{"id":99969,"date":"2026-01-29T18:40:06","date_gmt":"2026-01-29T18:40:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/99969\/"},"modified":"2026-01-29T18:40:06","modified_gmt":"2026-01-29T18:40:06","slug":"pa-man-arrested-for-stalking-harassing-nj-gov-mikie-sherrill","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/99969\/","title":{"rendered":"PA man arrested for stalking, harassing NJ Gov. Mikie Sherrill"},"content":{"rendered":"

A Pennsylvania man was arrested Wednesday for stalking and harassing New Jersey Gov. Mikie Sherrill<\/a>, authorities said.<\/p>\n

Stephen Cilurso<\/a>, a 72-year-old Aldan, Pa., resident, was detained by U.S. Marshals, the agency said in a social media post. New Jersey State Police issued a warrant for his arrest on Jan. 22.<\/p>\n

Cilurso \u201cleft sexually explicit and derogatory messages<\/a>\u201d in multiple calls to Sherrill, a Democrat, in October and November 2025, when she was running for governor, police said. She defeated her Republican opponent, Jack Ciattarelli, and was sworn in on Jan. 20.<\/p>\n

Though investigators did not publicly speculate on Cilurso\u2019s motivation for the calls, he previously pleaded guilty in a similar case involving U.S. Rep. Madeleine Dean<\/a>, a Democrat representing Pennsylvania\u2019s 4th Congressional District. Just as he does not live in New Jersey, Cilurso does not live in Dean\u2019s district.<\/p>\n

In 2021, Cilurso made a series of \u201cvulgar, obscene and sexually explicit\u201d calls to Dean\u2019s office during President Trump\u2019s second impeachment trial. Cilurso told police he was angered by the trial and supported Trump.<\/p>\n

Cilurso told investigators \u201cwhen he gets into drinking he has a dirty mouth<\/a>,\u201d according to a criminal complaint filed against him. He eventually pleaded guilty and was sentenced to 365 days of probation, which would have expired prior to his calls to Sherrill\u2019s office.<\/p>\n

U.S. Capitol Police said Wednesday threats against congressional representatives and senators<\/a> skyrocketed in 2025, revealing they investigated more than 14,000 cases. That could have included Cilurso\u2019s calls to Sherrill, who represented New Jersey\u2019s 11th District from 2019 to 2025.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A Pennsylvania man was arrested Wednesday for stalking and harassing New Jersey Gov. Mikie Sherrill, authorities said. Stephen…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":99970,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[202,241,6744,139,28,30,29],"class_list":["post-99969","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-pennsylvania","tag-crime-and-public-safety","tag-latest-headlines","tag-national-news","tag-news","tag-pennsylvania","tag-pennsylvania-headlines","tag-pennsylvania-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/99969","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=99969"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/99969\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/99970"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=99969"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=99969"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=99969"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}