WASHINGTON, June 8 -- The U.S. Department of Justice's U.S. Attorney's office for XXXXXX (insert district) issued the following press release:
United States Attorney Lesley A. Woods announced that Jonas D. Saunders, 22, of Vernal, Utah, was sentenced on June 4, 2026, in federal court in Lincoln, Nebraska, for one count of cyberstalking and one count of using a telecommunications device to abuse, threaten, and harass. United States District Judge Susan M. Bazis sentenced Saunders to a total of 24 months' imprisonment. There is no parole in the federal system. After Saunders' release from prison, he will begin a 3-year term of supervised release.
Saunders met Victim 1 in the fall of 2021 when they were both freshman at the same university. ...