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   From: zinn@reno.us   
      
   Former Department of Health data analyst turned whistleblower Rebekah   
   Jones reached an agreement with state prosecutors to dismiss the criminal   
   hacking charges against her. As a condition of the dismissal, Jones   
   admitted she was guilty.   
      
   Amid suspicions that Jones illegally accessed the Florida Department of   
   Health System to send a message on the agency’s internal platform, police   
   searched her home in December 2020. A subsequent search of her electronics   
   suggested that she sent a message to 1,750 people, downloaded confidential   
   data, and saved it to her devices, according to the Florida Department of   
   Law Enforcement.   
      
   Jones was later charged with an offense against users of computers,   
   computer systems, computer networks and electronic devices, a third-degree   
   felony. Jones officially admitted guilt as part of the Dec. 8 agreement.   
      
   This saga began in May 2020 when Jones accused Gov. Ron DeSantis’   
   administration of manipulating COVID-19 data. After raising concerns about   
   the lack of transparency within the agency, she said her responsibilities   
   and duties were taken away, citing the loss of her position of overseeing   
   the COVID-19 dashboard.   
      
   The state suspected her of gaining “unauthorized access” to an employee   
   messaging platform to send a group text by using her old log-in   
   credentials. The state alleged that she instructed her former employees to   
   “be a hero” and “speak up” against COVID-19 in a Nov. 10 message.   
      
   Jones denied sending the email at the time.   
      
   Attention on Jones heightened in December 2020 when the Florida Department   
   of Law Enforcement raided her Tallahassee home to execute a search warrant   
   of her computer equipment.   
      
   Agents can be seen entering her home with guns drawn in a recording   
   captured by a camera on Jones’ bookshelf.   
      
   FDLE released about 30 minutes of police body-camera footage showing   
   portions of the raid after Jones claimed on Twitter that the agents   
   “pointed a gun in my face. They pointed guns at my kids.”   
      
   FDLE denied that agents pointed their guns at anyone when they executed   
   the search warrant.   
      
   Shortly thereafter, in January 2021, the state issued an arrest warrant   
   for Jones, charging her with one count of offenses against users of   
   computers, computer systems, computer networks and electronic devices.   
      
      
   On December 8, 2022, Jones announced, via the social media platform   
   substack, that the state attorney was dismissing the charges against her,   
   contingent, in part, on her $20,000 payment to police for “investigative   
   costs.”   
      
   While detailing the terms of the deferred prosecution agreement, she   
   lamented that she had been subjected to an unfair justice system with   
   “unchecked power to intimidate people into silence and compliance.” She   
   took aim at DeSantis, referring to his supporters as “thugs” and claimed   
   that his actions were an attack on speech, science, and freedom.   
      
   Court documents show that prosecution against Jones will be deferred for   
   24 months, conditioned on her fulfillment of its terms. Among these   
   obligations include seeing a licensed mental health professional of the   
   state’s choosing, admitting her guilt of the offense charged, completing   
   150 hours of community service at a minimum rate of 13 hours per week, and   
   working regularly at a lawful occupation.   
      
   Any violation of these conditions affords the state attorney the right to   
   revoke or modify the conditions of Jones’ deferred prosecution.   
      
   https://news.yahoo.com/charges-against-former-state-health-181439873.html   
      
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