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By Kathy Antoniotti
Beacon Journal staff writer
POSTED: 12:24 p.m. EST, Nov 25, 2009
A Cuyahoga Falls man was arrested Monday for allegedly stalking a Barberton woman after he repeatedly called her on her missing cell phone to set up a date.
Randy Willgues, 32, was arrested by sheriff's detectives and deputies after setting up what he thought was a meeting with the 24-year-old woman at a Green restaurant to return the phone she thought she had lost at a Coventry Township bar.
Authorities believe Willgues might have taken the phone out of the woman's purse when she left it at a table to dance or to use the restroom.
After reporting to authorities that the man had called her several times over a two-week period asking for a romantic date, the woman agreed to meet him at the restaurant where undercover officers were waiting to arrest him.
''At that point, we didn't know if he knew what she looked like,'' said Sgt. Scott Cottle of the Summit County Sheriff's Office.
But when Willgues arrived, he recognized her and gave her back her phone.
As soon as she identified the phone, she got up to leave the restaurant, Cottle said.
''He followed her out of the restaurant and the fight was on,'' he said.
Willgues fought with deputies and tried to flee when they attempted an arrest, Cottle said.
Willgues was charged with receiving stolen property, menacing by stalking and resisting arrest. He was booked into the Summit County Jail.
Kathy Antoniotti can be reached at 330-996-3565 or kantoniotti@thebeaconjournal.com.
A Cuyahoga Falls man was arrested Monday for allegedly stalking a Barberton woman after he repeatedly called her on her missing cell phone to set up a date.
Randy Willgues, 32, was arrested by sheriff's detectives and deputies after setting up what he thought was a meeting with the 24-year-old woman at a Green restaurant to return the phone she thought she had lost at a Coventry Township bar.
Authorities believe Willgues might have taken the phone out of the woman's purse when she left it at a table to dance or to use the restroom.
After reporting to authorities that the man had called her several times over a two-week period asking for a romantic date, the woman agreed to meet him at the restaurant where undercover officers were waiting to arrest him.
''At that point, we didn't know if he knew what she looked like,'' said Sgt. Scott Cottle of the Summit County Sheriff's Office.
But when Willgues arrived, he recognized her and gave her back her phone.
As soon as she identified the phone, she got up to leave the restaurant, Cottle said.
''He followed her out of the restaurant and the fight was on,'' he said.
Willgues fought with deputies and tried to flee when they attempted an arrest, Cottle said.
Willgues was charged with receiving stolen property, menacing by stalking and resisting arrest. He was booked into the Summit County Jail.
Kathy Antoniotti can be reached at 330-996-3565 or kantoniotti@thebeaconjournal.com.
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Akron, OH
Posted 12:46 PM, 11/25/2009
No way this guy is guilty. I don't buy it.
AKRON, ohio
Posted 12:48 PM, 11/25/2009
He looks like he couldn't even get lovin in Barbertucky
Wadsworth, Oh
Posted 12:50 PM, 11/25/2009
wow what a scary dude.
Norka, Oh
Posted 12:50 PM, 11/25/2009
Hairstyle of the year.
Beverly Hills, Ca
Posted 12:52 PM, 11/25/2009
Obviously a fine young man ...
akron, oh
Posted 12:52 PM, 11/25/2009
Just keep him out of the chicken coop.
Akron, OH
Posted 01:02 PM, 11/25/2009
No wonder he has to resort to stalking and theft to score a date.
Akron, OH
Posted 01:07 PM, 11/25/2009
If he wants a date, tell him to get a haircut. And wash the dirt off his chin. Loser.
Mebbe an equally inbred friend told him the lost phone belonged to J Lo.
Farmington, NM
Posted 01:07 PM, 11/25/2009
Looks like a democrat.
Farmington, NM
Posted 01:08 PM, 11/25/2009
looks like a democrat
Canton, OH
Posted 01:11 PM, 11/25/2009
TOJ- now that's funny!
Posted 01:16 PM, 11/25/2009
Hey, that guy was my friend until he ran off with my wife. Dang, I miss him.
Akron, Ohio
Posted 01:16 PM, 11/25/2009
I would jail my daughter if she is even seen with someone looking like that. SCARY!
Waponi , Wu
Posted 01:31 PM, 11/25/2009
I'll bet nobody clicked on "View larger version".
