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Man arrested in Provo for threatening mass shooting is serial online harasser who received lenient punishments

(Rick Bowmer | AP file photo) Christopher W. Cleary, 27, makes a court appearance in Provo, Utah, in Feb. 28, 2019. Cleary’s arrest for posting a Facebook threat to kill “as many girls as I see” fit a pattern of behavior for a troubled man with a history of terrorizing women he met over the internet. Cleary’s plea deal with Utah prosecutors fits a pattern of lenient punishments common for cyberstalking and online harassment cases. A judge who is scheduled to sentence Cleary on Thursday, May 23, must decide whether to accept prosecutors’ recommended sentence of probation.