Orange County (Calif.) sheriff’s deputies arrested one of their own comm center dispatchers after a tipster said she was passing restricted information from computer systems to members of a white supremacist gang. 
Lissa Marie Domanic, 42, was hired in Feb. 2007 and passed a routine background check, said sheriff’s spokesperson Jim Amormino. Her job allowed her access to driver’s license, vehicle registration and criminal history computer systems.
“We do a thorough background investigation, and nothing came up in her background,” Amormino said. “Sometimes people are able to conceal things they are involved in.”
Deputies arrested her at home without incident, but said she was under the influence of a controlled substance and in possession of methamphetamine when they arrived. She was immediately placed on administrative leave.
According to court documents, Domanic passed information from the Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV) to gang members while they were inmates at the jail.
Specifically, last May Domanic allegedly talked to a male inmate and gave him information about another inmate in the jail. According to the district attorney’s office, the other inmate was jailed on child sex charges, and she wanted the inmate beaten up. Deputies said no attack ever occurred.
In June, Domanic allegedly accessed criminal history information using a computer and passed it to gang members. In July, she allegedly tried to give additional information to the same inmate about another man.
Investigators say they are investigating if Domanic specifically obtained the dispatcher job in order to have access to criminal justice computers. They said no other arrests were made immediately, but that others could be charged later.
Domanic was indicted by a grand jury, and charged with two counts of solicitation to commit a violent crime and one count of providing confidential law enforcement information. She was held on $50,000 bail.
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