It happens when someone repeatedly follows you, threatens you and harasses you. Someone must only do two of these three things to be charged with stalking. A stalker might follow you when you drive to work. He or she might wait for you outside of your home or office. A stalker might call you on the phone and make threats or hang up when you answer.
Some stalkers slash tires, vandalize homes and threaten their victims with weapons.
While a stalker's harassment and threats might at first seem just annoying and a little scary, they often lead to serious violence. Someone who stalks is someone who could hurt you. Stalkers have beaten, raped and murdered the people they stalked. Take a stalker's threats seriously. Very often, battered women are stalked by their abusers, especially if they try to end the relationship.