· Greene County, MO · Charged, not convicted
Former Greene County, Missouri sheriff's lieutenant charged over 236 Flock searches of one woman's plate
A former Greene County Sheriff's Office lieutenant has been charged with four counts of misuse of official information by a public servant, accused of using the office's Flock camera network to follow a woman she had befriended, KY3 and the Springfield News-Leader reported Oct. 19, 2026. According to KY3's account of the court records, deputies learned of possible misuse on Oct. 5, and an audit found 236 Flock queries of the same Springfield woman's plate between July 1 and Oct. 16, 2025, logged with reasons such as "Investigation," "Stolen Auto" and "Suspected Burglary"; deputies found no criminal investigation involving her. KY3 says the former lieutenant told investigators she kept checking the plate to see whether the woman went where she said she would, once following her through Flock on a trip out of the country, and also looked her up in a state law-enforcement database. The woman told deputies she had not known about the searches. Sheriff Jason Johnson said the lieutenant was fired and that the behavior does not reflect the office's standards. KY3 also reports the sheriff did not renew the office's Flock contract, which ended Sept. 27. The former lieutenant is charged, not convicted.
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