Thursday, April 26, 2007

Sheriff's Deputy Convicted of Computer Spying

NY - A Monroe County Sheriff's deputy was convicted Tuesday of felony eavesdropping and misdemeanor official misconduct.

Acting state Supreme Court Justice Stephen Sirkin found Investigator Michael Hildreth guilty of planting spyware on a neighbor's computer. The prosecution alleged that Hildreth conducted an unsanctioned investigation of his neighbor, whom he believed posed a threat to young girls in their Rochester-area neighborhood. (
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