Teen social media influencer’s dad catches obsessed man in driveway, FL cops say
A man obsessed with a 14-year-old social media influencer traveled more than 1,000 miles from Pennsylvania to West Florida to track her down, according to investigators.
It happened Monday, Aug. 18, and ended in a confrontation with the girl’s dad in her family’s driveway, the Walton County Sheriff’s Office said in an Aug. 20 news release.
Jarred Easter, 29, of Trevose, Pennsylvania, is accused of developing a “delusional online fixation” on the girl, who lives with her family in Walton County, the sheriff’s office said. Her social media identity was not released.
“Easter spent three months sending disturbing emails, nude photographs, and obsessive messages to the email account connected to the victim’s social media page. The conversations were entirely one-sided, revolving around photos the child had publicly posted,” the sheriff’s office said.
“Easter tracked the teen’s location through her online presence and ultimately showed up at her Walton County residence, where he confronted the child’s father in the driveway, asking to speak with her. After demanding Easter leave, the father called the Walton County Sheriff’s Office.”
Deputies tracked the man to a hotel in nearby Okaloosa County and he was arrested by the Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Office, officials said.
Easter has been charged with “numerous counts of sending harmful material to a minor, traveling to meet a minor for sex, and using a computer to solicit a child,” the sheriff’s office said. Bond was set at $250,000.
“We are grateful the victim wasn’t harmed, and we are working tirelessly to ensure there are no other victims connected to this (suspect),” Walton County Sheriff Michael Adkinson said in the release.
When released on bond, Easter will be required to wear a GPS monitor and will not be allowed to have contact with minors or access to the internet, officials said.
This story was originally published August 21, 2025 at 6:51 AM with the headline "Teen social media influencer’s dad catches obsessed man in driveway, FL cops say."