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Katie Barnes, ESPN.com
VERNON, Conn. — A 40-year-old man arrested for stalking UConn basketball star Paige Bueckers pleaded responsible Wednesday to a second-degree cost at Rockville Superior Court.
Robert Cole Parmalee of Grants Pass, Oregon, obtained a one-year suspended sentence and three years’ probation. According to the plea settlement, Parmalee should abide by the protecting order that has been in impact since Sept. 16 and can stay in place till Jan. 4, 2064 and adjust to therapy suggestions for his psychological well being.
He is barred from the state of Connecticut throughout his three-year probation.
In addition, Parmalee is barred from arenas, inns and follow amenities the place the UConn ladies’s basketball crew is current. The State’s Attorney additionally added that the WNBA has barred him from all arenas and follow amenities.
Parmalee apologized in court docket to the state of Connecticut, its residents and to UConn. According to his legal professional, Parmalee is booked on a Wednesday night flight to Washington.
Bueckers and UConn coach Geno Auriemma declined to remark by a spokesperson.
“My shopper had requested that [Parmalee] return dwelling, get the analysis and therapy that he wants, and that she be left alone,” stated legal professional Robert Britt, who represented Bueckers at Wednesday’s listening to. “We’re very pleased with that.”
Parmalee was arrested by Connecticut State Police on Aug. 27 whereas he was strolling alongside a freeway close to Bradley International Airport in Windsor Locks. According to UConn Police, Parmalee advised state police that he was going to see Bueckers. Prior to his arrest, Parmalee posted on social media that he was touring to Connecticut to suggest to Bueckers and to get her expelled from UConn.
He had been held on $100,000 bond since his arrest.
UConn Police rearrested Parmalee on Sept. 13 and charged him with breach of peace, digital stalking and harassment. Parmalee can be known as “Parmelee” on varied social media accounts.
According to UConn Police, officers in UConn’s communications division obtained messages from Parmalee in June that police described as “rambling.” His social media exercise contained dozens of references to Bueckers, together with a publish with a pretend wedding ceremony invitation and a number of images of Parmalee with what seems to be an engagement ring.
According to an affidavit on the appliance for an arrest warrant, Parmalee started sending movies by way of social media to Bueckers, recognized in court docket paperwork as Victim 1, in February. According to the affidavit, Bueckers by no means responded, however started worrying for the protection of her family and friends in September, main her to offer an announcement to UConn Police.
