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UT student indicted in Palin e-mail hacking case
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The son of a Tennessee state representative has been indicted for hacking into vice presidential nominee Sarah Palin’s personal e-mail account.
David Kernell, 20, who is a student at the University of Tennessee, turned himself in this morning according to a prepared statement from the U.S. Attorney’s office in Knoxville. He is scheduled to make an initial court appearance at 10 a.m. in front of U.S. District Judge Clifford Shirley in Knoxville.
The one-count indictment, which was unsealed today and delivered by a Knoxville grand jury late Tuesday, alleges that on approximately Sept. 16, Mr. Kernell illegally accessed Alaska Gov. Palin’s Yahoo e-mail account by resetting the account password.
A Chattanooga grand jury heard evidence in the case two weeks ago, but did not indict Mr. Kernell at that time.
If convicted of the charge, Mr. Kernell could face a five-year prison term and a fine of up to $250,000.
Mr. Kernell is the son of democratic state Rep. Mike Kernell.
See tomorrow’s Times Free Press for complete details.
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Now that is interesting; a Chattanooga Grand Jury thought there wasn't enough evidence to convict the lad so the US Attorney went to Knoxville and got the indictment there. Well, good on him.
So. Was the fix in here at home in Chat, did they demand a "smoking gun", a video tape of the crime or what? Seems the average citizen of Knoxville is a tad more intolerant of crime...
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