock will likely receive first-offender status, meaning the charges will not stay on his record should he complete probation.
Natrona County District Court Judge Kerri M. Johnson does not have to go along with the plea agreement.
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A sentencing hearing has not yet been scheduled.
Babcock was initially arrested in September.
New domestic violence laws may criminalise coercive control in the Northern Territory
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FebFebruary 2021 at 8:47pm
Frontline workers in domestic violence services say almost all their clients have experienced some form of coercive control.
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The Northern Territory Government could soon criminalise coercive control abuse, as domestic violence rates climb across the Territory.
Key points:
The NT has the highest rate of domestic violence-related offences in the nation
The Criminal Lawyers Association says current laws are enough, and the focus should be on education
Coercive control can include a range of emotional, psychological and financial abuse, such as isolating someone from their friends and family, humiliating or insulting them.
A Punta Gorda man has been sentenced for stalking, and mailing fecal matter and a dead kitten to a woman. Bretton Osborne was sentenced to three years and eight months in federal prison, plus 300 hou