Posted on 05/13/2014 8:38:41 AM PDT by dennisw
Woman, 24, faces WIRETAPPING charge after recording her own arrest over 'drunken dispute'
Springfield, Massachusetts, police officers say Karen Dziewit threatened to get them fired during her arrest on disorderly conduct charge The 24-year-old woman claimed to be a 'law student' and screamed at police that she will see them in court Dziewit turned on voice recorder feature on her smartphone and hid it in her purse along with empty half-pint of vodka
A 24-year-old Massachusetts woman was charged with unlawful wiretapping after secretly recording her arrest for disorderly conduct.
The Springfield Police Department accused Karen Dziewit of drinking outside a building at about 2am Sunday. She’s also accused of yelling and disturbing residents and refusing to quiet down.
When the 24-year-old Dziewit was about to be taken into custody, police say she turned on a recording feature on her smartphone, hid it in her purse and captured her arrest.
Ms Dziewit was charged with unlawful wiretapping, disorderly conduct and an open container violation.
On Monday, the Chicopee resident was arraigned and released on her own recognizance. She is due back in court July 8 for a pre-trial hearing.
Under a Massachusetts state law, it is illegal to record someone's voice without the person's knowledge or permission.
Chapter 272, Section 99 of the General Laws states that it is against the law 'to secretly hear......
It is illegal to record conversations in Massachusetts without knowledge or consent of all parties
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I don’t know why they still think that will work, any competent lab can recover the deleted file and show when it was deleted. Then, you get to add destruction of evidence to the Civil Rights violation lawsuit.
This is Massachusetts, they will steal your kid should your doctor not agree with another doctor...
I understand the search warrant concept, but the law seems to have a pretty clear ban on such activity.
Technically, isn’t wiretapping when you make a connection to a phone line and secretly record the conversation?
This isn’t wiretapping. It’s simply recording without all the parties knowledge and permission.
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