> These days, one would hope LEA officers would at least look at who owns the domain name, but you just said that the registrar transferred it to you and changed the WHOIS data to use your full name and address.
I started to write a comment about how horribly optimistic this is but then I thought about it some more.
If it is indeed "Local" police you are probably screwed. They have zero understanding of the internet/tech and even people in positions with titles like "Cyber security" at your local station are probably just cops that got promoted into that role and have very little to zero understanding. Every interaction with my local cops w.r.t. technology has been painful and fruitless.
Of course this assumes they would follow up on it in the first place. My LEA outright refused to lift a finger with a harassment case even when provided step by step instructions (and we knew who was behind it) on how to request information from the company the harasser was using (throwaway phone numbers). That said, maybe an instance like the author describes would get them off their butts.
If it goes up to a federal level then maybe they would understand the nuance of domain transfers but not before kicking in you door.