United States Attorney David Metcalf announced on September 8th that 60-year-old Scott Testa of Lafayette Hill was arrested and charged by indictment with two counts of cyberstalking, due to the alleged online conduct targeting a local government official, a police officer, and their families.
The defendant appeared in federal court on September 8th for a hearing before U.S. Magistrate Judge Scott W. Reid, at which Testa was ordered detained in federal custody pending trial.
The indictment alleges that, on multiple dates in April 2026, Testa, with the “intent to harass and intimidate two victims affiliated with Whitpain Township, used the internet and/or electronic mail to engage in a course of conduct that caused, attempted to cause, and would be reasonably expected to cause substantial emotional distress to the victims.”…