25 Charges Filed Against St. Cloud Man in Alleged Domestic Stalking Case

(KNSI) – A 29-year-old St. Cloud man appeared in court on a slew of charges after investigators say he spent roughly five months tracking, threatening, and assaulting an ex-girlfriend, then alegedly continued after a judge ordered him to stay away.

Hunter Paul Klemz is fighting 25 charges in all. He has been charged with 19 counts in the first complaint, including felony stalking, two counts of felony threats of violence, three gross misdemeanor counts of installing a mobile tracking device without a court order, nine misdemeanor counts of domestic assault, two counts of misdemeanor damage to property, and one count of making obscene or harassing phone calls.

A second complaint, filed after his release, adds six more misdemeanor counts, three for violating a domestic abuse no contact order and three for violating an order for protection.

The most serious charge, felony stalking, carries a maximum penalty of 10 years in prison and a $20,000 fine.

According to the complaint filed in Stearns County District Court, the woman, tried to end the relationship at the end of July or beginning of August 2025. Investigators say that’s when the behavior began.

On August 16th, the complaint says she found a tracking device wired to her vehicle’s battery and a voice recorder hidden inside the car. When she confronted Klemz, the complaint alleges he closed the hood of the car on her head, then took her phone and her vehicle. When the car was returned, the tracker had been cut out.

The next day, according to the complaint, Klemz played her an audio recording of a private conversation she’d had with a friend, called her a cheater, told her he wanted to hit her, and blocked her from leaving the residence.

The complaint says the woman found a second tracking device under her rear bumper on August 30th while driving to the Minnesota State Fair, after Klemz texted asking where she was going.

A third tracker was discovered on September 11th, after Klemz allegedly drove past a restaurant where she was eating with a friend. Investigators say search warrants tied both devices to Klemz’s name, email address, phone number, and credit card. Login records show the account was accessed on at least eight separate dates between August and December.

The complaint describes a series of confrontations through the fall.
On September 1st, when the woman went to collect her belongings, the complaint alleges Klemz pulled her into the garage, refused to let her leave, demanded her phone, shook her, and broke her mirror.

On October 18th, the complaint says Klemz showed up uninvited at her home, banged on the door, and lunged at her five or six times as if to hit her.

On November 26th, during a custody exchange at his house, the complaint alleges he grabbed her by the hood of her jacket, sat on her to take her keys, punched her windshield, threw what she believed was a tree branch at the front of her car, and slammed her car door hard enough to break the latch. Her child was present.

In her petition for a harassment restraining order, the woman told the court Klemz threatened to light her on fire sometime between August 16th and September 29th. Investigators say they later found a text message in her phone consistent with that threat. The complaint also alleges Klemz threatened to create a fake social media account and post sexual photos of her.

The woman told investigators she started driving a family member’s vehicle, because Klemz was less familiar with them, to try to keep from being followed. She said the fear was constant, that she was always looking over her shoulder, and that she worried about what Klemz might do to anyone she dated.

The complaint says things escalated sharply on December 14th. The woman told deputies Klemz sent her about 50 calls and 70 text messages in a single day, including a photo of $500 in cash with a message saying he could pay someone to “beat her a**.” A video she recorded captured him telling her, “One of these days, I’m going to beat your ass,” “You better watch your back,” and “I’ll make your life a living hell.” He also allegedly told her that if she got an order against him, he’d use a burner phone to violate it.

While a deputy was at the woman’s house taking the report, the complaint says Klemz drove past the home.

The next day, December 15th, at a custody exchange at the mall, the complaint alleges Klemz punched her vehicle, took the children out of the car, and pushed her hard enough that she nearly fell.

Klemz was arrested on December 23rd. During a Mirandized statement, the complaint says he denied tracking her but commented that he did not want his children around other men.

The second complaint allegs he violatied order of protect that were but in place. A restratining order went into effect on December 23rd and a domestic abuse no contact order was put in place December 26th. Both barred Klemz from contacting the woman or coming within 500 feet of her home.

According to the second complaint, the alleged violations began almost immediately. On December 31st, the woman told deputies Klemz pulled up next to her while she was driving her child to daycare, made eye contact, waved, and merged in front of her.

On January 2nd, she said he followed her from the mall in a car with its headlights off. Deputies obtained surveillance video that they say corroborated her account.

On January 4th, she received a text from an unknown number that read, “No matter what remember the number 1 rule.” Investigators traced the number to a Pinger account registered under the name “Gary Winthrop,” an alias the complaint says Klemz has used before and which was tied to one of his known email addresses.

Klemz was arrested again on January 29th at a probation check-in, where the complaint says he tested positive for methamphetamine.

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