A Hudson man's "friend request" on a social networking website was anything but ignored recently. It landed him in handcuffs on Sunday.
Pasco sheriff's deputies say 54-year-old Harry William Bruder Sr. violated the conditions of a domestic violence injunction against him July 20 when he friend-requested his estranged wife on Facebook.
On June 25, Bruder was served with the restraining order his wife, Carole Jean Bruder, 61, obtained from Pasco Judge Candy VanDercar. The injunction prohibits Bruder from not only being in face-to-face contact with Carole Bruder but from contacting her by e-mail, Internet messaging or any third party.
Carole Bruder contacted deputies Sunday after she discovered her e-mail password had been changed and she suspected her husband. She also told deputies that he twice friend-requested her on Facebook, the second time being July 22.
A deputy went to Harry Bruder's apartment, 12234 Windriver Lane Apt. 14, and confronted him about his wife's allegations.
"Yeah, I did it," he said when asked about the friend requests. He said he knew it was "stupid" and it violated the injunction, the report states
He also said he changed her e-mail password but did so because he thought she did the same to his account.
Bruder told the deputy he has been upset that he has to attend court-ordered counseling.
He is being held at the Land O' Lakes Jail on a charge of violating a domestic violence injunction. Bail is set at $5,000.
Email
Facebook
Google
Twitter
Favorites
More
Advertisement
Advertisement