{"id":423034,"date":"2025-12-04T01:26:36","date_gmt":"2025-12-04T01:26:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/423034\/"},"modified":"2025-12-04T01:26:36","modified_gmt":"2025-12-04T01:26:36","slug":"alberta-man-wanted-for-threatening-harassing-women-on-dating-apps-edmonton-police","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/423034\/","title":{"rendered":"Alberta man wanted for threatening, harassing women on dating apps: Edmonton police"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>An Edmonton man who has been previously accused of engaging in harassing, threatening behaviour towards women he matched with on <a href=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/tag\/online-dating\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">online dating<\/a> apps and sites in Calgary has allegedly done the same thing in Edmonton, where police have issued an arrest warrant.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/70c8fc80.png\" alt=\"\" style=\"position:absolute;width:1px;height:1px\" referrerpolicy=\"no-referrer-when-downgrade\"\/><\/p>\n<p>The 36-year-old man, who is on probation, is known to harass and threaten women he meets on dating and escort sites, Edmonton police said on Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p>The behaviour has allegedly been going on for years in Edmonton and Calgary.<\/p>\n<p>Back in 2022, Edmonton police received a complaint from a woman who had matched with a man on Tinder.<\/p>\n<p>The pair exchanged phone numbers, after which police said he began harassing and berating her.<\/p>\n<p>When she blocked his number, he reportedly used several other phone numbers to continue the harassment and threats.<\/p>\n<p>Story continues below advertisement<\/p>\n<p>Police said the harassment stopped for a few years before resuming this year when the accused found the victim on an escort website, LeoList, where he began messaging her again under a pseudonym.<\/p>\n<p>The accused reportedly arranged a date with the woman using a fake name and photo to avoid being recognized.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"c-figure__image\" alt=\"Matthew Edward Williams, 36, who also goes by the name Matthew Galpin, is wanted for uttering threats to cause bodily harm and criminal harassment in Edmonton.\" src=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/25R089-WILLIAMS.jpg?quality=65&amp;strip=all&amp;w=12&amp;h=12&amp;crop=1\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/25R089-WILLIAMS.jpg\"   data- data- width=\"366\" height=\"442\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\tMatthew Edward Williams, 36, who also goes by the name Matthew Galpin, is wanted for uttering threats to cause bodily harm and criminal harassment in Edmonton.\t\t\t\t <\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\tEdmonton Police Service\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>When the woman refused to continue the date, he allegedly progressed to threatening her.\u00a0Last month, Edmonton police obtained warrants for the man.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"170\" height=\"225\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/national.jpg\" alt=\"Get the day's top news, political, economic, and current affairs headlines, delivered to your inbox once a day.\"\/><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\tGet daily National news<\/p>\n<p>Get the day&#8217;s top news, political, economic, and current affairs headlines, delivered to your inbox once a day.<\/p>\n<p>Matthew Edward Williams, 36, who also goes by the name Matthew Galpin, is wanted for uttering threats to cause death and\/or bodily harm and criminal harassment stemming from an incident on Nov. 10.<\/p>\n<p>He is described as being five feet nine inches tall, approximately 180 pounds, with light brown hair and blue eyes.<\/p>\n<p>Story continues below advertisement<\/p>\n<p>The EPS said it was issuing a warning in the interest of public safety, as investigators believe the accused is targeting women on dating apps and women who advertise as sex workers on escort sites.<\/p>\n<p>The\u00a0 accused is known to use fake names and photos, police said.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"c-video__image\" alt=\"Click to play video: '\u2018Someone\u2019s been stalking me for almost 3 years\u2019: Calgary online harassment case thrown out by Crown'\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/WEB_ONLINE_IDENTITY_NIGHTMARE__OFFIN_.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\"   data-\/><\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t2:38<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\u2018Someone\u2019s been stalking me for almost 3 years\u2019: Calgary online harassment case thrown out by Crown\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>Williams is already\u00a0bound by two release orders for uttering threats and assault in similar investigations out of Calgary and B.C.<\/p>\n<p>In 2023, the <a href=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/news\/9713778\/calgary-man-warrants-threatening-women\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Calgary Police Service issued a near-identical warning about Williams<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>According to the CPS, in May of 2023 three women filed complaints about receiving messages threatening violence from a man they met on dating site.<\/p>\n<p>\n\t\tTrending Now\n\t<\/p>\n<ul class=\"l-inlineStories__posts c-posts c-posts--inline \">\n<li class=\"c-posts__item\">\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/news\/11555566\/income-tax-brackets-changing-2026\/\" class=\"c-posts__inner\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"c-posts__thumbnail\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/252b77f810649619a3aca24334f07b2a686eeb9c775b4e05472555dc3986b58e.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"336\" height=\"224\" alt=\"\"\/><\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t\t\t\tCanada\u2019s federal income tax brackets are changing in 2026\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<\/li>\n<li class=\"c-posts__item\">\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/news\/11556246\/arrowwood-alberta-lost-ring-carrot\/\" class=\"c-posts__inner\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"c-posts__thumbnail\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/1764811596_852_ring-one-diamond_1.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"336\" height=\"224\" alt=\"\"\/><\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t\t\t\tA ring with an extra carrot ends decades-long mystery for Alberta couple\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The first woman said she met and interacted with a man online. When she didn\u2019t respond for several hours, the man allegedly threatened physical harm in a text message. She then blocked his number, but received more threatening text messages from two other numbers.<\/p>\n<p>Story continues below advertisement<\/p>\n<p>The second woman said she met a man on a dating site and later met him in person. She later received threatening text messages from him, allegedly saying he would break into her home and harm her.<\/p>\n<p>The third woman told police she allegedly received similar threatening messages from a man with the same description who she met on a dating site.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\tAccording to the CPS, three women have come forward to police since early May this year, reporting that they have received messages threatening violence from a man they met on a dating site.\t\t\t\t <\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\tCalgary Police Service\/Provided\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>At that time, Calgary police also laid three charges of uttering threats against Williams.<\/p>\n<p>Court records show in 2023 he ended up being charged with multiple counts of issuing death threats and threats of bodily harm, along with criminal harassment, stalking and mischief.<\/p>\n<p>All of the charges were laid in Calgary, Alberta justice confirmed on Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p>Several of the charges were withdrawn on March 5, 2025, when Williams was sentenced to two years of probation and issued a firearms ban after being found guilty of mischief committed on May 2, 2023 and death threats on May 8, 2023.<\/p>\n<p>Story continues below advertisement<\/p>\n<p>On that same day, he also pleaded guilty to another charge of threats to cause death\/bodily harm.<\/p>\n<p>Edmonton police believe there may be other complainants in the region and are encouraging them to come forward by contacting EPS at 780-423-4567 or #377 from a mobile phone.<\/p>\n<p>Anyone with information about Williams\u2019 whereabouts is asked to contact police.<\/p>\n<p>\u2013with files from Paula Tran<\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t\tMore on Crime<br \/>\n\t\t\tMore videos\n\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t&amp;copy 2025 Global News, a division of Corus Entertainment Inc.\t<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"An Edmonton man who has been previously accused of engaging in harassing, threatening behaviour towards women he matched&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":423035,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[2147,4219,79362,197395,197396,197397,50,24594,25524],"class_list":{"0":"post-423034","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-news","8":"tag-canada","9":"tag-crime","10":"tag-edmonton-crime","11":"tag-leolist","12":"tag-matthew-edward-williams","13":"tag-matthew-williams","14":"tag-news","15":"tag-online-dating","16":"tag-tinder"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/115658699421474196","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/423034","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=423034"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/423034\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/423035"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=423034"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=423034"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=423034"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}