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Cop Suspected of Using Database to Plan Murder of Ex-wife
A State Police detective whose estranged wife was shot dead at a Michigan zoo admitted using the Law Enforcement Information Network (LEIN) to check on his wife and her acquaintances, according to Lansing police search warrant requests. Although the detective is not suspected of pulling the trigger, the Lansing, Michigan, police department says it believes he knows who shot his wife a month after she filed for divorce. Read the full story.
Rookie Cop Checks on 'Potential Girlfriends': 6,900 Database Searches in Only Two Months
An Australian constable new to the beat used the police database to check on potential girlfriends. In just over two months the then 20-year-old policeman performed an unprecedented 6,900 searches on the police database. The counsel assisting the case says that of those 6,900 searches at least 300 weren't connected to official duties. Read the full news story.
FBI Files Sold to Mob and International Criminals by Nevada Attorney General's Office Employee and Former FBI Agent
Dubbed the "Secrets for Sale Scandal" by the Las Vegas media, an attorney general's office worker and a former FBI agent were caught selling information from the FBI NCIC database to organized crime syndicates and other criminals for more than $100,000.
The office worker and the former agent sold documents containing classified information about organized crime investigations, white collar crime investigations, and investigations involving international alien smuggling. These documents were sold to members of organized crime syndicates in New York and to an FBI informant. One defendant's phone records also shows that he had communications with people in Mexico and Cuba and his passport listed recent visits to the drug cartel cities of Medellin and Bogota, Colombia.
The former agent worked for the Las Vegas FBI for several years and had access to national security and electronic surveillance information as well as data on confidential informants and witnesses stored in the FBI's nationwide computer system. Read the story.
Indiana PD Banned From FBI Database
The Highland, Indiana, police department had its access to the state's FBI database suspended due to misuse. The revocation of Highland's access to the Indiana Data and Communications System (IDACS), the state's portal into the National Crime Information Center, is believed to be the first such suspension in at least a decade. State police auditors claim that local investigators had been using the system to run checks on contractors and door-to-door solicitors in direct violation of IDACS policy, and continued to do so even after being warned. Read the story.
Political Candidates Probed by Police Chief
The city attorney in Eastpointe, Michigan, is looking into allegations that the police chief and city manager violated state law by using the Law Enforcement Information Network (LEIN) to check the backgrounds of candidates for an ethics committee. The mayor ordered the investigation after it was revealed that the city manager and police chief may have violated state regulations governing LEIN use by checking backgrounds of eight people considered for a volunteer committee created by the city council. Many people were surprised to find that first-time misuse of the LEIN is not a crime. Read the full story.
Police Investigated for Using Database to Target Organizers of Sheriff-Recall Campaign
Kansas Attorney General Carla Stovall investigated a county sheriff department after receiving a complaint that the department did criminal background checks on two organizers of a petition attempting to recall the sheriff. Read the full news story.
Prosecutor's Office Uses Database to Smear Prosecutor's Political Opponent
The Butler County Republican Party has asked the county commissioners to investigate allegations that an employee in the prosecutor's office misused a state database to obtain information about his boss's political opponent. Read the full news story.
Police Lieutenant Charged With Abusing Database to Influence Elections
In Maryland, a Charles County sheriff's lieutenant faces criminal charges for misusing the sheriff's computer system on behalf of local Democrats connected with elections. He is charged by sheriff's officials with 102 violations of departmental rules relating to the abuse, according to court documents filed in Charles County Circuit Court. Read the full story.
Cop Uses Database to Find Woman's Unlisted Phone Number -- Gives It to Woman's Ex
A Brisbane, Australia, police officer admitted to giving a local businessman the personal details of his ex-girlfriend. The investigator told the court how the woman, whose name has been suppressed, complained earlier that an ex-boyfriend had called her unlisted home phone number. Th