An Oregon man, Robert Cole Parmalee, 40, has been arrested and charged with breach of peace, electronic stalking and harassment of UConn women’s basketball star Paige Bueckers. Parmalee is being held on $100,000 bond and a Connecticut court has issued protected and no-contact orders for Bueckers.
According to police reports, Parmalee was first arrested on Aug. 27 after he was found walking on a highway near Hartford, Connecticut, and officers were alerted to the fact that he had an outstanding warrant in Oregon relating to an incident where he was accused of setting a house on fire. He told the arresting officers that he was going to see Bueckers and had an engagement ring and lingerie in his possession.
Parmalee was set to be extradited to Oregon until UConn police were notified that those charges were going to be dismissed. At that point, UConn police served a warrant on Friday relating to Parmalee’s stalking and harassment of Bueckers.
Parmalee began sending videos via Instagram to Bueckers in February, though she told police she did not respond. Since then, Parmalee had made numerous social media posts regarding Bueckers and even emailed the school’s communications department in June.