Calgary police issue warrant after man used online dating site to threaten women
Posted May 19, 2023 10:36 pm.
Last Updated May 20, 2023 9:44 am.
Calgary police have issued warrants for a man believed to be responsible for threatening women he met through online dating sites.
Three women have come forward since early May reporting they had received messages threatening violence from a man they met on a dating site, according to Calgary police.
The first woman reported that she recently met and interacted with a man online. When she did not respond to one of his messages after a few hours, the man sent her a text message wishing her physical harm. The woman blocked the man’s phone number, and then received additional text messages from two alternative numbers, threatening her with physical harm, officers say.
A second woman reported that she met a man on a dating site and later met him in person. She later received text messages from the man where he threatened to break into her residence and harm her.
A third woman has also come forward to report that she has received similar messages threatening violence from a person matching the same description, who she met through a dating site.
Thirty-three-year-old Matthew Edward Williams is wanted on three charges of uttering threats.
He is described as 5’9″ tall, around 180 pounds with light brown hair and blue eyes.
????We have issued warrants for a man believed to be responsible for threatening women he met through online dating sites. Matthew Edward WILLIAMS is wanted on three charges of uttering threats.
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— Calgary Police (@CalgaryPolice) May 20, 2023
Anyone with information is asked to call police at 403-266-1234, or leave a tip anonymously through Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-8477.
