A man’s Facebook posts rose to the level of a true threat to kidnap children, a published ruling from the Fourth District Court of Appeal, Division Two.
The ruling also reversed the defendant’s conviction for perjury, finding that statements written in a proposed court order are not written under the penalty of perjury.
Robert Michael “Vanleeuwen” Tafoya was convicted by jury July 21, 2022, of stalking, eight counts of forgery, seven counts of perjury and attempted child kidnapping.
All charges stemmed from the long-term harassment and stalking of a woman he met at a restaurant. He claimed to have known the woman in high school, and that they had
