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Police Blotter: Verizon forced to turn over text messages

December 5, 2007 Justice Department gets judge's approval to obtain archived SMS text messages from wireless carrier without first obtaining a warrant. TAGS: Police Blotter, text message, warrant, Verizon Communications, SMS, prosecutor, phone provider, request, Verizon Wireless, telecommunications, e-mail

Police blotter: Secret recording inadmissible against bus driver

April 25, 2007 Parents of 9-year-old put recorder in his backpack when concerned about abuse by school bus driver. But recording can't be used as evidence. TAGS: Police Blotter, interception, Wisconsin, police, appeals court, parent, child, law, recorder

Police blotter: Husband spies on wife's computer

June 16, 2006 Legal documents filed in New Jersey divorce case say husband "wiretapped" his wife's computer. He's not the first. TAGS: Police Blotter, distress, divorce, New Jersey, wife, trial, monitoring

Police blotter: Flap over nude photos of Cameron Diaz

October 20, 2006 In this week's installment, computer forensics is key to a case over nude photos of the actress. TAGS: forgery, Police Blotter, prosecution, conviction, evidence, appeals court, Ms., expert, defense, attorney, photograph, CD-ROM, laptop computer, hard drive

Police Blotter: Dark side of 'reputation defending' service

June 29, 2007 A company claiming to defend online reputations is found liable for harassment, spam and death threats. TAGS: Police Blotter, business partner, Arizona, reputation

Police Blotter: Can Circuit City techs legally peruse files?

December 14, 2007 After retailer allegedly discovers contraband on man's PC, he asks judges to say results of search can't be used as evidence. TAGS: Police Blotter, appeals court, technician, Circuit City Stores Inc., Pennsylvania, evidence, court, burner, Mr., DVD-drive, DVD burner, video, DVD, hard drive

Police blotter: When can cops seize your computer?

September 29, 2006 In this week's installment, appeals court rules that police cannot search a home computer when one spouse refuses. TAGS: consent, Police Blotter, police, home PC, permission, officer, wife, trial

Police blotter: Child porn blamed on computer virus

November 3, 2006 In this week's installment, a former eighth-grade teacher blames a virus when police discover computer images of child porn. TAGS: Police Blotter, computer virus, prosecutor, Georgia, police, teacher, malware, image, virus

Police blotter: Can someone else let cops search your PC?

May 2, 2007 A man whose father gave Homeland Security agents permission to search his computer says they should have used a warrant. TAGS: Police Blotter, homeland security, father, police, bedroom, permission, search, house, agent, password, hard drive, PC

Police blotter: Child porn in Web cache OK

November 24, 2006 In this week's installment, court reverses conviction of man who viewed illegal porn but didn't know it was saved in his Web cache. TAGS: conviction, defendant, Police Blotter, Pennsylvania, cache, possession, evidence, prosecutor, law, image, situation, Web browser, hard drive

Police blotter: When can cops run license-plate searches?

September 15, 2006 In this week's installment, appeals court says police need no justification to check license plates against databases. TAGS: van, Police Blotter, plate, police, vehicle, check, database, cause, attorney, U.S.

Police blotter: Heirs sue over will-making software

January 24, 2007 Quicken software is used to create a will for a 91-year-old woman. Two grandnieces claim it's the unauthorized practice of law. TAGS: Quicken, Police Blotter, South Carolina, law, practice, insurance, woman, lawyer, representative, work

Police Blotter: Fired worker blames porn on malware

October 3, 2007 Respiratory therapist, fired after porn bookmarks were found on a hospital computer, unsuccessfully uses the virus-did-it claim. TAGS: therapist, Police Blotter, hospital, malicious software, termination, malware, worker

Police Blotter: Necrobabes.com leads to murder conviction

June 21, 2007 Texas church leader is convicted of capital murder in part because of his AOL searches and visits to Necrobabes.com. TAGS: Austin, Police Blotter, conviction, police, jewelry, Texas, evidence, house, America Online Inc.

Police Blotter: Armed robbers nabbed through text messages

February 25, 2008 Court doesn't agree with armed-robbery defendants, who say police need a judge-signed court order to obtain archived text messages. TAGS: text message, Police Blotter, subpoena, defendant, prosecutor, count, evidence, attorney, message, U.S.

Police blotter: Open Wi-Fi blamed in child porn case

April 18, 2007 Texas man says FBI's search warrant was invalid because a neighbor could have been using his unsecured 802.11 wireless connection. TAGS: Police Blotter, warrant, Texas, wireless connection, Time Warner Inc., Yahoo! Inc., IP address, IEEE 802.11, Wi-Fi, Mr., owner, IP, agent, search, IM

Police blotter: Ex-employee sued for deleting files

March 28, 2007 Florida judge rules that permanently deleting files on a company-owned computer violates federal hacking law. TAGS: Police Blotter, U.S. District Judge, Florida, hacking, attorney, open source, laptop computer

Police blotter: Legal flap over secret sex video

November 25, 2005 An appeals court OKs wiretapping suit against ex-boyfriend accused of making secret sex video and distributing it online. TAGS: anonymity, Police Blotter, plaintiff, law, person, video, e-mail

Police blotter: Wireless voyeur appeals 56-year term

February 14, 2007 Man who placed a 2.4GHz wireless camera in stepdaughter's bedroom tries to get his sentence reduced. TAGS: Police Blotter, Louisiana, bedroom, tape, camera, women, battery, video

Police blotter: Cops OK to copy cell phone content

April 19, 2007 Truck driver arrested on drug charges says state troopers needed a warrant before copying contents of his cell phones. TAGS: Police Blotter, warrant, defendant, truck, evidence, cell phone, search, laptop computer
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