http://www.freep.com/news/mich/lein8_20010808.htm Police say suspended cop abused database Detective says he checked on wife before her fatal shooting August 8, 2001 BY M. L. ELRICK FREE PRESS STAFF WRITER A State Police detective whose estranged wife was shot dead at the Potter Park Zoo admitted using police databases such as the Law Enforcement Information Network (LEIN) to check on his wife and her acquaintances, according to Lansing police search warrant requests. State Police Detective Sgt. Artis White is not suspected of shooting Bernita White, 41, on June 23 as she walked with the couple's 5-year-old daughter. But Lansing Police Detective Jon Priebe, who is investigating the case, alleged the requests that "Artis White had a motive and may have contracted someone to kill his wife." Artis White said he did not tell police he abused the LEIN and referred all other questions to his attorney, David Clark. Clark did not return calls Tuesday. The warrant requests, unsealed last week, portray White as obsessive. Priebe wrote that White admitted hiring a private investigator to follow his wife and "that he had been inappropriately using police facilities such as Law Enforcement Information Network records to check on his wife and persons she was seeing." [...] ------------------------------------------------------------------------- POLITECH -- Declan McCullagh's politics and technology mailing list You may redistribute this message freely if you include this notice. To subscribe, visit http://www.politechbot.com/info/subscribe.html This message is archived at http://www.politechbot.com/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------
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