Deputy US Marshal Misused Phone Tracker to Spy On ‘Personal Associates’ and Spouses

Sen. Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) says that Congress and the American people know too little of the extent to which U.S. citizens’ private conversations and e-mails are being captured by intelligence agencies as incidental data. He spoke July 25 at the Cato Institute. Gary Feuerberg/ The Epoch Times

Deputy U.S. Marshal Adrian Pena, 48, of Del Rio, Texas, has been charged with misusing law enforcement resources to obtain cell phone location information of multiple people, including some with whom he had former relationships.

Pena used the Location Based Services (LBS) feature provided by Securus Technologies Inc. (Securus) for his alleged crimes.