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Edward Vincent Parks
After the allegedly abusive ex-boyfriend violated a protective order “over one hundred times,” a Jefferson County grand jury indicted the 42-year-old reported stalker.
According to a probable cause affidavit released Aug. 24, a 37-year-old ex-girlfriend called investigators and detailed a three-and-a-half-year history of physical and mental abuse she suffered as a victim of Edward Vincent Parks, 42, of Beaumont.
“(The victim) described several occasions in which Parks physically assaulted her, causing her pain, injury and, at one time, a broken nose for which she was medically treated,” the probable cause affidavit reads. “(She) made several attempts to end the relationship over the years with Parks. But each time, he would use manipulation, threats and aggressive behavior to coerce her to stay with him.”
According to the affidavit, authorities served Parks with a protective order on Nov. 15, 2021 – alerting him that he was to have no contact with his ex. Investigators say it took four days for Parks to violate his order when he sent a Facebook “friend request” to the victim Nov. 19, 2021.
By the end of Parks’ first week with a protective order against him, authorities report the man violated the order at least four more times, writing in their findings, “On Monday, Nov. 22, 2021, (the victim) received two text messages and two phone calls from the telephone number listed for Eddie Parks. Although (she) had blocked Parks from contacting her phone, a recent IOS update inadvertently ‘unblocked’ Parks, allowing him to contact (her). (She) was able to identify the calls and texts as being sent by Parks due to the context of the conversation.”
The victim once again blocked Parks from contacting her phone before she changed her cell phone number and changed all her online passwords.
Authorities arrested Parks two days after his flurry of texts and calls – or, in this case, protective order violations. The probable cause affidavit says Parks stayed in the Jefferson County jail for approximately three months before his March 1 release, all the while attempting to find ways to contact the victim by using associates on the outside to use his “fake media accounts” to monitor her activity.
While out on bond for the stalking and violation of protective order, Parks again began contacting the victim, beginning 17 days after his release from jail. He contacted her through Facebook, telephone calls, text messages and Snapchat, continuing for more than two months until May 23. During that five-week period, Parks accumulated “over one hundred types of contact” between himself and the woman with whom he was to have “no contact.”
“Although (the victim) has told Parks numerous times to stop contacting her, she is very fearful if she does not communicate with him he will begin escalating,” the affidavit reads, saying the woman was afraid Parks would do, “the same things he has done in the past by posting negative things about her on social media, threatening to kill himself, threatening to kill her, etc. (She) believes Parks will never stop contacting her and believes the only way to maintain (some manner) of control in this situation is to pacify him by communicating with him.”
Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office deputies arrested Parks on May 26 for once again violating his protective order. As of press time, he was listed on the Jefferson County inmate roster alongside a $250,000 bond.