A man accused of stalking UConn star Paige Bueckers is found with an engagement ring near airport

A person accused of stalking and harassing UConn basketball star Paige Bueckers mentioned on social media that he meant to marry her and had an engagement ring and lingerie in his possession when he was arrested close to a Connecticut airport, in response to police studies.

Robert Cole Parmalee, 40, posted statements on TikTok and despatched emails to College of Connecticut officers that confirmed an infatuation with Bueckers and included threats, police mentioned.

Parmalee, whose final identified addresses have been in Grants Cross, Oregon, and Ritzville, Washington, was ordered detained on $100,000 bail Monday after being arraigned on the costs within the courthouse in Rockville, Connecticut. He was additionally ordered to steer clear of an individual named in court docket as “P.B.” and banned from the UConn campus in Storrs.

His public defender didn’t instantly return an e mail searching for remark Tuesday.

Parmalee was initially arrested on Aug. 27 whereas strolling alongside a freeway close to Bradley Worldwide Airport close to Hartford. He instructed a state trooper that he had simply flown in from the Pacific Northwest and was on his approach to see Bueckers at UConn, the police studies mentioned, including he was discovered with a hoop and lingerie.

The trooper took Parmalee into custody when he realized there was an arrest warrant out of Josephine County, Oregon, accusing Parmalee of setting a house on fireplace with roommates and pets inside, police mentioned.

Parmalee had posted photographs, movies and feedback about Bueckers on TikTok and different social media platforms and had been emailing UConn officers since June with rambling feedback together with his need to marry Bueckers, police mentioned. The postings and emails initially didn’t warrant legal expenses, however his feedback grew to become alarming over time, the studies mentioned.

An arrest warrant affidavit redacts the identify of the UConn scholar at whom Parmalee’s posts have been directed and names her solely as “V1,” however says Parmalee posted on social media about his need to marry V1.

“Parmalee has proven a continuous, escalating habits and directed effort to make digital postings about V1 and threats towards these shut with V1 which has triggered emotional misery over the previous two weeks for V1,” a UConn police officer wrote within the affidavit dated Friday.

V1 instructed police that she found that Parmalee had been sending varied movies to her Instagram direct messages since February, however they weren’t threatening. She mentioned she didn’t reply to the messages. She mentioned she grew to become involved for the protection of herself, her household and her teammates after studying of Parmalee’s arrest close to the airport.

In a TikTok posting reviewed by The Related Press, Parmalee referred to a photograph of Bueckers and an unnamed man, writing, “That is value it for this man, huh? … this is only one man, I’ll sacrifice him, no issues, no questions requested.” The police studies point out that put up and seek advice from V1.

In one other put up, he talked about bringing V1 flowers and discovering her mom’s residence, police mentioned. He additionally wrote in a distinct put up that if he can not reside with the girl of his selecting — referring to V1 — then, “I’ll select to die, and I’ll select to take all of you that pose me, oppose us, to hell.” He additionally tells V1 that “if you happen to permit them to the touch you, you permit them to die,” in response to the police studies.

In a TikTok put up earlier than he arrived in Connecticut, Parmalee wrote, “I’m coming to UCONN Paige Madison Bueckers, I’ll be in Hartford tomorrow morning,” and included a photograph of himself with airline tickets at an airport.

Parmalee was initially detained on the arson warrant out of Oregon earlier than being charged with felony stalking and misdemeanor harassment and breach of peace by UConn police.

The police studies say Parmalee has a legal historical past relationship again to 2002 that features arrests for misdemeanor sexual abuse, harassment, housebreaking, driving below the affect and possession of methamphetamine. Police officers in Oregon instructed Connecticut authorities that they had no info associated to psychological well being calls related to Parmalee.