Woman accused of felony stalking
Police said she shattered several of the windows of his west Houston home, first with a tire iron, and then with a 5-foot sword.
She is accused of egging his house on several occasions, and posting pictures of herself bragging about it on her Facebook page.
Police say Toni Jo Silvey, 49, still reeling from a 2009 breakup with Houston leather artist Peter Main, also created an Internet persona - "woundedpo eticsoul" - that turned out to be very wounded indeed.
Silvey was arrested on Tuesday and charged with felony stalking. Court records show a magistrate set Silvey's bail at $25,000 and ordered her not to contact Main. She remained in Harris County Jail on Wednesday.
In June, Silvey started a blog that detailed the breakdown of their relationship and her post-breakup bad behavior in excruciating detail, calling him names and posting rambling rants about his relationship with a younger woman.
Silvey's criminal defense attorney, James Madison Ardoin III, declined comment Wednesday.
Main, 62, did not respond to a voicemail or an email seeking comment. Main told police officers he dated Silvey briefly in 2009 and has been reluctant to file charges against her because "he is afraid of angering (her) further."
Main told police that Silvey called him 1,001 times and sent him 712 emails over a span of less than three months, starting in mid-June. One day in August, she allegedly called him 146 times, investigators said.
According to the probable-cause affidavit in the case, Silvey started the blog in June, where she vacillated between name-calling, waxing philosophical about the end of their relationship and openly taunting Main.
The blog also includes excerpts of what appear to be emails between Main and another woman. Main reported that his email account was hacked in February.
Main told police he did not change his phone or email because he is self-employed and "it would be detrimental to his business."
He told police he saw Silvey shatter the leaded glass windows near his front door with a tire iron in July. He also said she smashed a kitchen window with a tire iron on Aug. 3, and then returned four days later and broke another kitchen window with a 5-foot sword.
Parked car rammed
That same day, Main told police, Silvey rammed her Chevy Blazer into his parked car, slamming it into the garage door and causing about $915 in damage.
Main also reported his house being "egged" several times by Silvey, and gave police a screen shot of Silvey allegedly bragging about it on her Facebook page.
In an interview with police, Silvey repeatedly told the officer to "read my blog, read my blog, it's all there."
The police officer reviewed the blog and online "and found numerous references to the damages to the complainant's property ... "
Last Friday, an officer with the Houston Police Department's Special Crimes Division called Silvey and warned her several times to leave Main alone, court records show. The officer explained to Silvey that she could face criminal charges if she didn't stop harassing him. woman called ex 1001, +woman windows sword, Peter Main 1,001 calls didn't want to anger her,
That afternoon, Main reported to police that Silvey was back, throwing eggs at his driveway.
Source:chron
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