Illegal Records Check Results in Arrest

A Connecticut State Police dispatcher was arrested last month and charged with computer crimes after investigators allege she illegally accessed the state’s criminal justice database by running her mother’s name. Nataya Davidson, 31, was also reassigned to clerical duties at the Hartford barracks during an internal investigation. According to an arrest warrant, during a routine audit of criminal history inquiries made in June 2010, the state police discovered a request without the required supporting case number. When questioned about the inquiry, Davidson said she didn’t know why the name was run, but later said a trooper requested it. She provided a supporting case number, but investigators said that number was actually for a traffic stop that occurred the day before Davidson was initially questioned. Finally, she admitted running her mother’s name in connection with her mother’s arrest in 2009 on child endangerment charges. Davidson was released on bail and next appears in court this week.