In the case of computer crime, political opponents testify to the community officials

Scio Twp., Mi – A political opponent of the Scio Township Supervisor Jillian Kerry said on Tuesday in court that he found an old e -mail “puzzling”, which was mysteriously forwarded from his account.

A case of crimes against Kerry against Kerry focuses on an accusation that she deliberately forwarded an e -mail from the former municipal supervisory visor.

Kerry's defender R. Michael Bullotta argues that she did not deliberately forward the e -mail. Part of her defense revolves around the possibility that the e -mail was already in a design form and somehow sent it automatically.

Hathaway said he never planned to head an e -mail exchange with a lawyer at the Township Clerk.

“I was surprised and tried to make sense,” said Hathaway.

“It was a mystery to me how it happened,” he said.

“I hadn't sent it and hadn't even been on my computer at the time,” he continued. “It was puzzling.”

Hathaway confirmed in court that he regarded Kerry as a political rival. Although he did not take Kerry for the supervisor position last year, he was the most important financial contribution to the political campaign committee “Fix Scio”, which spoke out against Kerry and other candidates in the community.

Ian Hubert also testified during the preliminary examination, as he observed Kerry when he tried to start a zoom meeting for the Roads Advisory Board of the community at the time of forwarding the e -mail. Hubert is the deputy chairman of the advisory board.

He said he didn't think Kerry was trying to do something illegal.

Kerry, who at that time was a community loan, used a common computer in the meeting room of the Township Hall, as an e -mail exchange from 2022 via election workers between Hathaway and a lawyer of the municipality to the Township Clerk Jessica Flintoft.

Kerry was accused of committing a crime with a computer that was punished with a maximum of four years in prison and a fine of 5,000 US dollars and disrupted electronic communication, which contains a first -class penalty of two years in prison and a fine of $ 1,000. Both are criminals.

Judge J. Cedric Simpson from District Court 14a resumed on Tuesday on Tuesday, May 13th, at 11 a.m. A detective in this case is expected to be the next witness.

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