CLEVELAND — Security company owner Robert Hocevar, who was found guilty of stalking seven women after installing their security systems, was sentenced to 22.5 to 26.5 years in prison last week in Cuyahoga County Court, according to a WVVA report.
Hocevar also has to register as a Level 1 sex offender, the report says.
Between February 2021 and January 2025, Hocevar installed systems at three businesses and two residences in Lakewood, Brecksville, Lyndhurst, Westlake and Mayfield Heights, said Cuyahoga County Prosecutor Michael O’Malley in the report.
After installing the systems, Hocevar would access the systems without consent and send the female victims unwanted sexually explicit messages, photos and videos, said O’Malley, according to the WVVA report.
Hocevar also left sexually explicit objects at three of the women’s places of employment, the report says. The seven women range in age from 46 to 56, O’Malley says in the report.
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“This sexual deviant used his profession to stalk and harass women,” O’Malley said in March, according to the report, in reference to Hocevar. “He has previously been convicted three times for the same behavior, and he clearly remains a danger to our community.”
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In June, Hocevar, 57, pleaded guilty to the following charges:
- Three counts of burglary.
- Three counts of unauthorized use of computer, cable or telecommunications property.
- Three counts of menacing by stalking–one count with sexual specifications.
- Three counts of telecommunications harassment.
- One count of possessing criminal tools.
“Just when you think you’ve heard it all, along comes Robert Hocevar,“ said O’Malley said, according to the WVVA report. “Clearly, he has not learned from his previous stays in prison. Hopefully, his next prison sentence will teach him a lesson.”
