----You know we use to call some of the fans in Philly mutants, as some of my long time readers will remember. You know you guys that were originally with me with the snail mail version of Riot. And, I have always said that I think Star Trek fans are much like wrestling fans. LOL
A Burlingame man convicted six years ago of hounding an actress from the "Star Trek Voyager" TV series has pleaded not guilty to stalking a professional female wrestler and members of a Hayward wrestling club, prosecutors said.
Marlon Pagtakhan, 29, entered his plea Tuesday in San Mateo County Superior Court after being accused of stalking the female wrestler from Illinois and stalking, harassing and threatening the Hayward club members after they told him he couldn't wrestle with them anymore, Deputy District Attorney Steve Wagstaffe said. He faces two felony counts for the alleged threats and 14 counts of stalking.
Pagtakhan is known to readers of celebrity tabloids as the man who stalked Jeri Ryan -- who played the Borg character on "Voyager" named Seven of Nine -- and threatened her boyfriend, a producer on the show, in 2000. He was convicted the next year in Los Angeles County.
"After he finished his time I guess he decided he needed a new place to live, and unfortunately he found our county and became a resident of Burlingame," Wagstaffe said.
Wagstaffe said Pagtakhan's method of stalking the professional wrestler was similar to what he did to Ryan.
"It was a romantic interest," he said. "He used cell phones, e-mail --
apparently he's a rabid text messager and instant messager. ... He also traveled to (Illinois) to see her."
Pagtakhan came to the attention of Burlingame police after members of the Hayward wrestling group reported that he had been harassing and threatening them, Wagstaffe said. He threatened to kill two people and hurt another, the prosecutor said, and also made "crude sexual references to women."
Pagtakhan wrestled with the Hayward club at one point but was asked to leave because he was "weird," Wagstaffe said.
Police obtained records of Pagtakhan's e-mail and cell phone accounts and determined that he was also harassing the Illinois wrestler, who had not reported the alleged stalking to police, Wagstaffe said.
On Saturday, Wagstaffe said, Pagtakhan parked outside the Hayward wrestling club, put his boxing gloves on top of the car and started shouting.
"He was screaming, 'Come out, I will fight anyone of you,' " Wagstaffe said. "Hayward police came out and took him into custody and called Burlingame."
Pagtakhan is in custody on $800,000 bail and is scheduled to appear in court for a preliminary heading Aug. 23. He will be assigned a defense attorney through the county's private defender program.
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