Man accused of threatening Wilton Manors’ LGBTQ community takes plea deal in stalking case

A South Florida man who has faced accusations in the past of harassing LGBTQ+ people online took a plea deal Friday in a case of aggravated stalking.

Craig Jungwirth, 59, pleaded no contest in Broward County court to harassing a barber in Wilton Manors for years.

According to police, Jungwirth is accused of harassing James Tyrcha by using an app to book hair appointments with fake names and email addresses so that no real customers could make reservations.

Jungwirth had booked almost 300 fraudulent appointments, ruining the barber’s business.

“It was just a reign of terror after that,” Tyrcha said. “It shut down my business, I’ve lost business, I had to leave my job and go to another shop, and he found me within hours.”

Jungwirth’s plea deal doesn’t come with any prison time, but he is required to do four years of mental health counseling probation, and he’s forbidden to contact Tyrcha in any way or post about him on the internet.

“I’m not his victim anymore, and justice has been served. If he wants to break that, he’s coming right back here, and he will be in jail for the rest of his life at that point,” Tyrcha said.

Jungwirth has been convicted of misdemeanor stalking charges in the past.

He’s been charged with more serious crimes in the past, including threatening Wilton Manors’ LGBTQ+ community and making online threats to carry out a Pulse Nightclub-style shooting. That federal charge against him was dropped.

Jungwirth is headed to Osceola County near Orlando, where he has an open civil case against him.