Convicted Stalker Waves at Neighbor, Caught Near Prior Victim’s Home

A Brooklyn Center man faces a felony stalking charge after reportedly e-mailing a prior stalking victim and waving at a neighbor who knew the woman had a restraining order against him, according to court documents filed earlier this month.

The unidentified neighbor told Minnetonka police that she’d seen 49-year-old Mark Andrew Kranz on April 20 near the home where the stalking victim lives, Officer Samantha Johnson wrote in the charging document. The neighbor added that Kranz waved at her when she drove past him.

Officers spoke with the woman who had the restraining order against Kranz. She told officers that she told them that she had a domestic abuse no contact order in place because Kranz was convicted of stalking her in 2012.

Court records show that Kranz has been convicted of:

• Misdemeanor violation of restraining order on May 29, 2012
• Gross misdemeanor stalking on May 29, 2012
• Felony stalking on Oct. 18, 2012
• Felony violation of a domestic abuse no contact order on May 28, 2013.

The stalking victim said Kranz had been e-mailing her and that she was “extremely fearful” of him, according to the court documents. Officers reviewed three e-mails he had written Feb. 11, 26 and 28.

Prosecutors have charged Kranz with “a pattern of stalking”—a felony with a maximum penalty of 10 years and a $20,000 fine.