Yuma man pleads not guilty in Discord stalking case

A 19-year-old accused of using Discord, repeated trips from Denmark and years of unwanted contact to stalk a Yuma woman pleaded not guilty Monday to seven counts, including three felony stalking charges.

Filip Lipinski’s case has grown into one of Yuma County’s more unusual criminal files because it blends online harassment with repeated travel across borders and allegations that the conduct spilled into real life. Yuma police said the pattern began about six years ago, after the victim ended contact with Lipinski on Discord. Police also said he was recorded flying to Yuma from Denmark on three separate occasions starting in January 2022, and that later sightings suggested he followed the victim and her sibling in Yuma.

Lipinski moved to the Yuma area in fall 2025, and police arrested him on March 27 after a warrant search of his apartment by Yuma officers and FBI agents. The seven-count case includes three felony stalking charges, underscoring that prosecutors are treating the allegations as a sustained pattern rather than a single dispute that stayed online.

The case fits the legal definition of stalking used by the United States Department of Justice, which describes it as a course of conduct directed at a specific person that would cause a reasonable person to fear for safety or suffer substantial emotional distress. That standard helps explain why repeated messages, continued contact after a breakup or block, and in-person follow-through can move from digital annoyance to a criminal case. The FBI has also said transnational repression can include stalking, harassment, intimidation and threats across borders, a framework that makes the Denmark-to-Yuma travel especially significant here.

For Yuma parents and young adults, the warning signs are often the same ones that appeared in this case: unwanted contact that does not stop after someone says no, repeated account changes, attempts to track where a person lives or spends time, and messages that turn into real-world sightings or travel. When online contact starts to create credible fear, the record matters. Save messages, usernames, dates, screenshots and any evidence of trips or visits, because investigators often build stalking cases from the pattern of conduct, not one message alone.

Anyone tracking the next court step can check Arizona’s eAccess system for many Superior Court criminal cases filed on or after July 1, 2010, but the judicial branch says the information may not be current or complete. The Public Access Minute Entry Search is also not the official record, so future updates in the Lipinski case should be confirmed with the Yuma County Superior Court clerk.