don webb
October 16th, 2009, 12:18 PM
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A former contractor for the Ohio Association of Chiefs of Police has been charged with rummaging through state computers to retrieve confidential information about "Joe the Plumber."
The State Highway Patrol says that Brett A.Gerke, 52, of 2329 Woodcreek Place, is charged with attempted unauthorized use of property.
Gerke was project manager in the development of the Ohio Local Law Enforcement Information Sharing Network, working on the project between 2004 and 2008 as a contractor for the police chiefs' association.
Gerke used a test account and password he received to work on the project to search for information on Wurzelbacher and others, authorities say.
The Dispatch revealed several questionable checks of state computer systems for confidential information about Wurzelbacher after the presidential debate.
Gov. Ted Strickland suspended Helen Jones-Kelley, then director of the Ohio Department of Job and Family Services, after she approved several unauthorized computer checks on Wurzelbacher that had no legal purpose.
Wurzelbacher has already filed a federal lawsuit against Jones-Kelley and the two former aides seeking damages for violation of his privacy. Here comes another..........:headbang:
http://www.dispatch.com/live/content/local_news/stories/2009/10/14/plumber.html?sid=101
A former contractor for the Ohio Association of Chiefs of Police has been charged with rummaging through state computers to retrieve confidential information about "Joe the Plumber."
The State Highway Patrol says that Brett A.Gerke, 52, of 2329 Woodcreek Place, is charged with attempted unauthorized use of property.
Gerke was project manager in the development of the Ohio Local Law Enforcement Information Sharing Network, working on the project between 2004 and 2008 as a contractor for the police chiefs' association.
Gerke used a test account and password he received to work on the project to search for information on Wurzelbacher and others, authorities say.
The Dispatch revealed several questionable checks of state computer systems for confidential information about Wurzelbacher after the presidential debate.
Gov. Ted Strickland suspended Helen Jones-Kelley, then director of the Ohio Department of Job and Family Services, after she approved several unauthorized computer checks on Wurzelbacher that had no legal purpose.
Wurzelbacher has already filed a federal lawsuit against Jones-Kelley and the two former aides seeking damages for violation of his privacy. Here comes another..........:headbang:
http://www.dispatch.com/live/content/local_news/stories/2009/10/14/plumber.html?sid=101