A Utah County man who was convicted of stalking a former BYU classmate is back in jail on similar charges.

Jeffrey Wayne Keath, 32, was booked into the Utah County Jail on Friday on two counts of stalking with prior convictions. He pleaded guilty in 2006 to two counts of stalking the same woman, and 4th District Judge Claudia Laycock issued a stalking injunction against him, barring him from contacting the victim. Because he has been convicted of stalking in the past, the current charges are second-degree felonies. According to probable cause statements from the 4th District Court, Keath went to the woman's parents' house in Orem on Oct. 13, yelling and demanding to know where she lives. He left before officers arrived. Her father, Russell Rader, is a biology professor at Brigham Young University.

Three days later, Keath handed out fliers on BYU campus accusing Rader of sexually abusing his daughter (the stalking victim), court documents said. When BYU police met with Keath the next day, he was aggressive and threatened to kill Rader at least 12 times if the professor was not imprisoned for child molestation, the statements said.

After his arrest, Keath told police that he passed out about 190 of the fliers at BYU and Utah Valley State College and in Provo city, according to the probable cause statement. He said he even gave one to a Provo coffee shop and asked them to post it inside the business.

Keath is being held on $100,000 cash-only bail, according to his attorney, Paige Benjamin. Rader said he hoped the amount would be too much for Keath to pay.

"I'm thrilled that he's arrested and he's not free to assault me or my family," Rader said. "I think he's mentally unstable. That's clear. And ... hopefully, in the future, the courts will recommend that he be evaluated by psychiatrists to see just what his mental condition is. He's clearly fixated on my daughter, clearly fixated on our family, and he's manufactured the idea that he has to defend my daughter from me, that I have somehow harmed her, which is completely false."

According to court documents, Keath may suffer from a bipolar disorder. His plea deal from 2006 includes a stipulation that he continue taking medication, though it does specify what kind.

Rader said Keath has been stalking his daughter for 10 years and that the harassment has become more intense over the past year or so. Court documents state that Provo city has five cases against Keath regarding alleged violations of his stalking injunction.

• Jeremy Duda can be reached at 344-2561 or jduda@heraldextra.com.