Teh One Who Knocks
01-27-2017, 12:14 PM
The Lincoln Journal Star
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A 23-year-old man pleaded not guilty Wednesday to an abuse of public records charge after police say he faxed a fake court memo to jail staff in an attempt to release his friend.
Justin A. Colbert, of 811 A St., became the target of a Lincoln police investigation after Lancaster County jail staff reported receiving a suspicious fax July 23.
The fax purported to be from Lancaster County Court staff saying a bond payment of $25,000 had been made for an inmate there detained in a weapons case and that he should be released, police said.
But the courts were closed that day, as it was a Saturday, and the fax had been sent through a web service with an attached email and phone number that didn't belong to County Court, police said.
Investigators narrowed in on Colbert after learning the computer the fax was sent from belonged to one of his residents and Colbert had served jail time with the inmate named in the fax, police said.
The email address used in the fax belonged to Colbert, police said.
The offense is a misdemeanor punishable by up to six months jail time and a $1,000 fine.
Colbert is already in jail serving a sentence related to a theft case.
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A 23-year-old man pleaded not guilty Wednesday to an abuse of public records charge after police say he faxed a fake court memo to jail staff in an attempt to release his friend.
Justin A. Colbert, of 811 A St., became the target of a Lincoln police investigation after Lancaster County jail staff reported receiving a suspicious fax July 23.
The fax purported to be from Lancaster County Court staff saying a bond payment of $25,000 had been made for an inmate there detained in a weapons case and that he should be released, police said.
But the courts were closed that day, as it was a Saturday, and the fax had been sent through a web service with an attached email and phone number that didn't belong to County Court, police said.
Investigators narrowed in on Colbert after learning the computer the fax was sent from belonged to one of his residents and Colbert had served jail time with the inmate named in the fax, police said.
The email address used in the fax belonged to Colbert, police said.
The offense is a misdemeanor punishable by up to six months jail time and a $1,000 fine.
Colbert is already in jail serving a sentence related to a theft case.