AIDS

Man accused of falsely telling woman he gave her AIDS

Published in Vaccine Weekly, February 11th, 2004

An Erie, Pennsylvania, man has been charged with terroristic threats for falsely telling a woman that he gave her AIDS, police said.

Richard Forness, Jr., 22, of Erie, was also charged with harassment and disorderly conduct stemming from the alleged incident.

A woman told police in December, 2003, that she had sex with a man she had met on the Internet. When she returned home, police said, she received a computer message saying that the man had AIDS and was going to pass the disease to everyone he could.

Police arrested Forness the week of January 5, 2004.

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