A former youth probation officer has been charged with over 100 charges after she gained access to a government database.
Investigations alleged that she leaked judicial and government sensitive data records to people facing a drug trafficking investigation.
Crystal Gaynell Ann Lawson, 32, is charged with 113 felony counts of cybercrime, including unauthorized access and one count of unlawful use of a two-way communication device, court records show.
The arrest affidavit was filed in Orange County’s Ninth Judicial Circuit.
Each unauthorized access to confidential documents carries a prison term of up to five years.
Rounding up the total, that adds up to 60 years Lawson would serve behind bars.
The database she accessed was used to spy on an ongoing investigation into fentanyl trafficking and then leaked confidential arrest warrants for the drug cartel her own father had ties to.
After appearing in court Friday afternoon, her bond was set at $1.14 million. That’s $10,000 for each count.
Lawson was hired by the Florida Department of Juvenile Justice in February 2022.
According to her job description, she was given access to the CCIS database. Although she was fired later that year after an arrest, her database access was not removed.
Orange County Corrections records available on its portal list Lawson’s case status as “presented” and show multiple records for “offense against computer users.”
The leaked data resulted in lost evidence, unrecovered assets and at least one suspect fleeing arrest, although authorities later took him into custody.
