FEDERAL STALKING CONVICTION

A SIOUX CITY MAN HAS BEEN CONVICTED OF INTERSTATE STALKING AFTER A FIVE DAY FEDERAL TRIAL.

24 YEAR OLD RALPH ROGERS WAS CONVICTED OF STALKING HIS ESTRANGED WIFE AND TRANSPORTING HER FROM SOUTH SIOUX CITY ACROSS STATE LINES TO SIOUX CITY WHILE USING A FIREARM DURING THE OFFENSE.

ROGERS WAS ACQUITTED OF KIDNAPPING CHARGES IN THE CASE. PROSECUTORS SAY HE USED A G-P-S  SYSTEM HE SECRETLY PLACED IN HIS ESTRANGED WIFE'S CAR TO TRACK HER TO HER NEW RESIDENCE.

ROGERS FACES UP TO 30 YEARS IN PRISON AND WILL BE SENTENCED AT A LATER DATE IN FEDERAL COURT.