Personal data mailed out in error
Names, Social Security numbers and home addresses of nearly 1,740 former Chicago school employees were mistakenly mailed to other members of the group, prompting concerns the information could be used for identity theft.
All Printing & Graphics Inc., which Chicago Public Schools hired to print and mail health-insurance information to the former employees, said Sunday it hadn’t realized one document it sent contained personal data belonging to all of them.
Officials weren’t certain how many of the former employees received the 125-page list of personal information, Vaughn said. “We sincerely apologize for the error in the mailing,” he said.
Arne Duncan, chief executive officer of the Chicago Public Schools, promised a full investigation and said the district will look into adding more safeguards to protect private information.
ATLANTA
FBI to lead inquiry on woman’s killing
The FBI will lead the investigation into the shootout between plainclothes police officers and an 88-year-old woman who was killed in her home, which was suspected to contain drugs, the city police chief said Monday.
Three officers were wounded when they entered Kathryn Johnston’s home looking for cocaine based on tips from an informant, according to the search warrant released Monday by the Fulton County State Court.
Police said the informant told officers he had purchased drugs in the home earlier, prompting investigators to get a warrant. But Atlanta police Chief Richard Pennington said it was unclear whether there had been a drug deal or whether the suspected drug dealer actually exists.
“That’s what we’re going to have to investigate and determine,” Pennington said.
The medical examiner’s office also reported Sunday that records show Johnston was 88, despite her family saying she was 92.
WEST BEND, Wis.
Man admits painting shrine
A 21-year-old man pleaded guilty Monday to desecrating one of Wisconsin’s most popular religious shrines to commemorate “Satan’s birthday.”
Tyler Groth pleaded guilty to felony criminal damage to religious property and could face up to a year and a half in jail when he is sentenced Jan. 11.
Groth and his 17-year-old cousin, David J. Groth, were accused of spraying paint on statues and spray painting a devil’s face at several locations in June at the Basilica of Holy Hill, National Shrine of Mary, in Erin.
It was to commemorate the date 06-06-06, and Tyler Groth told investigators the date is “Satan’s birthday.” In the Bible, the Book of Revelation describes triple sixes as the mark of the Antichrist.