Fort Myers, Florida – U.S. District Judge Sheri Polster Chappell today sentenced Bretton Howard Osborne (29, Punta Gorda) to 3 years and 8 months in federal prison for stalking and conspiracy to commit stalking. He was also ordered to complete 300 hours of community service.
Osborne’s co-defendant, Ian Douglas McGuire (30, Port Charlotte), was previously sentenced to 5 years in federal prison for the same offenses. Osborne and McGuire have also been ordered to pay victim restitution.
Osborne and McGuire had previously pleaded guilty.
According to court documents, between March 8, 2019, and June 27, 2019, McGuire and Osborne conspired together to stalk and harass victim “A.G.W.” — McGuire had a type of restraining order filed against him after filming the victim at the Punta Gorda farmers’ market. When McGuire found out about the injunction, he began to harass and stalk “A.G.W.”
Together they caused “substantial emotional distress to the victim,” court documents said.
Among other things, McGuire and Osborne posted videos of the victim on McGuire’s YouTube channel and pinned to those videos personal information of the victim. They also mailed items, including sex toys, fecal matter and a dead kitten to the victim and ordered services, food, and materials to be delivered to her home that she did not authorize.
They also left online reviews on “A.G.W.”‘s business accounts, falsely claiming the woman was a sexual predator and a Nazi supporter.
At the time of Osborne’s arrest, local media reported he had been a menace to his neighbors for years.
This case was investigated by the Charlotte County Sheriff’s Office, the Punta Gorda Police Department, the North Port Police Department, the Federal Bureau of Investigation, and the United States Postal Inspection Service. It was prosecuted by Chief Assistant United States Attorney Jesus M. Casas.
