Orange County man pleads guilty to stalking Canadian 'World of Warcraft' gamer

A former Marine from Orange County pleaded guilty Monday to a federal stalking charge after he ran a lengthy harassment campaign against a professional gamer from Canada, according to authorities. Evan Baltierra, 29, of Trabuco Canyon faces up to five years in prison, according to the U.S. attorney's office for the Central District of California. Baltierra moderated the gamer's online channel, where she streamed live video of herself playing the popular multiplayer online role-playing game "World of Warcraft," after she and Baltierra met online, according to charging documents filed in federal court. They first met in person at the BlizzCon convention in Anaheim in November 2019, where the victim held a meet-and-greet event with her fans, according to the documents. Baltierra asked the woman to be his "valentine" online, but she refused because she was in a relationship.