SEATTLE — A Seattle police detective who cyberstalked his mistress has been fired by the department.
Friday night, his victim, Amanda Rossmeier, spoke only to KIRO 7. Rossmeier said she is still scared of Blackmer.
“I’m mostly afraid because he has a gun,” said Rossmeier. ”I don’t want to be here since he did just get fired. The things he said to me, I don’t feel safe. I don’t want to be here in town,” she added.
Rossmeier said she is leaving the state on Saturday. She is afraid Blackmer will carry through with threats to kill her.
David Blackmer was sentenced in January to 90 days in jail and was ordered to have no contact with Rossmeier. But he was still allowed to possess a firearm, even though the prosecution argued that he should not be allowed to have a firearm after the domestic violence conviction.
Blackmer admitted to creating a fake Facebook page under his ex-girlfriend’s name, and then posted photos of her naked and videos of them having sex.
Blackmer's wife also was in court when he was sentenced.
Snohomish County prosecutors said Blackmer was angry after Rossmeier confronted him at his house, in front of his wife.
After Blackmer was arrested in July 2013, he left for a 30 days treatment at a Fort Lauderdale, Florida recovery center.
When Blackmer boarded the flight to Florida in July, two Seattle police officers not boarding the flight escorted Blackmer to the gate, attempting to block KIRO 7’s access to him. The police department public affairs unit refused to identify those officers or explain why they were escorting Blackmer onto the plane.
Shortly before Blackmer’s December sentencing, Seattle police said nothing had changed with Blackmer’s status.
Seattle Police Department internal investigations don’t begin until after a criminal investigation concludes.
After prosecutors argued that Blackmer shouldn’t be allowed to carry a firearm, his defense attorney fought that, saying it would mean Blackmer would likely lose his job as a Seattle police detective.
Blackmer was scheduled to start serving his sentence Feb. 4. Blackmer completed his time Sunday.
The Seattle Police Department fired him on Monday. No one answered the door at his home in Everett Friday night.
KIRO 7 asked the Seattle Police Department if Blackmer was paid while he was in jail.
SPD told us, “Typically officers under misdemeanor investigations are on paid status while investigations are ongoing.”
But the department was unable to confirm how long Blackmer was paid. Once the criminal investigation was over, Seattle Police began an internal investigation. That investigation concluded with Blackmer losing his job on Monday.
As far as Rossmeier is concerned, Blackmer should have been fired months ago.
She told KIRO 7, “I’m happy that they fired him because I don’t think someone like that should be a detective.”
Rossmeier is suing the City of Seattle for not doing more to protect her from Blackmer. She said her attorney filed the complaint on Thursday. It was too soon for it to show up in the electronic system Friday night.
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