Phone harassment in ohio

If you live in Ohio and are harassed over the phone, not by a bill collector, you will find very little help from the law. Phone harassment in Ohio falls under the stalking laws of the state and unless the calls threaten bodily injury the law won’t help. IF you can show the continued phone harassment in Ohio is causing sever mental distress and the caller can be identified then those calls will also fall under the stalking law. Unfortunately the casual harasser can harass you their hearts content without worrying about being sued or arrested. Perhaps the public should campaign to have their lawmakers address this issue more vigorously.