Our staff reporter received another email yesterday, and it is HILARIOUS. David would like our publisher to stop ‘interacting’ with him through his personal social media accounts. David doesn’t know how to use a block button? He states contact with him is unwanted and must stop. This is the guy that came to our staff reporter’s house to take pictures and then left a marketing flyer saying he wants to “grow our business.” That’s a pretty creepy move David. If you can’t take the heat, get out of the kitchen. Mess with the bull, get the horns. Screw around and find out.
At least David did get this email out at a more reasonable hour than his previous 4AM emails. He sent it at 11:45PM CDT on Friday night. The guy is currently traveling but appears to be spending most of his time on FB posting about our Chief Deputy. He constantly posts thing over and over and over about our staff reporter and the Jeff Davis County community in general. When someone exposes his BS, he demands THEY stop the “harassment.” Look for our upcoming article about the repeated friend requests that David sends women all over west Texas. If anyone reading this has examples of creepy repeated friend requests or messages Flash has sent them, please leave a comment below.
There is one simple answer here David. Leave Facebook. If you can’t use a block button then you aren’t smart enough to be on social media. Flash states in the email a couple of times something about circumventing blocks. He doesn’t explain what he means by this, give any examples, or anything beyond strange accusations. Our social media manager has an account for each of our media properties. If Flash thinks that using multiple accounts on FB has anything to do with circumventing a block, well pot meet kettle. Flash does the same thing with his multiple accounts all the time. You simply block all the accounts. It just takes a moment. I mean, that makes you look pretty cowardly, and not something a journalist would do. But let’s face it, David Flash IS NOT A JOURNALIST.
David mentions throughout his email the unwanted communication directed towards his “personal accounts.” We take this to mean his David Flash account on FB, and not his fake journalism blogs. As of last night he has blocked us from the personal account, but not the others. It seems he was not happy after we left comments on his personal page rating his photos. David Flash is a notoriously terrible photographer. We were trying to help him improve his skills by providing feedback on the pics. “Poor lighting 2/10” type comments. David really needs help with his photography but maybe he is not able to accept our assistance due to personal problems.
Here is the text of the email below. Reads like it was generated by ChatGPT.
From: David david.flash@gmail.com
Date: Sat, 16 May 2026 00:27:04 -0400
Subject: Formal Demand to Cease Contact and Notice of Harassing Conduct
To: jake@uptimecomputing.com
Cc: Victor Lopez sheriff.lopez@jeffdaviscounty.texas.gov
Mr. Knobloch,
This correspondence constitutes a formal demand that you immediately cease all contact with me and discontinue any further attempts to interact with me through my personal social media accounts.
You are not a personal acquaintance, Facebook friend, colleague, or invited participant in my personal online life. I have never proactively sought communication with you, initiated a relationship with you, or consented to ongoing contact from you. Despite this, accounts associated with you have repeatedly attempted to interact with my personal Facebook profile after being blocked, including through newly created or substitute accounts.
Let there be no misunderstanding: contact with me through my personal social media accounts is unwelcome and must stop.
This includes, but is not limited to, comments, replies, messages, tags, mentions, or any attempt to contact or interact with me through alternate, newly created, or substitute accounts used to circumvent blocks or restrictions. Repeated efforts to continue electronic contact after clear notice that such contact is unwanted and after repeated blocking are unacceptable.
Please be advised that continued unwanted electronic communications after receipt of this notice will be documented and evaluated under applicable Texas law, including Texas Penal Code § 42.07 concerning harassment. Based on the persistence of this conduct, repeated circumvention of blocks, and continued unwanted electronic communications directed toward my personal accounts, I believe this activity is rising to the level of criminal harassment.
Accordingly, I am documenting this matter and providing a copy of this correspondence to the Jeff Davis County Sheriff’s Office because this conduct is occurring within their jurisdiction and may implicate criminal conduct under Texas law.
There is no ambiguity here: you do not have permission to contact me through my personal social media accounts or other personal channels, directly or indirectly. Any further attempts to do so after receipt of this notice will be treated as knowing, intentional, and unwelcome conduct undertaken despite explicit written notice to cease.
You are instructed to immediately cease and desist from any further contact.
Govern yourself accordingly.
Thank you!
David W. Flash
Media Maven / Growth Hacker
https://davidwflash.com
www.linkedin.com/in/davidflash
“Be more concerned with your character than your reputation, because your character is what you really are, while your reputation is merely what others think you are.” John Wooden
