Police chief under investigation for cyberbullying

[Alan C.]

Campbell police chief under investigation

 

The town of Campbell police chief is under investigation over accusations that he created online accounts on pornographic, dating and insurance websites for a tea party activist who sued him in federal court.Chief Tim Kelemen — from the town and his personal computer — used Greg Luce’s email to establish profiles on Match.com and Selectquote.com to generate harassing solicitations, according to police investigation reports.The same Internet addresses used to access those sites also visited sexually explicit pages. A computer user on the town’s computer and from Kelemen’s home also posted negative comments about Luce on the Tribune’s website using the handle “Bill O’Reilly,” according to investigation reports.The chief admitted to using Luce’s email on websites, but Kelemen said he didn’t realize the conduct was illegal, the reports said. He said it was done after Luce filed suit in February against the town of Campbell, Kelemen and an officer over an ordinance that prohibits signs on a pedestrian bridge across Interstate 90.. . .Investigators through subpoenas found the internet address used to register Luce on Match.com belonged to the town of Campbell, and the address for the insurance website matched Kelemen’s home computer.. . .Kelemen during a May 27 interview with investigators initially said he didn’t know anything about Internet solicitations made for Luce. He later admitted that he signed Luce up for the websites because Luce had been harassing the department. Kelemen told investigators “he felt it was the only way to get back at him.”

 

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I kind of hate to say this, but when the only way a police chief can "get back" at someone is to create fake profiles in online dating sites, things don't sound too bad.