Ex-highway patrol trooper faces cyberstalking charge

Associated Press

COLUMBUS

A former Ohio State Highway Patrol commander accused of stalking a subordinate’s wife put a GPS tracking device on her car so he could follow her after she ended their affair, federal authorities contended in a criminal complaint filed Wednesday.

The complaint filed in U.S. District Court in Columbus accuses former Marietta post commander William Elschlager of cyberstalking and deprivation of rights under color of law. Marietta is in southeast Ohio’s Washington County, about 125 miles southeast of Columbus.

The FBI affidavit says the 48-year-old Elschlager had an affair with another state trooper’s wife in 2015 and began stalking her after the relationship ended.