Tallmadge, Oh
Posted 01:32 PM, 11/25/2009
Is this really a case of "stalking"? Or was this guy just being a Pr1ck? Theres surely a difference. No, he doesn't look like such a great guy but is he really guilty of stalking or just being a persistent jerk? If he stole the phone to contrive this entire situation that's a different story.
uniontown, oh
Posted 01:34 PM, 11/25/2009
Mom and Dad I would like you to meet my true love......Randy. Now before you say anything I have to tell you "we are going to have a baby".
Good luck "looser of the decade".
Posted 01:43 PM, 11/25/2009
And I present to you, the current President of the "Flock of Seaguls" fan club.
Akron, OH
Posted 01:47 PM, 11/25/2009
I thought he was rather attractive, with that stunning hair style and gorgeous bruise above is right eye! I hope the deputies were the one that gave it to him.
Barberton, oh
Posted 01:57 PM, 11/25/2009
http://bit.ly/5Wtyi6
Anti-Politically Correct & Anti-GOP, OH
Posted 02:12 PM, 11/25/2009
Obviously a Republican. Only Republicans are dumb enough to pull that off and get caught.
akron, oh
Posted 02:12 PM, 11/25/2009
Whoa! He is soooo hot! Cannot imagine why this hunk would have to stalk anyone. I mean look at that hair, arn't you just dying to run your fingers through it as you gaze into his dull bloodshot eyes? Women must be falling all over themselves for a date. Sighhhh
Anti-Politically Correct & Anti-GOP, OH
Posted 02:13 PM, 11/25/2009
Seriously though, only a stab back at the Tiny Quinn.....this guy looks like a total dirtbag.
Akron, OH
Posted 02:58 PM, 11/25/2009
This story will probably get spun into a an episode of Two and a Half Men. Allan's idea of picking up chicks. Steals their phones, claims to find them, meets them for drinks.
Wigues will probably sue. Naw, he'll look right at it & won't realize it's about him. Looks more like the Monday Night Raw type viewer, anyhow
Barberton, OH
Posted 03:20 PM, 11/25/2009
I know people can get desperate for a date, but this is crazy. You would think he would just go to some of the bars up in Lakewood and get the girls there drunk like everyone else does.
Demolition Falls, OH
Posted 03:44 PM, 11/25/2009
He should have tried eHarmony. Although, with their 29 dimensions of compatibility, he might end up finding love in some farmer's barnyard.
Kandi, SL
Posted 04:01 PM, 11/25/2009
I understand he's now shaved his head -- he watched his hero David Beckham lose the MLS Cup, and said, "The Hell with this Loser?"
N. Canton, Oh
Posted 04:07 PM, 11/25/2009
Wow...now I've seen it all....Oh and undoubtedly he is innocent..come on folks. Wouldn't you like having him at your Thanksgiving table tomorrow!!!!
Cuyahoga Falls, OH
Posted 05:09 PM, 11/25/2009
@Beardy.....As the turkey?
Akron, OH
Posted 05:09 PM, 11/25/2009
This guy's look is no worse than the sado-masochistic look and behavior of Adam Lambert in the AMA awards performance, and yet, Adam's record and video deals will probably increase from all the shock value he's put out.
Cuyahoga Falls, OH
Posted 05:24 PM, 11/25/2009
@BelieveGod
Lambert is probably not stealing property and stalking people.. What's your point???
akron, oh
Posted 05:52 PM, 11/25/2009
hairdo for the holiday???
what a turkey, more like a freak
Canton, OH
Posted 05:57 PM, 11/25/2009
WHATTA MAROON. . .
Posted 06:06 PM, 11/25/2009
The worst part ... He'll be back out on the street in no time!
Canton, Oh
Posted 06:09 PM, 11/25/2009
Now THAT looks like a real fine young man..And I did not click "View Larger Version" If I could have found a way to make it much smaller or disappear, I would have..
Tallmadge, Oh
Posted 07:22 PM, 11/25/2009
A prime example of why we have incest laws !!!
akron, Oh
Posted 07:43 PM, 11/25/2009
Can we assume that the dent on the right side of his forehead indicates that law enforcement has finished the trial and started the sentence?
Metairie, LA
Posted 08:01 PM, 11/25/2009
U-G-L-Y, You ain't got alibi.
You ugly, YAH YAH, you ugly.
akron, oh
Posted 08:15 PM, 11/25/2009
falls huh?not like i remember it...lol.
akron, oh
Posted 08:16 PM, 11/25/2009
that's why i got out.moved to akron...lol
Posted 08:42 PM, 11/25/2009
Scary looking guy.
Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio
Posted 08:54 PM, 11/25/2009
Ok I admit....I clicked the "view Larger version"...LOL. Scary dude.
Cuyahoga Falls, OH
Posted 08:55 PM, 11/25/2009
One step forward, two steps back in the name of Cuyahoga Falls. Thanks for that image booster
akron, oh
Posted 10:18 PM, 11/25/2009
hope they take off the baby factory so he won't reproduce. wouldn't you be proud of POS if this was you son?
new york, ny
Posted 10:34 PM, 11/25/2009
@mom of2: Get over yourself. It's a hair style/cut.I'm sure with a regular old everyday cut he'd look no different than one of yours! Remember when mohawks were popular? Were all who wore them POS? Try and use a little brain power when you post !!
Posted 10:57 PM, 11/25/2009
if he loved corn, would he be known as a stalker?
Metairie, LA
Posted 11:15 PM, 11/25/2009
Maybe he would look better with a mullet.
Posted 11:33 PM, 11/25/2009
Hey TruthPatrol, I was thinking more like Rose snuck in Charlies' house the night before his wedding and did this to his head.
Atlantic City, NJ
Posted 11:46 PM, 11/25/2009
Is Alltrouble the same guy with a different hair style???
akron, oh
Posted 12:16 AM, 11/26/2009
r e a l l y.........
WADSWORTH, OH
Posted 01:07 AM, 11/26/2009
I didnt know they made permanent black magic markers for hair and face coloring...
Akron, OH
Posted 01:31 AM, 11/26/2009
I ,AS a FATHER , WOULD HAVE DONE IN ME OWN Irish ways, to deal with this mud duck, cat litter throw away, and we know, he will be back out in 30 days......vermin, scum,.....and ...where does he work, with hair like George Clinton, but George plays the mighty funk, and cool, this guy will be playing flute in jail
Posted 02:31 AM, 11/26/2009
2leggedzoo quoting fishbone!
Akron, Ohio
Posted 02:59 AM, 11/26/2009
Jaja @ biblio =D
CuyahogaFalls, oh
Posted 07:20 AM, 11/26/2009
paddywhack, his job is seasonal, he works at the haunted house in akron. None of the girls at his church would date him so he had to resort to a low-life trick to try to get a date.
Lefty Lemmingville, Oh
Posted 08:07 AM, 11/26/2009
And the 2009 poster child for birth control is.....
Lefty Lemmingville, Oh
Posted 08:11 AM, 11/26/2009
Seriously, what number did he dial to contact her? He had her cell phone.
wads, OH
Posted 08:46 AM, 11/26/2009
Traditionalist, if he was using her phone as a ruse...and it was obvious from his
"persistence" the he is indeed a stalker..and if after being told no thanks a few times..and he kept it up...yep a stalker
Canal Fulton, Oh
Posted 09:27 AM, 11/26/2009
@Thunder31
WE think too much alike.I wondered the same thing.They shouldve explained that point,well at least touched on it!! lol.
Posted 11:43 AM, 11/26/2009
the Coventry Twp bar musta been on her cell addy list,,bartender"Hey babe its for you"
ProChoice, OH
Posted 11:52 AM, 11/26/2009
Hey people, stalking/sexual harassment is never funny. If this was a premediated act, he could've raped & killed her. Not funny, glad he got arrested.
akron, oh
Posted 12:49 PM, 11/26/2009
hey big apple guy--why pick on just me? other post here have the same general saying. know how sometimes you go with your feelings? well, this is one of them and he has it coming to him plus as they say first impressions mean alot--
Canton, Oh
Posted 04:00 PM, 11/26/2009
How did he call her if he had her phone?
akron, oh
Posted 05:40 PM, 11/26/2009
@Canton Bachelorette
maybe on the contact list she has her home phone #
listed.
Cuyahoga Falls, OH
Posted 06:30 PM, 11/26/2009
Got a new phone with the same #. Never thought some nut would have her old one with her # on it to stalk her. How many people lose their phones every day and go get a new one. It's inconvenient to have your # changed.
Dumb & Dumber, Oh
Posted 08:41 PM, 11/26/2009
On the contact list she's gonna put her home number with 'my home #' typed in?
And the old phone would be deactivated upon receiving a new one.
Akron, Oh
Posted 09:39 PM, 11/26/2009
I'm a little confused. If he had her phone in his possesion, whether he found it or stole it, how ine the heII was he calling her? If he had another number to reach her at, are they acquaintances?
