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DeKalb PD staffer charged with selling crash info

DeKalb Police Department employee Shirley Waters (left) was arrested Monday, June 13, for selling vehicle accident information, according to police. Reginald Earl Jenkins (right) was arrested early Tuesday morning for felony charges, including bribery and conspiracy. Photo credit: DeKalb County Sheriff's Office
DeKalb Police Department employee Shirley Waters (left) was arrested Monday, June 13, for selling vehicle accident information, according to police. Reginald Earl Jenkins (right) was arrested early Tuesday morning for felony charges, including bribery and conspiracy. Photo credit: DeKalb County Sheriff's Office
By Sierra Hubbard
June 14, 2016

The DeKalb County Police Intelligence Unit arrested an employee of the police department for allegedly selling vehicle accident information.

Shirley Waters, a civilian employee in the Auto Theft Unit, was arrested Monday after a three-month investigation, according to police. She was charged with computer invasion of privacy, allegedly selling vehicle accident information to a third party, Reginald Earl Jenkins.

Jenkins was arrested at 1:30 a.m. Tuesday morning and charged with bribery and criminal conspiracy to commit computer invasion of privacy.

"Jenkins was providing financial compensation for accident information from Waters," DeKalb police spokesman Maj. Stephen Fore said in an email. "There was no conspiracy on the part of Waters."

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