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Two more cops got caught using government databases to track romantic interests.

The Verge •
September 30, 2026 • 09:00 PM
• By Gaby Del Valle
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A pair of sheriff’s deputies in Pinellas County, Florida, were arrested on felony charges by their own department for using official databases to look up women they were interested in — including a 17-year-old girl. One of the sheriff’s deputies, Karl Gwynne, reportedly looked up a woman on the agency’s automatic license plate reader database 300 times. [Link: 2 Pinellas deputies arrested for tracking people they were interested in, sheriff says | https://www.tampabay.com/news/crime/2026/09/30/pinellas-deputy-arrests-flock-license-plate-cameras-gualtieri/ | Tampa Bay Times]

Two more cops got caught using government databases to track romantic interests.

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A pair of sheriff’s deputies in Pinellas County, Florida, were arrested on felony charges by their own department for using official databases to look up women they were interested in — including a 17-year-old girl.

One of the sheriff’s deputies, Karl Gwynne, reportedly looked up a woman on the agency’s automatic license plate reader database 300 times.

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