“Internet Casanova” Free On Parole

Raymond Holycross
Raymond Holycross

The “Internet Casanova” is out of jail. Marshall County native Raymond Holycross was released on Nov. 2, according to our reporting partners at WNDU-TV, and is now on parole. A judge in South Bend sentenced him to 18 months behind bars in May of 2013 on a theft charge. A live-in girlfriend discovered he wasn’t a jet-setting reporter for “The Huffington Post” when she found a pawn slip for the $850 digital camera she’d loaned him. She then learned Holycross was an unemployed womanizer who made a habit of wooing and stealing from women. Continue reading

Internet Casanova Sentenced in St. Joseph County Court

Raymond Holycross
Raymond Holycross

The man accused of leaving a string of broken hearts and bad debt from the Pacific Coast to the Midwest will be making his home in jail for the next several months. A judge in South Bend sentenced the so-called “Internet Casanova” to 18 months behind bars. Marshall County native Raymond Holycross, 29, pleaded guilty to theft during a prior court appearance. Authorities say he pawned his live-in girlfriend’s $850 camera. The Mishawaka woman found a pawn slip and called the police. She then discovered the man she believed was a jet-setting reporter for “The Huffington Post” was an unemployed womanizer who reportedly made a habit of wooing and stealing from women. She told the judge she thinks he’ll return to his old habits once he’s out of jail. Since his arrest, women in seven states have come forward claiming to be victims of Holycross’s womanizing ways. He’s also wanted on a Howard County warrant stemming from the theft of a firearm from a woman he dated there. Holycross has been in jail since his arrest in February. He received a credit of 78 days worth of jail time.

Internet Casanova Pleads Guilty to Theft Charge

Raymond Holycross
Raymond Holycross

The Marshall County man who has left a string of broken hearts and bad debt from Oregon to Indiana has pleaded guilty to a theft charge in St. Joseph County. A woman who met Raymond Holycross online last fall called the police after discovering he had pawned the expensive digital camera she loaned him. She also discovered he used several aliases to woo and swindle unsuspecting women. Holycross agreed to plead guilty to a theft charge in exchange for not serving more than 18 months in prison. The agreement also recommends he pay restitution of $956 to his victim. Holycross will be sentenced on May 8. At that time the judge can either accept his plea or throw it out and send his case to trial. He may also reduce the D felony to an A misdemeanor since Holycross hasn’t been convicted of any similar charges. He does have charges pending in other jurisdictions but is not to be moved unless the judge in St. Joseph County approves it first.

 

Internet Casanova Trial Date Set in St. Joseph County

Raymond Holycross
Raymond Holycross

The Marshall County man known as the Internet Casanova has a date with justice on May 30. Authorities say 29-year-old Raymond Holycross used several aliases to woo women from the west coast to the Midwest and separate them from their money. A Mishawaka woman who met him online last fall called the police when she realized he had pawned her camera. Holycross, who told her his name was Ray Parris, claimed he worked for the Huffington Post and traveled a lot. She bought him a phone, which he used as a virtual little black book, according to court documents. He remains jailed in St. Joseph County on a theft charge, as he has yet to scrape together the $1,000 cash necessary to bond out of jail. Holycross also faces charges of stealing a handgun and some electronics from a Kokomo woman he met online. He’s also wanted on an identity theft charge out of Oregon. Authorities there say he raided the bank account of a woman he dated there.

“Online Casanova” Tells Judge He’s Unemployed

Raymond Holycross
Raymond Holycross

A Marshall County native police say wooed and stole from women from Oregon to Indiana claims he’s just unemployed. Raymond Holycross told a judge in South Bend he last worked three months ago. He faces theft charges in St. Joseph County after a woman he met online last summer reportedly discovered he had stolen and pawned her camera and called the police. That prompted her to do some checking into Holycross’s background. That’s when authorities say she learned he also uses the names Ray Paris and Ray Cross to meet women, earn their trust and charm them out of their money. Holycross is also wanted on a Howard County warrant for theft of a firearm.

Prosecutor files charges in Internet Casanova case

Raymond HolycrossA Marshall County native police say left a string of broken hearts and bad debt from Oregon to Indiana and stole a gun in Kokomo now faces theft charges in South Bend. The charges against 29-year-old Raymond Holycross were filed after a Mishawaka woman with whom he lived discovered he stole and pawned her camera and called the police. Authorities say she also found out Holycross also uses the names Ray Paris and Ray Cross to meet women, earn their trust and charm them out of their money. Holycross is also wanted on a Howard County warrant for theft of a firearm.

Marshall County Casanova faces theft charges

Raymond Holycross
Raymond Holycross

A Marshall County native police say left a string of broken hearts and bad debt from Oregon to Indiana and stole a gun in Kokomo is due in court in South Bend this afternoon. 29-year-old Raymond Holycross reportedly uses several aliases, including Ray Paris and Ray Cross to meet women, earn their trust and charm them out of their money. Continue reading