Mooresville Officer Charged After 31 LPR Searches Tracked Boyfriend's Ex-Wife
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Updated · WLOS · Aug 7
Mooresville Officer Charged After 31 LPR Searches Tracked Boyfriend's Ex-Wife
3 articles · Updated · WLOS · Aug 7
Summary
Officer Elizabeth Snowman was charged Aug. 5 with misdemeanor computer access after investigators said she used Mooresville's license plate reader system 31 times for personal reasons.
Police Chief Ron Campurciani said Snowman used the LPR cameras to find and track her boyfriend's ex-wife and was not truthful about why she accessed the data.
Iredell County records show Snowman was booked into jail and later released on a $5,000 bond.
The case follows the July 29 arrest of Charlotte-Mecklenburg officer Seth Elliot over an unauthorized license-plate query, adding scrutiny as North Carolina has just made its SBI LPR program permanent and expanded readers to all state-maintained roads.
That expansion has already drawn privacy backlash, including Macon County commissioners' unanimous vote to defund their Flock Safety reader program.