A former Pennsbury School District employee pleaded guilty Tuesday to charges that he stalked his ex-girlfriend through her computer.
Joseph Tarr, 31, of Doylestown, pleaded guilty to intercepting communications and harassment before Judge Wallace Bateman, according to court information. Tarr is expected to be sentenced in the coming weeks after he undergoes a mental health evaluation.
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The victim, a Middletown resident, became suspicious on March 17 when she found there were two usernames on her computer. She investigated further and the one username showed it was “logged in remotely from J01,” according to court documents.
Court papers say that Tarr denied any knowledge of remote access when his ex-girlfriend called and confronted him.
The victim called a computer-savvy friend who told her how to block further attempts of remote access, police said. They added that the woman saw there were failed remote log in attempts and the woman was close to finding data on the computer when a new user account was created and blocked her access.
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Eventually, the woman unplugged the computer in an attempt to stop the person from getting further access to her computer, court papers say.
The woman then confronted Tarr again over the phone and he admitted to accessing her computer remotely. He said he watched and listened in on her using the system’s built-in webcam and microphone, court papers say.
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Police noted in court papers that Tarr denied to his ex-girlfriend via that he accessed her computer through his job at the school district.
“A forensic examination of [the woman’s] computer showed that it contained two administrator accounts that [the woman] advised did not belong to her and that she was not aware of this prior to March 17,” Detective Andrew Amoroso wrote in an affidavit of probable cause filed against Tarr.
Assistant District Attorney Chris Rees told LevittownNow.com that Tarr was found to be in possession of roughly 1,500 video and audio files recorded from his ex-girlfriend’s computer.
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Tarr built and serviced his ex-girlfriend’s computer in 2008, two years after the couple broke up. Tarr remained in contact with his ex-girlfriend after their 2006 breakup because they had a child together.
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