A 23-year-old Homestead man is facing a stack of felony charges after police say he threatened to kill his ex-girlfriend, built a fake OnlyFans page using her name and nude photos, and separately sold cocaine mixed with suspected fentanyl to an undercover officer. Garrett Whitney was taken into custody in Homestead on September 10, 2026, following an investigation that spanned a domestic violence case and a narcotics sting.
According to WSVN 7News, Whitney and his ex-girlfriend dated for about two and a half years before she ended the relationship roughly a month before the report and moved out. The station reports the two share a child together, and a judge later found probable cause to move the case forward. Whitney now faces charges including aggravated stalking, written threats to kill or cause bodily injury, and sexual cyberharassment, per the outlet's account of the arrest report provided by Homestead police.
Threats Escalated at a Custody Exchange
The station's report states Whitney called and harassed his ex-girlfriend as many as 500 times a day after the breakup, and that he indicated if she would not be with him, she would not be with anyone else. Tensions came to a head on September 3, 2026, when the two met in Homestead for a child custody exchange. Whitney allegedly grew angry after his ex-girlfriend ignored his calls and, per the arrest report, sent a text message stating, “I'm going to murder you.”
Arrest affidavits cited by Local 10 News add further detail, describing how Whitney told her during the custody exchange, “I promise I'm going to kill someone.” The same affidavits reportedly show Whitney threatened to title the fake OnlyFans page using her first name followed by “_spicy_account,” and that he stalked her using multiple vehicles. WSVN 7News also reports Whitney threatened both his ex-girlfriend and members of her family, and that she feared for her life.
The Fake OnlyFans Account
Per WSVN 7News, Whitney sent his ex-girlfriend a message saying he planned to create an OnlyFans account under her name. She later discovered the account existed and contained nude photographs of her. Whitney is accused of creating the account using her name and images without her consent.
How the account was set up without triggering standard verification checks remains an open question. SirenCY describes OnlyFans verification steps that include submitting government photo ID and completing a live facial selfie scan before uploading or monetizing content. The platform has disclosed to regulators that more than 300,000 uploaded files pass through automated content filters daily, per filings with Ofcom.
A Separate Drug Case Adds Trafficking Charges
Whitney also faces a separate case involving cocaine laced with suspected fentanyl, WSVN 7News reports, with charges that include cocaine trafficking, unlawful use of a communications device, and drug-related offenses near a school. Local 10 News reports the arrest followed an undercover operation in which Whitney allegedly sold more than three ounces of cocaine mixed with suspected fentanyl to an undercover officer for cash before being taken into custody and held at the Turner Guilford Knight Correctional Center under a magistrate hold.
Under Florida law, possessing or delivering between 28 and 200 grams of cocaine constitutes trafficking and carries a mandatory minimum sentence of three years in state prison and a $50,000 fine, with charges triggered by drug weight alone regardless of intent to sell, according to the Sarasota Defense Attorney firm's explainer on the statute. Whitney was subject to a Nebbia requirement in the drug case, WSVN 7News reports. Under Florida Rule of Criminal Procedure 3.131(b) and the precedent of U.S. v. Nebbia, that means Whitney or a bond co-signer must disclose financial records proving any bail funds come from legitimate, non-criminal sources before he can be released, according to Community Law Firm.
Bond and Conditions
A judge set Whitney's total bond at $45,500, WSVN 7News reports, and ordered him to level 2 house arrest with GPS monitoring in the domestic violence case. The cyberharassment charge itself carries lighter statutory penalties than the other counts against him — first-offense sexual cyberharassment under Florida Statute 784.049 is a first-degree misdemeanor punishable by up to one year in county jail and a $1,000 fine, according to a legal explainer from Butler Legal. The written threats charge carries far steeper exposure: transmitting electronic threats to kill or inflict bodily harm is a second-degree felony under Florida law, punishable by up to 15 years in state prison and a $10,000 fine, per the Criminal Defense Attorney Tampa firm.
Part of a Broader Pattern in South Florida
Whitney's case follows a string of similar arrests Hoodline has tracked across Florida this year, including a Vero Beach man held on a $1 million bond in an alleged AI deepfake sex image case and a North Miami Beach husband accused in an alleged nude video stalking spree targeting an ex-spouse. Research cited by the California Department of Justice, drawing on data from the Cyber Civil Rights Initiative, found that 90% of non-consensual intimate image distribution victims are women, 93% suffer significant emotional distress, and 49% report subsequent online stalking or harassment by viewers. Separately, updated CDC survey data shows nearly 1 in 4 adult women in the U.S. experience severe physical violence from an intimate partner in their lifetime, with an estimated 6.7 million women experiencing intimate partner violence or stalking annually, according to ValorUS.
