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Oh this is bizarre. And scary.
An old man was arrested today for not following a "restraining order that prohibited him from having any contact with employees of The Chronicle." Oh my. It seems that Julian Hartzell, 64, made "inappropriate contact" with some of the Chronicle staff this past summer. The paper then got themselves a restraining order against him, but he continued to try contacting employees. So? He was arrested.
What kind of inappropriate contact sparked all of this, you ask? We have no idea; for legal and safety, they can't tell us. Maybe the Chronicle accidentally walked in front of the TV during a 49ers game? Perhaps they burned dinner? Who knows. (But he's just going to hurt you again if you go back to him!)
Again, how scary. And seeing as how no one has tried to molest much less stalk little old SFist, we're a bit jealous. Anyway, yikes. Frightening stuff, indeed. Stay safe, Chron kids.
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Brock, what IS your home address?
Do they have an employees left to stalk? Them's is dry diggins, as they say in Reno.
I looked this up at court and it has something to do with emails and telephone, but it looks like the case is ongoing they didn't get a restraining order because hartzell filed something earlier today
this is the doc ket from the last two days
DEC-05-2007 REPLY TO DEFT'S RESPONSE TO OSC RE: WORKPLACE VIOLENCE TEMPORARY RESTRAINING ORDER FILED BY PLAINTIFF SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE, HEARST COMMUNICATIONS
DEC-03-2007 RESPONSE TO PETITION FOR INJUNCTION PROHIBITING HARASSMENT RE WORKPLACE VIOLENCE TEMPORARY RESTRAINING ORDER FILED BY DEFENDANT HARTZELL, JULIAN AS TO PLAINTIFF SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE, HEARST COMMUNICATIONS IFP
DEC-03-2007 APPLICATION FOR WAIVER OF 985.(I) CRC COURT FEES AND COSTS (CONFIDENTIAL) FILED BY DEFENDANT HARTZELL, JULIAN ORDER GRANTING WAIVER OF 985.(I) CRC COURT FEES AND COSTS
you could find out what it was if you went to court. The Chronicle might not have to tell Sfist, but they still have to tell the judge in open court
Interesting filings found on this at The San Francisco Superior Court web site (when it's working, access can sometimes be very spotty, like the court's 1200 baud modem gets overloaded or something).
To get the real juicy info a true journalist would have to go down to the Records Room to dig up the dirt.
I looked this up at court and it has something to do with emails and telephone, but it looks like the case is ongoing they didn't get a restraining order because hartzell filed something earlier today
this is the docket from the last two days
DEC-05-2007 REPLY TO DEFT'S RESPONSE TO OSC RE: WORKPLACE VIOLENCE TEMPORARY RESTRAINING ORDER FILED BY PLAINTIFF SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE, HEARST COMMUNICATIONS
DEC-03-2007 RESPONSE TO PETITION FOR INJUNCTION PROHIBITING HARASSMENT RE WORKPLACE VIOLENCE TEMPORARY RESTRAINING ORDER FILED BY DEFENDANT HARTZELL, JULIAN AS TO PLAINTIFF SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE, HEARST COMMUNICATIONS IFP
DEC-03-2007 APPLICATION FOR WAIVER OF 985.(I) CRC COURT FEES AND COSTS (CONFIDENTIAL) FILED BY DEFENDANT HARTZELL, JULIAN ORDER GRANTING WAIVER OF 985.(I) CRC COURT FEES AND COSTS
you could find out what it was if you went to court. The Chronicle might not have to tell Sfist, but they still have to tell the judge in open court
He was on a quest to locate Sharon Stone's panties...