Is this really stalking or just a guy trying to give a phone back or just desperate for a date?
Cuyahoga Falls, OH
Posted 10:36 PM, 11/26/2009
OMG, it's just not that hard.
akron, Oh
Posted 03:59 AM, 11/27/2009
geez....open your phone, check the phonebook is "home" listed? or do you have your own name as a number? how bout wife/girlfriend/boyfriend/roomate's name listed as a number??? is this too hard to fallow??? just like most pin #'s are birthdays/anaversery(ick) just like passwords are pet names or nicknames. that is how this twirp called her @ home. her home phone number was in her cell phone.
Canton, OH
Posted 07:53 AM, 11/27/2009
if i were any of her friends and she had my number in her cell i would be getting a little worried -hope he didn't copy any numbers down.
Although i think if he added a little blue and purple to the hair it would look ok.
Canal Fulton, Oh
Posted 09:48 AM, 11/27/2009
@Momof2,
Dont worry about him,I think he is desperate for attention.Hes done the same thing to me.Just dont ever reply to him,thats what he wants.
akron, oh
Posted 11:02 AM, 11/27/2009
Thunder... surprised you were the first one to notice it. I just read this, and I read it a couple times to see if it was just a lack of coffee, or if the article was really that messed up.
"he repeatedly called her on her missing cell phone" - really? If she is missing her cell phone - how can he call her on it? While most of us can figure out he found a number on the cell phone to reach her - it's really poor journalism.
akron, oh
Posted 11:06 AM, 11/27/2009
Thunder - don't get me wrong... not surprised you noticed, just that previous posters ignored that messed up writing.
Posted 04:41 PM, 11/27/2009
I've lived in Cuyahoga Falls all my life and I have to say after seeing this pic and story and the one about the guy making the explosives I need to seriously think about moving out of this hell hole.Never in my life would I have thought we would have this kind of crime. Not to mention all the sex offenders living here now.
Akron, OH
Posted 08:10 PM, 11/27/2009
She called her cell phone to see if anyone would pick up and say they found her phone. If you lost yours, wouldn't you call it to see if anyone picked up or you could hear it ringing around the house, in your car, etc? After she called her phone, the number she called from was on her phone... her phone in his possession. Get it? Got it? Gute.
clinton, oh
Posted 08:50 PM, 11/27/2009
I take it he isn't in her calling circle
Lefty Lemmingville, Oh
Posted 11:17 PM, 11/27/2009
Bear fan.....jeez! Thought you were calling me slow! Just kidding!
Vanilla Lightning, yours is the best explanation! Yeah, I've done that as well. They probably should've mentioned something like that in the article. Then again, ABJ reporting at its finest. Wherev'e ya been lately, vanilla?
Posted 01:49 AM, 11/28/2009
Nasty freaking Hillbilly
Posted 08:50 PM, 11/28/2009
you know i am happy you people think this guy i soo bad i know him as a friend and as a true person the night the paper says he did this witch is on a monday he was with me and my best friend at a bar on the northside i wish you people would leave him alone he is not a bad person or i would not be around him he has helped me threw my hard times and the night all this happend the chick was at the dorm in akron i should know i was there she was not in the bar she says and what dumb chick would leave her hand bag at a table in a bar where anyone can take her things maybe you guys should wake up and leave him alone and i wish people would get their story stright their is now 3 diffrent storys and they are all makeing this poor man look soo bad i do this out of my faith of god because i know he would not do this cause i am his girlfriend and i am sick of this junk
thank you
sara
Akron, Ohio
Posted 02:07 AM, 11/29/2009
You're his girlfriend, and married to a marine?
Posted 03:18 AM, 11/29/2009
no i am not nomore this is a name i made when i was married but yall need to leave this poor man alone
Akron, Ohio
Posted 03:37 AM, 11/29/2009
You're only prolonging it. This thread was 'bout dead. Most ohio.com stories' shelf lives only last a couple/three days. Then the posters move on to newer stories.
If he gets convicted or pleads out, will you be back?
Lefty Lemmingville, Oh
Posted 10:41 AM, 11/29/2009
Arrrgh! My eyes! My sense of the english language is bleeding out of my eyes!
Sara, who's a "witch" on Monday? You "threw" your hard times where? Nice run-on thesis. Care to buy, oh, about 25 periods?
YOU must not be at the dorm. You might end up getting an education.
Dumb & Dumber, Oh
Posted 11:36 AM, 11/29/2009
Sounds like a certain marine got smart and dumped his baggage.
