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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, prosecutor, Verizon Communications, SMS, phone provider, Verizon Wireless, request, telecommunications, e-mail

Police Blotter: Cops need warrant to search cell phone?

May 30, 2007 Alleged medical-marijuana distributors arrested in San Francisco say police should have obtained warrant for search of cell phone. TAGS: Police Blotter, booking, T-Mobile Sidekick, warrant, arrest, police, search, mobile phone, cell phone, T-Mobile, Adobe PDF

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, Police Blotter, defendant, Pennsylvania, cache, possession, evidence, prosecutor, law, image, Web browser, situation, hard drive

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: 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: interception, Police Blotter, Wisconsin, police, appeals court, parent, child, law, recorder

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., defense, expert, attorney, photograph, CD-ROM, laptop computer, hard drive

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, police, prosecutor, Georgia, teacher, malware, image, virus

Police blotter: Trojan horse leads to porn convictions

August 25, 2006 In this week's installment, judge upholds conviction instigated by a hacker who reported incriminating files. TAGS: SubSeven, Police Blotter, conviction, Alabama, hacker, Turkey, law, trial, trojan horse, U.S., photograph, e-mail

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: Judge orders Gmail disclosure

March 17, 2006 In case over missing assets, judge orders "all e-mails" from a Gmail account, including deleted ones, to be turned over. TAGS: subpoena, Gmail, Police Blotter, Judge, attorney, disclosure, asset, Google Inc., receiver, e-mail, document, backup

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, database, check, cause, attorney, U.S.

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: Cell phone tracking rejected

September 2, 2005 Judge says Patriot Act doesn't let feds snoop on someone's cell phone location without some evidence of criminal activity. TAGS: Police Blotter, USA PATRIOT Act, cell phone, Judge, evidence, order, location

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, permission, home PC, officer, wife, trial

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, South Carolina, Police Blotter, law, practice, insurance, lawyer, woman, representative, work

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: Is computer-generated pornography illegal?

November 2, 2007 Utah jury delivers guilty verdict after being told "computer-generated images" of nude minors are illegal--despite Supreme Court ruling. TAGS: minor, Utah, Police Blotter, conduct, verdict, jury, image, law, picture, photograph

Police blotter: Upset eBay buyer makes house call

July 29, 2005 A weekly report on the intersection of technology and the law. This episode: an eBay deal goes awry. TAGS: Police Blotter, eBay Inc., sheriff

Police Blotter: Murderer nabbed via tracking, Web search

March 18, 2008 Husband's death is discovered through a vehicle-tracking device and a search for "decomposition of a body in water." TAGS: Police Blotter, Internet search, police, GPS, agent, evidence, Texas

Police Blotter: Can a cell phone camera intimidate a witness?

November 16, 2007 Court rules that trial defendant committed crime when pretending to photograph an undercover officer with his cell phone. TAGS: officer, informant, Police Blotter, defendant, cell phone, Massachusetts, photograph, camera
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