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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: Circuit City Stores Inc., Police Blotter, technician, appeals court, Pennsylvania, burner, Mr., evidence, DVD-drive, court, DVD burner, video, DVD, hard drive

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, U.S.

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: Official can't be fired in sex e-mail flap

October 17, 2007 Pennsylvania court rules that a senior bureaucrat who circulated photos of exposed body parts should be reinstated at a lower level. TAGS: Pennsylvania, Police Blotter, bureaucrat, firing, policy, duty, e-mail, CD, photograph

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, prosecutor, SMS, Verizon Wireless, request, telecommunications, e-mail

Police Blotter: MySpace profile sets convicted felon free

November 30, 2007 Man convicted of molesting two girls gets new trial after appeals court agrees jurors shouldn't have perused MySpace for one girl's profile. TAGS: juror, Police Blotter, West Virginia, girl, jury, verdict, MySpace, conviction, trial, defendant, appeals court, error

Police Blotter: E911 rules aid police in tracking cell phones

February 8, 2008 Court order lets Homeland Security obtain precise location data from T-Mobile about customer's movements in real time. TAGS: informant, E911, affidavit, T-Mobile, Police Blotter, Minnesota, homeland security, police, prosecutor, U.S. District Judge, evidence, subscriber, cell phone, location, movement, order

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

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, malware, malicious software, termination, worker

Police Blotter: Justice Dept.'s warrantless eavesdropping rejected

September 26, 2007 Federal judge denies Justice Department's request to record parts of phone calls sans a wiretap order, concluding it violates the 4th Amendment. TAGS: Police Blotter, prosecutor, phone line, opinion, telephone call, order, Judge, government, request, New York

Police Blotter: Intoxilyzer code must be disclosed

January 28, 2008 Appeals court rules that Kentucky driver facing DUI charges based on a closed-source breath alcohol reading can inspect the source code. TAGS: Kentucky, Police Blotter, source code, prosecutor, subpoena, attorney general, defendant, defense, attorney

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, warrant, T-Mobile Sidekick, arrest, police, search, cell phone, T-Mobile, Adobe PDF, mobile phone

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, conduct, Police Blotter, verdict, jury, woman, picture, law, image, photograph

Police Blotter: Craigslist toddler giveaway ad sparks suit

October 26, 2007 Homeless mother who posted Craigslist ad to find someone to take her 3-year-old daughter tries to get her back from social services. TAGS: Craigslist, mother, Police Blotter, emergency response, appeals court, therapy, children, California

Police Blotter: Dot-com swindler goes to prison

November 21, 2007 Appeals court upholds verdict, revokes bail for church elder convicted of bilking dot-com IPO investors out of their life savings. TAGS: dot-com, defendant, New Jersey, Police Blotter, investor, income tax, fund, IPO, Internet company, investment, income, tax

Police Blotter: Did blogging juror affect DUI trial?

November 9, 2007 Court of appeals upholds conviction of drunk driver who asked for a new trial because of a juror's blogging. TAGS: juror, blogging, verdict, Police Blotter, trial, jury, Ohio, evidence, blog

Police Blotter: Imprisoned sex offenders demand PCs

May 16, 2007 Sex offenders committed to Minnesota facility say confiscation of their PCs in security crackdown violates their constitutional rights. TAGS: Minnesota, Police Blotter, patient, crackdown, facility, state, security, PC

Police Blotter: Is it legal to use an alias anymore?

October 12, 2007 Arizona senior citizen sentenced to 10 years for inventing the name "Peter Reynolds" and using it to open bank accounts, pay his monthly bills. TAGS: conviction, Arizona, bank account, Police Blotter, Cox Communications Inc., Social Security, identity, bank, social security number, citizen, identity theft

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, father, bedroom, homeland security, police, search, permission, house, agent, password, hard drive, PC

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, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, police, appeals court, parent, child, recorder, law
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