5 development. If William later developed a lot Colton had identified, Colton would collect a finder's fee.4 In either late February or early March, 2008, William telephoned Colton and enlisted him to play a series of "pranks" on Jim. ways: The ideas for these "pranks" were generated in several (1) William would directly instruct Colton or convey ideas through Gail; (2) the Johnsons would provide information about the Lyons family to Colton so that he could use this information to harass them; or (3) the Johnsons would prompt Colton to think of ideas. Over the course of thirty-five days in late March and early April, 2008, the defendants, directly and through Colton, engaged in a series of acts directed at the Lyons family. The Commonwealth alleged four separate acts of harassment in addition to the false report of child abuse, and Colton was called as its key witness at the trial. The first alleged act occurred on March 18, 2008, when Colton posted from his computer an advertisement that appeared on the Internet site "Craigslist." The advertisement provided the Lyonses' home telephone number and address and stated that 4 Gerald Colton identified lots for William Johnson by placing his initials next to vacant lots on the sheets of the town of Andover's board of assessors. At trial, Colton admitted that his initials appeared to be next to the lot that later became the focus of litigation between the Johnsons and the Lyonses, but suggested that the initials had been forged.