Merikay Wootton, 63, Lenexa, Kan., has been charged with unlawfully disclosing confidential information while she was an employee of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation. The crime is alleged to have occurred from Aug. 28, 2008, through July 10, 2009, in Overland Park, Kan. According to the indictment, Wootton was working as a loan officer for…
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Kentucky DUI case questions search & seizure protections
Melissa Helton entered a conditional guilty plea to wanton murder and DUI charges that resulted from an investigation which involved a blood test when she was unconscious in a hospital. Police did not have a warrant to take Helton’s blood in the hospital that day. Helton appealed her DUI plea to argue that the practice…
CBP officer charged with unlawful access to govt databases
Nogales, Ariz.-based U.S. Customs and Border Protection Officer Natan Ben-Shabat, 42, of Tucson, made his initial appearance last week before U.S. Magistrate Judge Hector C. Estrada on charges of Unauthorized Access to a Government Computer. Ben-Shabat was released pending a December 1, 2009, trial date. The three-count information alleges that while employed as a U.S….
Release R-71 signatures, court says, but appeal planned
Lornet Turnbull reports: Protect Marriage Washington, which collected the signatures to get Referendum 71 on the November ballot, said it will appeal Thursday’s federal appeals-court ruling that cleared the way for public release of the names of those who signed petitions for the measure. “That particular group of judges saw the law one way; we’ll…