Man Convicted of Stalking Philly Anchor

It is the one thing that scares a number of TV news anchors, especially females.

David Silvan was convicted of stalking WCAU Anchor Tracy Davidson.

Davidson told a judge she became “scared” when packages of lingerie, pornography and letters expressing romantic feelings for her were delivered from an unknown person to her Philly area home.

“I always felt very safe in my home. That was my sanctuary. I always felt very secure and very safe. That’s completely gone now,” Davidson testified in Montgomery County Court yesterday. “I was scared. Every time I received one I hoped it would stop.”

After a one-day, non-jury trial, Judge Steven T. O’Neill convicted Silvan, 42 of multiple misdemeanor charges of harassment and stalking, finding he annoyed and alarmed the popular morning news anchor by sending her lewd, lascivious or threatening materials on multiple occasions between October 2017 and January 2019.

“The court finds overwhelming circumstantial evidence as to each of the counts,” O’Neill said as he rendered the verdict.

Silvan did not react to the verdict.

The judge permitted Silvan to remain free on bail pending a sentencing hearing later this year. However, the judge placed additional bail restrictions on Silvan, ordering him to have no communication “in any form or manner” with Davidson and to stay away from her Ardmore home.

O’Neill ordered that Silvan undergo psychosexual and psychiatric evaluations in preparation for the sentencing hearing.

H/T The Mercury

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