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BREAKING NEWS: Sheriff's department laptop stolen while staffers on vacation

By Tim Turner
Staff Writer

Published:

Tuesday, July 7, 2009 7:25 AM EDT

Three Howard County Sheriff’s Department employees took a recent trip to Gatlinburg, Tenn. where a laptop owned by the Sheriff’s department was stolen.

Gary Bates was the employee responsible for the laptop, and he took the laptop so he could provide service to the Sheriff’s department while he was on vacation.

The laptop, a checkbook, and some digital cameras were stolen from the cabin where the employees were staying while they were out.

Talbert said the department is doing everything it can to recover the laptop.

“If we need to send a detective down to help I will send him,” said Talbert.

County Information Systems director, Terry Tribby, said that the laptop is password protected and that no information is stored on the computer’s hard drive, all the information is stored virtually on the county’s servers.