http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/suburbs/elgin/chi-former-elgin-deputy-police-chief-charged-with-identity-theft-misconduct-20130521,0,548860.story
By Kate Thayer
Tribune reporter
May 21, 2013
A former high-ranking Elgin police officer and current Stockton police
chief was indicted Tuesday on charges he used a law enforcement database
to hack into an e-mail account and get personal information, according
to Kane County prosecutors.
Robert Beeter, 51, of Elgin, faces felony charges of identity theft and
official misconduct, Kane County prosecutors said. He was arrested
Tuesday afternoon and released after posting $2,500 bond, according to
prosecutors.
Beeter could not immediately be reached for comment.
The indictment alleges that between Aug. 11, 2010 and April 12, 2011,
Beeter on several occasions used personal identification information of
“someone he knew” to access that person’s personal e-mail account,
prosecutors said. In June 2010, Beeter also accessed the Law Enforcement
Agencies Data System four times to gain information on someone for his
personal use, the indictment charges.
During that time, Beeter was Elgin’s deputy police chief. Beeter also
served for a period as acting police chief in Elgin, though not during
the time in question. He has since been laid off from the Elgin force
and, last June, became the chief of Stockton’s police department.
Prosecutors did not specify whose e-mail account and personal
information was at the center of the allegations.
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