Brickbat: Snitches Get Stitches

A paralegal in the U.S. Attorney's Office in New Jersey has been accused of using government computers to identify cooperating witnesses in a case against her son's street gang. Tawanna Hilliard has been charged with witness tampering, obstruction of justice and obtaining information from a government computer. Her son Tyquan, a member of the Bloods, has also been charged. Tyquan Hilliard is currently serving a 10-year prison sentence for robbery.

Comments

[Jerry B.]

"Tyquan Hilliard"

Just once, couldn't it be Thurston Howell Hilliard?

[lap83]

Sure, but then he'd be in trouble for insider trading or embezzlement

[Quo Usque Tandem]

Egad.

[Fist of Etiquette]

One would assume the penalty for witness tampering would be pretty steep.

[Longtobefree]

If one did, one would not have read that this is New Jersey.

For example, if you click the link with an active ad blocker, the pop up just says "TURN OFF YOUR AD BLOCKER".
Most sites at lease say please, some even explain that they need ad revenue from the clickbait; these guys, not so much.

[Unicorn Abattoir]

How odd that a member of one dangerous gang would help someone in another dangerous gang.

[Deconstructed Potato]

I see what you did there.

[Rat on a train]

21:22?

[Longtobefree]

Riddle me this batman; why do we pay taxes to buy government computers, if it is illegal to 'obtain information' from them?
Has NJ invented write-only memory?

[Jerryskids]

Obtaining information of any sort from any source is ipso facto proof that you lied on your job application about your qualifications to work for the government. If you're capable of learning, you're over-qualified for government work and your application should have been rejected.

[Rat on a train]

It is most likely obtaining information from a "protected" computer without authorization. You can only search protected systems for information related to your duties, even if you don't do anything with the data. FBI agents can't browse case files, IRS agents can't lookup their neighbor's taxes, ...

[Longtobefree]

"FBI agents can’t browse case files, IRS agents can’t lookup their neighbor’s taxes, …"

Oh, really?