Tillotson

Introduction

Linda Jean Tillotson unlawfully obtained credit reports and personal identifying information of several police officers and an Orange County Superior Court commissioner. In an attempt to violate a restraining order, she provided a nonprofit investigation organization with one officer’s address and asked the organization to conduct surveillance of the officer while he was off duty. Searches of Tillotson’s home produced unlawfully obtained credit reports, controlled substances, and drug paraphernalia.

A 24-count information charged Tillotson with two counts of possession for sale of a controlled substance (counts 1 & 24), two counts of possession of controlled substance paraphernalia (counts 2 & 21), one count of possession of 28.5 grams or less of marijuana (count 3), three counts of computer access and fraud (counts 4—6), one count of computer access and fraud with injury (count 7), eight counts of identity theft (counts 8-14 & 22), five counts of acquiring access card account information (counts 15-19), one count of possession of a controlled substance (count 20), and one count of disobeying a court order (count 23). A jury convicted Tillotson on counts 1…