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Stockton Police Chief Arrested for Identity Theft Stemming from Love Triangle

Posted on May 25, 2013 by Dissent

Another case where someone in law enforcement hacked and misused a law enforcement database for personal reasons?

The chief of police is the last person you expect to be arrested, but on Tuesday deputies from the Jo Daviess Sheriff’s Department took Stockton Police Chief Robert Beeter into custody.  Beeter’s charges of 16 counts of identity theft and four counts of misconduct weren’t committed while on the job in Stockton, but while he was deputy chief at the Elgin Police Department.

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The indictment reads that Beeter, without lawful authority, used personal identification information of someone he knew to access that person’s personal e-mail account on several occasions between August 2010 and April 2011.  In addition, on four occasions in June 2010, Beeter used the Law Enforcement Agencies Data System to gain information on a specific individual for his personal use.

 

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