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| September 7, 2002 | Saturday | Jamadi-us-Saani28,1423 |
Serena stalker to be deported
NEW YORK, Sept 6: A German man jailed on charges of stalking tennis star Serena Williams pleaded guilty on Thursday and will be sent home after being given a conditional discharge and ordered to seek psychiatric care.
Queens Criminal Court judge Suzanne Melendez said Albrecht Stromeyer, 34, would be transferred to an Immigration and Naturalization Service detention center, which will arrange his deportation to Frankfurt within the next few days.
Melendez also issued an order of protection that Stromeyer refrain from contact with Williams and her family and stay away from tennis tournaments or face up to a year in jail.
Stromeyer, who has pursued world number one Williams around the world and made numerous attempts to contact her, was found peering through a fence at the U.S. Tennis Center Saturday while the player warmed for a match at the U.S. Open.
In July, a British Magistrates Court ordered Stromeyer to stay out of trouble for 12 months after he smashed a police camera.
Stromeyer was extradited from Italy in May to face charges of stalking Williams.
Two months earlier, he had walked into an Arizona resort where Williams was playing and asked to see her. When he was turned down, the German began undressing in front of the desk clerk. He was charged with disorderly conduct and indecent exposure.—Reuters
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