A 31-year-old Miami man is facing four felony charges after a Palm Beach County woman said two dates with him spiraled into months of threatening calls, texts warning of violence and death, and the unauthorized release of her private explicit photos to her own workplace. Henry Christopher Dufour is charged with written threats to kill, aggravated stalking with a credible threat, unlawful use of a two-way communication device and sexual cyberharassment, according to a probable cause affidavit.
The case began, investigators say, when the victim met a man who identified himself as Henry Hernandez and went on two dates with him before deciding she did not want to continue the relationship, as reported by WPBF. Once she pulled back, the man began contacting her repeatedly through calls and texts from multiple phone numbers, according to the outlet's reporting.
Threats of Violence Arrived by the Dozens
Between September and October, the victim received numerous harassing and threatening messages, including some that threatened violence and death, per the affidavit cited by the station. Deputies said she also received about 22 calls from unknown or blocked numbers over the course of several days.
Palm Beach County Sheriff's Office investigators said Dufour repeatedly harassed the woman with threatening text messages and later shared private explicit images of her without her consent. The report notes the images were taken from private content the victim had previously shared, and she said they were never intended to be distributed.
Investigators Say Digital Trail Led to an Arrest
Detectives said they linked the messages to Dufour through social media accounts, phone records, email accounts and subscriber information obtained via emergency disclosure requests. The victim later identified him from a law enforcement photo lineup, according to the same account.
Investigators also said Dufour sent the victim's sexually explicit images to her workplace without her permission. The sheriff's office said there was probable cause to arrest Dufour on the charges stemming from the investigation, the station reported.
How Florida Law Treats Cyberharassment and Stalking
Under Florida Statutes, sexual cyberharassment includes intentionally disseminating another person's sexually explicit image without consent, provided the image or accompanying information identifies that person. The same statute specifies that sending an explicit image to another person does not, on its own, strip the depicted person of a reasonable expectation of privacy for that image.
Florida's aggravated stalking statute makes it a third-degree felony to willfully, maliciously and repeatedly follow, harass or cyberstalk someone while making a credible threat, according to Florida law. That same statute allows officers to make a warrantless arrest when they have probable cause to believe someone violated it.
Not the Only Recent Palm Beach County Case
Dufour's arrest echoes another Palm Beach County case earlier this year, when tattoo artist John Thomas Ryan, 38, was arrested on charges including aggravated stalking with a credible threat, sexual cyberharassment and extortion, according to NBC Miami. In that case, the alleged victim told authorities Ryan called and texted her through an overnight stretch in April, and an affidavit said he sent explicit nude photos with derogatory captions to other people. Ryan ultimately pleaded guilty in March 2025 to misdemeanor charges of harassing telephone calls and violating his pre-trial release conditions, NBC Miami reported.
Records on Dufour's case, once filed, would be accessible through the Palm Beach County Clerk of Court's eCaseView system, which allows the public to search civil, criminal and traffic cases and to view or print official case documents.
