Man is found guilty of stalking ex-girlfriend

The Superior Court has found a man guilty of stalking his ex-girlfriend, among other charges, following a bench trial last week.

Superior Court Associate Judge Wesley Bogdan found Sergio M. Rangamar, 45, guilty of stalking in the second degree and disturbing the peace following a bench trial that ended on March 23.

Bogdan said that after considering the testimony of the witnesses, exhibits, and after hearing the arguments of counsels, he found the evidence presented proof of guilt beyond a reasonable doubt for stalking in the second degree, and disturbing the peace-domestic violence.

“This court is satisfied that the Commonwealth did prove beyond a reasonable doubt that defendant’s course of conduct, a series of two or more acts, interfered with the victim to the point of causing her to fear for her safety and suffer emotional distress,” he said.

The judge allowed Rangamar to wait out his sentencing under his pre-trial release conditions. He was ordered to return to court on May 26, at 10am for his sentencing hearing.

During the three-day bench trial, the court heard testimonies from five different witnesses.

The five witnesses testified that on several occasions, Rangamar had called up the victim at work, would show up at her job site randomly, and would even drive by her home to check on her.

According to court documents, Rangamar’s former girlfriend called the police to report that Rangamar used to beat her up when they were still together. She told police that she and Rangamar were in a relationship from 2011 to 2012 before he suddenly moved to the U.S mainland.

But them on May 8, while the victim was working a graveyard shift, Rangamar allegedly showed up at the Commonwealth Health Center emergency room at around 12am after allegedly lying that he needed medical attention. The victim claims he walked up to her work station to greet her “Happy Mother’s Day” and leaned in for a hug, which she refused.

On May 10, the victim said she received a call from her sister, who told her that Rangamar had driven to her mother’s house to contact her. A few days later, on May 14, while she was leaving CHC after her graveyard shift, the victim said she saw Rangamar standing in the parking lot near the emergency room so she immediately went back inside.

The victim also told police that she had been seeing the same vehicle outside her apartment for the past two weeks but was unsure whether it belonged to Rangamar because the person inside had the seat leaned back and wore a cap that covered the person’s face. She later confirmed that it was indeed Rangamar after seeing the same vehicle at the gas station operated by Rangamar while wearing the same cap.