The Continuing Saga of "The Stalker"

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When I last spoke to you all about my daughter's ex-boyfriend and his stalking her, I told you that the police had told him if they found him here again, they'd arrest him. He apparently believed them, because he stayed away for quite a while. In the meantime, he is constantly calling her, both at home and on her office number, texting and calling her incessantly using blocked numbers, and implying he'd be posting some dirt on her shortly. Then came Saturday night. At around 2AM, our doorbell rang setting off the dog to barking and becoming frantic about it. The BF had been texting her non-stop for over an hour up until that point. The bell only rang once, but the next day, when we went out in the car, we found that he had let the air out of all four tires and had messed up both side view mirrors. Effing psycho!!! Fortunately, there was enough air to go to get them filled, but they were all down to 22-26 lbs pressure from the original 34. She asked about getting a restraining order, but was told that unless they lived together or had a child together, they wouldn't do it. That she could only call while he was in the process of bothering her. That is absolutely ridiculous!! UPDATE: Just looked up the statute online and found that the cops are full of crap. If you're over 18 and have had a dating or cohabiting relationship with someone who does any of a large list of things that include criminal trespass, harassment and stalking, even if not pregnant, you can file for a restraining order. Sounds to me like the cops didn't want to be bothered.