FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
| Date: | September 15, 2020 |
| Contact: | Emily Lowe Public Information Officer 208-287-7700 |
| RE: | State v. Carl Mitchell – Sentencing |
BOISE – A Texas man will serve up to five years in prison for stalking a woman he harassed via text messages, phone calls, social media, a security monitoring system in her home, and for offering to pay her to stop a law enforcement investigation into the stalking.
Carl Mitchell, 28, was arrested in May 2020 and charged with felony malicious injury to property, felony witness intimidation and misdemeanor second-degree stalking.
From April 2020 to May 2020, Mr. Mitchell sent the victim harassing texts from 20 to 30 different numbers contacting her hundreds of times from the various numbers, recorded her phone conversations she had with other people and monitored her with a security system he set up for her during their brief relationship. The malicious injury to property charge came when he keyed the victim’s vehicle while she was staying at a hotel.
In July 2020, Mr. Mitchell pleaded guilty to intimidating a witness and second-degree stalking.
On Monday, Ada County District Judge Steven Hippler sentenced Mr. Mitchell to serve five years in prison with two years to be served before being eligible for parole. Judge Hippler will enter a no contact order prohibiting the defendant from contacting the victim.
At the sentencing, Judge Hippler described the defendant’s behavior as “beyond shocking” and stated Mr. Mitchell subjected the victim to “pure hell.”
“Thank you to the victim for having the courage to report these crimes to law enforcement, and thank you to the Boise Police Department for their thorough investigation,” said Jan M. Bennetts, Ada County Prosecutor.
The FACES of Hope Victim Center offers free assistance to stalking victims.