A self-described cannabis ambassador is accused of stalking a woman whose business is based along an Oregon coast highway where he spins a sign advertising a nearby marijuana dispensary.

Edward P. Biggar II, 53, was arrested Monday in Lincoln City on an outstanding arrest warrant on suspicion of stalking around 11:30 a.m. as he was twirling an advertising sign on U.S. 101.

Biggar, who refers to himself as the “Weedman," frequently wears a suit decorated with marijuana leaves.

Biggar is accused of repeated unwanted contact of Sharon Biddinger, who owns Simply Design Studios in Newport, from July through December. According to a probable cause affidavit, she filed a complaint with Newport City Hall in September over "aggressive advertising tactics” by Biggar and described him as “disrupting, threatening, intimidating and creepy.” The complaint sparked a police investigation.

It’s not clear what led to the contentious interactions between Biggar and Biddinger. Biggar at the time did advertising for CannaMedicine, a marijuana dispensary across the street from the photo business.

Surveillance video from Biddinger’s photo studio in July shows Biggar sitting on the business stairs at one point, then later pointing at the business and waving while dancing up and down the sidewalk as he held the marijuana business sign, the affidavit said.

Biddinger called 911 later that month and reported Biggar was outside her business windows, pointing at employees and yelling while twirling his sign, police wrote in court documents. An officer issued a trespass notice and told Biggar not to contact Biddinger.

Biddinger closed her business temporarily the next day due to Biggar’s behavior, the affidavit said. An officer noted in the affidavit that he saw Biggar shared Biddinger’s video explaining the closure at least nine times over a seven-hour period on his own social media accounts and added comments that included “#cannibigotry” and “#simplydesignstudios”.

Biddinger told police she blocked Biggar from her business and personal social media accounts, but he created another account and liked one of her pictures, the affidavit said.

In September, Biddinger showed a police officer 71 videos and pictures of Biggar outside her business, the affidavit said. One showed Biddinger leaving her car, Biggar spotting and following her. Another showed Biggar standing outside and staring into her shop.

Biddinger claimed she’d receive phone calls from blocked numbers, and she linked bad reviews of her business to Biggar. She said some people told Biggar on social media that they had left bad reviews, and he liked some of the comments.

The officer who wrote the affidavit said he issued Biggar a citation for stalking the same month. In October, a judge granted Biddinger a stalking order against Biggar, barring him from being on the east side of U.S. 101 in front of Biddinger’s business, the affidavit said. He was also not supposed to be loud enough for anyone at her business to hear him.

Biddinger called police in November saying he was violating the order, but police determined that he was more than 150 feet away from the business, the affidavit said.

The Lincoln County District Attorney’s Office sought an arrest warrant in December, and it was filed in court Jan. 9, court records show.

It’s not clear from court documents if the arrest stems from all the prior accusations or a later violation of the stalking order.

-- Everton Bailey Jr.

ebailey@oregonian.com | 503-221-8343 |@EvertonBailey

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