Iowa City woman arrested after harassing victim on Facebook
Hunter
05/26/22
An Iowa City woman was taken into custody after allegedly using social media to harass a victim.
Police say 34-year-old Yvette Dolezal of Westbury Court posted a status to Facebook the evening of May 20th. In the post, she allegedly used the victim’s name and called her multiple derogatory names. The post goes on to tell people to, quote, “blow her ess up” and call her the same derogratory terms Dolezal used.
The police report states that the names used by Dolezal are so vulgar, they were not stated.
Upon contact, Dolezal admitted to writing the post; she had been given a verbal warning in April not to harass the victim.
A warrant was issued for Dolezal’s arrest on May 23rd; She was taken to the Johnson County Jail early Wednesday morning and charged with 3rd degree harassment, a simple misdemeanor. Judge Deborah Minot sentenced Dolezal to 12 hours time served and a no-contact order was issued.