Police say the technology helps solve murders and find missing kids. But an Albany County investigator is accused of accessing it thousands of times for unauthorized searches.
She was convicted on three counts of animal cruelty, but it's what the judge says could happen three years from now that has local animal advocates especially angry.
An alleged conversation with an 11-year-old, a planned meeting near the woods, and internet sleuths waiting instead. Here’s what unfolded in Upstate NY.