Stalking and Harassment Private Investigator

How a Stalking Investigator Documents a Harassment Case

• Incident documentation: Organize dates, locations, messages, calls, photographs, witnesses, reports, and other available evidence into a clear chronology.
• Identity and background research: Research known identifiers, aliases, addresses, court records, business affiliations, and open sources when there is a lawful purpose.
• Lawful surveillance: Document relevant activity from public places or authorized locations when the scope is appropriate and safe.
• Witness development: Identify and interview people who may have observed relevant events.
• Attorney and law-enforcement support: Provide organized findings for review by counsel or authorities without promising a particular response or legal outcome.
• Security assessment: Identify practical vulnerabilities and consider whether TSCM, access-control, or other qualified security services are appropriate.

JRS Investigations does not confront suspected offenders, trespass, impersonate others, hack accounts, intercept private communications, or use unlawful tracking. The client should not attempt to provoke or arrange contact for investigative purposes.

Florida and North Carolina Stalking Laws Behind the Case

In Florida, stalking is willfully, maliciously and repeatedly following, harassing or cyberstalking another person (Florida Statute 784.048); adding a credible threat makes it aggravated stalking, a felony. A victim can ask the circuit court for an injunction for protection against stalking under Florida Statute 784.0485 without being related to the person. Secretly putting a tracking device or tracking app on someone's car or phone is a separate crime under Florida Statute 934.425.

In North Carolina, stalking is a course of conduct that would make a reasonable person fear for their safety or suffer substantial emotional distress (N.C.G.S. 14-277.3A). A civil no-contact order under Chapter 50C covers someone who is not a partner or family member; a domestic violence protective order under Chapter 50B covers current or former partners and household members.

Those petitions are decided on a pattern of dated incidents. JRS builds that pattern: a source-based timeline, identification of the person behind the conduct where that can be done lawfully, witness statements and surveillance notes your attorney or the court can read.

Why Stalking Injunctions Get Denied, and the Evidence That Helps

Florida courts can issue an injunction for protection against stalking or cyberstalking under section 784.0485, but appeals courts regularly reverse or deny them when the petitioner cannot prove at least two separate incidents with competent, substantial evidence, or cannot connect anonymous messages or accounts to the person named. A single incident, a general feeling of fear or screenshots that cannot be tied to anyone are often not enough.

An investigation is built to close those gaps: a dated log of each incident with times, places and witnesses; lawful surveillance that documents repeated following or appearances; preserved posts, messages and account details showing who controls them; and records research linking vehicles, phone numbers or accounts to the person. In North Carolina the same record supports a Chapter 50C civil no-contact order. Your attorney decides how the evidence is presented.

Who Works Your Stalking or Harassment Case

JRS Investigations is owned and run by Jody Stacy, a private investigator and former police officer at both the state and federal level, with more than 25 years of experience. Florida agency license A 2400330; North Carolina PI license 906236. Stalking files are handled quietly: no contact with the suspected person, no pretext calls, and nothing done that could make the situation worse for you.

Questions People Ask Before Hiring a Stalking Investigator

How much does a stalking investigation cost?

In Florida, JRS bills $125 per hour against a 25- or 40-hour retainer; the total depends on how much documentation, research and surveillance the case needs. North Carolina cases are quoted after the free consultation. A Florida vehicle or home check for trackers and hidden devices is quoted by property size, not a flat rate.

Can you find out who is behind an anonymous account or a texting-app number?

Sometimes. Open-source research, writing and timing patterns, and links to people already in your life can point to the person; your attorney or police can then ask the platform or carrier for subscriber records through a subpoena or other legal process. JRS does not hack accounts or buy phone records.

Will the person find out I hired an investigator?

Not from JRS. Research and surveillance are done without contacting the suspected person, and reports go only to you or your attorney. If the case goes to an injunction or no-contact hearing, evidence used there is shared with the other side.

How quickly can you start?

Records research and the incident timeline can usually begin within a day or two of the consultation and retainer. Surveillance is scheduled around the days the conduct tends to happen, such as arrivals at work, school pickups or weekends.

My stalking injunction was denied. Can an investigator help with a new petition?

Often, yes. Denials usually come from too little proof of separate incidents or no proof of who was behind them. JRS documents new incidents as they happen, ties accounts, vehicles and numbers to the person where records allow, and organizes everything by date so your attorney can decide whether and when to refile.