Orange County Man Pleads Guilty to Stalking Professional Gamer Since 2020

Orange County Man Pleads Guilty to Stalking Professional Gamer Since 2020
Guests test out the new World of WarCraft expansion at BlizzCon 2017 at Anaheim Convention Center in Anaheim, Calif., on Nov. 3, 2017. Joe Scarnici/Getty Images
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An Orange County man pleaded guilty last week to a federal criminal charge for stalking and harassing a Canadian professional online gamer for almost two years.

Evan Baltierra, 29, of Trabuco Canyon, Calif., was accused of stalking, a crime that carries a maximum sentence of five years in federal prison.