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State to State Stalker Nabbed in Wilkes-Barre

State to State Stalker Nabbed in Wilkes-Barre - Wednesday, September 12, 2007 at 6:13PM EST

Wednesday, Sep 12, 2007 @06:13pm EST
HE ALLEGEDLY STALKED SEVERAL WOMEN IN HALF A DOZEN STATES...BUT TONIGHT HE'S IN THE LUZERNE COUNTY JAIL TONIGHT. 32 YEAR OLD JEFFREY HERGBERT OF WILKES-BARRE WAS ARRESTED SUNDAY NIGHT, AND HE'S FACING A LAUNDRY LIST OF CHARGES. FROM WILKES-BARRE, TO WAYNE COUNTY, POLICE SAY HERBGERT PREYED ON YOUNG WOMEN. IT WAS HERE AT HOWE'S CONVENIENT MART.AND HERE AT KAYS RESTAURANT IN LAKE ARIEL THAT POLICE SAY JEFFREY HERGBERT HARASSED AND GOT PHYSICAL WITH TWO TEENAGE GIRLS.D THE WILKES-BARRE MAN ALSO ALLEGEDLY BLOCKED A 16 YEAR OLD GIRL IN HER DRIVEWAY IN LAKE TOWNSHIP. ALL THREE TIMES, HERBGERT ALLEGEDLY ASKED FOR PERSONAL INFORMATION, POSED AS A VACUUM CLEANER SALESMAN, EVEN OFFERED THE GIRLS MODELING JOBS. WAYNE COUNTY DISTRICT ATTORNEY MICHAEL LEHUTSKY SAYS, “I wouldn't even begin to vouch for what's legit for this guy because part of these allegations is to constantly be on the make, essentially looking to hand out jobs, this and that. So I don't know that anything he says is necessarily true." LEHUTSKY SAYS HERBGERT HAS AN OUTSTANDING WARRANT IN IDAHO FOR SIMILAR STALKING CHARGES. HE ALSO HAS MISDAMEANOR HARASSMENT CHARGES IN 5 OTHER STATES. BUT SUNDAY NIGHT, IT CAME TO AN END. HERGBERT APPROACHED A WOMAN AT A CHURCH ON SOUTH WASHINGTON STREET IN WILKES-BARRE. SHE TOLD POLICE, AND HERBGERT HOPPED IN HIS VAN. HE LED POLICE ON A CHASE, AND WHEN THEY PULLED HIM OVER HE GOT PHYSICAL LANDING HIM NEW ASSAULT, AND ELUDING ARREST CHARGES.... NOW HE'S IN LUZERNE COUNTY JAIL ON 150 THOUSAND DOLLARS BAIL. SINCE SUNDAY’S ARREST, 3 MORE PEOPLE HAVE COME FORWARD, SAYING THEY WERE ALSO APPROACHED BY HERGBERT.