{"id":253579,"date":"2026-05-01T06:23:20","date_gmt":"2026-05-01T06:23:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/253579\/"},"modified":"2026-05-01T06:23:20","modified_gmt":"2026-05-01T06:23:20","slug":"orange-county-firefighter-accused-of-cyberstalking-harassing-woman","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/253579\/","title":{"rendered":"Orange County firefighter accused of cyberstalking, harassing woman"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p data-v-871f4c88=\"\">OSCEOLA COUNTY, Fla. &#8211; An Orange County firefighter accused of cyberstalking his ex-girlfriend has been relieved of duty.<\/p>\n<p data-v-871f4c88=\"\">Cesar Sandoval-Macias, 28, was arrested on April 23 by the Osceola County Sheriff&#8217;s Office.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p data-v-871f4c88=\"\">Investigators said Sandoval-Macias is accused of cyberstalking his ex-girlfriend after their relationship ended in January.<\/p>\n<p data-v-871f4c88=\"\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fox35orlando.com\/fox-local\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">CLICK TO DOWNLOAD THE FOX LOCAL APP<\/a><\/p>\n<p data-v-871f4c88=\"\">Sandoval-Macias allegedly threatened to expose intimate photos his ex-girlfriend had shared with him during their relationship, according to investigators. In February, he created a fake TikTok profile with his ex-girlfriend&#8217;s name and posted a nude photo of her without her consent, investigators said.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p data-v-871f4c88=\"\">According to an arrest affidavit, Sandoval-Macias used multiple phone numbers and spoof numbers to try to contact his ex-girlfriend and intimidate her. He also left multiple insulting messages on her voicemail, according to investigators.<\/p>\n<p data-v-871f4c88=\"\">Investigators said they also received pictures and videos of Sandoval-Macias following his ex-girlfriend to and from work and parking outside her residence.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p data-v-871f4c88=\"\">Sandoval-Macias faces charges of cyberstalking and cyber harassment.<\/p>\n<p> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/wofl-cesar-sandoval-macias.jpg\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" fetchpriority=\"auto\" data-v-2fe2fe3e=\"\"\/>  <\/p>\n<p data-v-871f4c88=\"\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fox35orlando.com\/newsletters\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">SIGN-UP FOR FOX 35&#8217;S BREAKING NEWS, DAILY NEWS NEWSLETTERS<\/a><\/p>\n<p data-v-871f4c88=\"\">&#8220;Cesar Sandoval-Macias has been relieved of duty pending the outcome of an internal investigation,&#8221; Orange County Fire Rescue said in a statement.<\/p>\n<p data-v-871f4c88=\"\">The agency added that it is &#8220;committed to a thorough review of the matter.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p data-v-871f4c88=\"\">Sandoval-Macias has been with Orange County Fire Rescue since February 2023.<\/p>\n<p class=\"group-source-paragraph\" data-v-4fbf7207=\"\">The Source: This story was written with information from court documents and from the Osceola County Sheriff&#8217;s Office.<\/p>\n<p>    <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fox35orlando.com\/tag\/us\/fl\/orange-county\" class=\"tags-tag\" data-v-871f4c88=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Orange County News<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fox35orlando.com\/tag\/us\/fl\/osceola-county\" class=\"tags-tag\" data-v-871f4c88=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Osceola County News<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fox35orlando.com\/tag\/crime-publicsafety\" class=\"tags-tag\" data-v-871f4c88=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Crime and Public Safety<\/a> <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"OSCEOLA COUNTY, Fla. &#8211; An Orange County firefighter accused of cyberstalking his ex-girlfriend has been relieved of duty.&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":253580,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[630,47,115,1335,139,141,140,1976,628],"class_list":["post-253579","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-orlando","tag-crime-publicsafety","tag-fl","tag-news","tag-orange-county","tag-orlando","tag-orlando-headlines","tag-orlando-news","tag-osceola-county","tag-us"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/253579","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=253579"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/253579\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/253580"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=253579"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=253579"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=253579"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}