- A former juvenile probation officer in Florida has been arrested on 113 counts alleging computer crimes for unauthorized access.
- Crystal Lawson, 33, allegedly accessed a crime database 106 times over the span of 5 months and leaked arrest warrants to alleged members of a drug trafficking organization who were actively under investigation, the sheriff's office said.
- Officials said Lawson was hired as a probation officer in 2022 and fired that same year. However, her access to that database was not terminated.
A former juvenile probation officer in Florida is facing more than 100 charges for allegedly accessing a crime database and leaking arrest warrants and other documents to alleged members of a drug ring that was actively under investigation, according to the Orange County Sheriff's Office.
113 felony counts
What we know:
Crystal Lawson, 32, was arrested and booked into jail on 113 felony counts of computer crimes - unauthorized access. The sheriff's office said each count carried a maximum penalty of up to 5 years in prison.
If convicted on all counts, that would be a total of 575 years in prison.
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