[IP] IP address typo leads to a false arrest in Kansas [priv]
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From: Declan McCullagh <declan@xxxxxxxx>
Date: September 13, 2005 9:59:46 AM EDT
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Subject: [Politech] IP address typo leads to a false arrest in Kansas
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Subject: IP address typo leads to a false arrest
Date: Tue, 13 Sep 2005 09:33:07 -0400
From: Richard M. Smith <rms@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: 'Declan McCullagh' <declan@xxxxxxxx>
http://www.kansas.com/mld/eagle/news/local/crime_courts/12620843.htm
Brian and Sarah Doom were shocked when police showed up at their Wichita
home accusing them of child pornography.
The Dooms had never been in trouble with the law. On Aug. 12, 2004, they
found themselves being accused of activity that disgusted them.
But the police had the wrong house, based on mistaken information
from the
Dooms' Internet service provider, Cox Communications.
...
The court order, Shultz said, asked for a home address connected to an
Internet address police suspected of receiving child porn. Shultz
said that
someone at Cox typed in an Internet address different from the one
provided
by police.
"And the Dooms' home address came up," Shultz said.
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