A pilot suspected of serial stalking is accused of following a woman from his car and has been arrested for the third time in the past four months.
Michael Arnold, 65, is accused of driving a maroon car behind a woman who has a protective order against him, stopping for a moment and then driving away, according to the Saratoga County Sheriff’s Office, NewsChannel 13 reported.
The latest incident happened on January 12 at Fort Hardy Park in Schuylerville, New York, police said Thursday, but law enforcement did not say whether the same victim was tied to the previous charges.
He was charged with criminal contempt and stalking, both misdemeanors, and is being held without bail.
The retired merchant marine was arrested three times in October after he allegedly flew his small single-engine plane over the home of 42-year-old Cassie Wilusz and took pictures of her property.
Arnold is accused of flying his single-engine plane over Cassie Wilusz’s home and sending threatening messages online. Saratoga Sheriff’s Office
During the law enforcement investigation, detectives uncovered a fake Facebook account that Arnold allegedly used to harass and threaten Wilusz’s daughter.
He said he didn’t recognize Wilusz on his way to Saratoga Town Court in October. “I don’t know him. He is crazy,” he said at the time.
However, Wilusz, who owns Revolution Cafe in the small village of Schuylerville, shared a video that allegedly shows him circling her home in his plane and following her in his car.
The pilot is accused of flying his small plane over Cassandra Wilusz’s house and following her in his car. Facebook / Revolution Cafe
He was arraigned on a laundry list of charges in October in Milton Town Court, Saratoga and Vermont Superior Court because he used a Vermont airport, where he was first arrested on October 3.
Despite the charges, he was released on bail after each arrest in October.
This time, he is being held in the Saratoga County Jail without bail.
Arnold was arrested three times in October for allegedly flying the small plane over the home of 42-year-old Cassie Wilusz and taking pictures of her property. FlugKerl2 / WikiPedia
Schuylerville Mayor Dan Carpenter told Fox News Digital in October that he was concerned about Arnold after he was indicted on nine counts of allegedly harassing messages.
“The public has concerns about his mental stability,” he said. “What is the next improvement? If it’s too far, is he willing to fly a plane to Cassie’s house? We live in a small residential area. That won’t just affect Cassie.”
Wilusz told Fox News Digital in October that Arnold was a former customer of the cafe who had terrorized her and her family since she denied his abusive behavior in November 2019.
Wilusz said he has been having nightmares since Arnold emailed him a photo of himself posing with a nude woman. He tells her he has crossed the line.
That’s when he allegedly began his campaign of harassment, flying over her house several times a week and following her in her car when she headed to work, walked her dog or took her daughter to school.
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