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1 STATE OF NORTH CAROLNA COUNTY OF CATAWBA.. 'J ',,.,,... '; N THE GENERAL COURT OF JUSTCE SUPEROR COURT DVSON r.., n the matter of; JASON COY RED SEARCH WARRANT DATED 4/9/8, SSUED 3:47 AM., CATAWBA COUNTY SHERFF'S OFFCE NARCOTCS DVSON, NEWTON, NC and n the matter of; JASON COY RED SEARCH WARRANT DATED 4/9/8, SSUED 4:2 AM. CATAWBA COUNTY SHERFF'S OFFCE NARCOTCS DVSON, NEWTON, NC " (ft ORDER This matter coming on to be heard and being heard by the undersigned Superior Court Judge at a specia session of Superior Court for Catawba County, heard in Gaston County by consent of a parties on May 3, 208. t appearing to the Court that the nterveners were represented by Forest Ferre and Andrew Howe of Sigmon, Cark, Mackie, Hanvey, & Ferre, PA, and C. Amanda Martin of Stevens, Martin, Vaughn, Tadych, PLLC; the North Caroina Attorney Genera's Office was represented by, Boz Zeinger, and Lesie C. Dismukes; Coy Reid, the eected Sheriff of Catawba County was present and represented by Debra Bechte in his officia capacity and by Lisa Dubbs in his individua capacity. The court having reviewed the motion fied by the interveners, heard arguments of counse for the respective parties and having reviewed a reevant documents and information makes and enters the foowing: FNDNGS OF FACT. Judge Kuehnert entered the origina order seaing the search warrants that are at issue herein after "search warrant" as the affidavits and facts reated to both search warrants are virtuay identica. 2. t is presumed by this Court that Judge Kuehnert was exercising his inherent authority over the matter as a resident Superior Court Judge assigned the district for this rotation where the search warrant was executed and fied when entering the order to sea the warrant. 3. The search warrant was originay signed and issued by the undersigned. 4. Since the issuing of his order seaing the search warrant Judge Kuehnert has recused himsef from further hearings on this matter.

2 5. By consent of the parties and at the request of Judge Kuehnert this matter was brought before the undersigned to address the pending issues regarding this investigation and any issues arising from the matter that may be addressed unti such time as charges are brought if charges are to be brought at a. 6. The Sheriff in his individua capacity has standing and has a right to have his persona attorney present at this hearing, as the county attorney for Catawba County wi not be representing the Sheriff after his term expires in December of 208 and this matter is not ikey to be fuy resoved before December The interveners have a sufficient interest in this matter and are aowed to intervene pursuant to Rue 24(b of the North Caroina Rues of Civi Procedure. 8. The origina appication for the search warrant contains investigative sources and methods used by the Catawba County Sheriffs Office and aw enforcement n genera that are not readiy known or avaiabe to the genera pubic. 9. Aowing the sources and methods to be discosed in the context of a search warrant appication and to become a part of the pubic domain woud be highy detrimenta to and negativey impact aw enforcement agencies in the State of North Caroina in their abiity to conduct investigations effectivey. 0. The origina appication for the search warrant contained the address, ocation, and or other descriptions of one or more faciities not widey known to the pubic that are beieved to be used by the Catawba County Sheriffs Office to faciitate it's investigative process, and to conduct covert operations.. Aowing the ocation and description of these faciities to be discosed and to become a part of the pubic domain woud a have a detrimenta impact on the Catawba County Sheriffs Office in its abiity to conduct investigations, woud ikey compromise current pending investigations, and coud cause egitimate safety concerns for the ives and safety of the Catawba County Sheriffs Office deputies, empoyees, and others cooperating with or assisting that agency. 2. The origina appication for the search warrant contained information that woud aow the identity of the confidentia sources of information used in that appication to be discerned reativey easiy by the targets of this investigation thereby potentiay compromising the ongoing investigation in this matter. 3. There exist an administrative order entered by a Senior Resident Superior Court Judge for Catawba County, Timothy Kincaid, who has since retired that requires the seaing of a warrant ony upon Appication of the Attorney Genera's Office or the District Attorneys Office. 2

3 4. t appears cear to this court that Judge Kincaid in entering this administrative order did not intend to remove from the Superior Court its inherent authority to sea warrants, orders, and/or other documents upon it on motion. 5. There is a compeing governmenta interest in not reveaing the sources and methods used by Catawba County Sheriffs Office and other aw-enforcement agencies across the State of North Caroina; in not reveaing the confidentia ocations a faciities used by the Catawba County Sheriffs Office and possiby other aw enforcement agencies in conducting their investigations; and in not reveaing identifying information about confidentia sources used in obtaining information used in compiing the information contained in the search warrant appication. 6. This investigation and the detais thereof, have not been opened to the pubic to this point in the investigation, and the pubic in genera has payed itte or no roe in this investigation to this point 7. This is an ongoing investigation, no charges have been brought as of yet against anyone as a resut of the investigation done thus far, and there is no cear indication to the Court at this time base upon the information provided that charges wi be brought 8. n the discretion of the court a portion of this hearing was cosed to the pubic in order to preserve and protect the ongoing nature of the investigation the sources and methods used by a aw enforcement agencies across the State of North Caroina, ocations of faciities used in investigations that are not widey or readiy known to the pubic, and the identification of sources of information in this investigation. 9. There is a compeing governmenta and pubic interest in not having the aforementioned information discosed to the pubic and paced in the pubic domain at an open session of Court. 20. There are no ess restrictive means of protecting this information, the ongoing investigation, and the compeing governmenta interest than cosing the proceedings as it reates to the detais of the search warrant and the intervener's Motion to have the appication unseaed. 2. A parties and their respective attorneys were aowed to remain in the courtroom during the cosed session as we as the ead investigators from the State Bureau of nvestigation, the current eected Sheriff of Catawba County, and necessary courtroom staff. 22. The affidavits in both search warrants are identica except for the heading therefore in the discretion of the Court on redacted affidavit wi be reeased with the respective inventory for both warrants and the cover pages of each warrant. CONCLUSON OF LAW 3

4 . This Court has jur d' commissioned t. is ictwn over the subject matter, having been duy County h d. ogpreside of this specia session of Superior Court for Catawba 'urisd' fear m aston County by consent of a the parties, as we as persona J ic ion over the interested parties. 2 There is a compeing governmenta interest justifying the seaing of the search warrant in its origina form as originay presented to the Court. 3. The Court in its discretion by virtue of its inherent authority concudes that the seaing of the search warrant and reated materias its origina form is reasonaby necessary to protect the compeing governmenta interests. 4. The east restrictive means in protecting the compeing governmenta interest baanced against the interest of the pubic to have access to the documents and information surrounding this investigation is to reease a redirected version of the search warrant 5. A copy of the search warrant redacted by the Court shoud be paced in the fie that maybe reeased to the pubic. NOW THEREFORE, T S HEREBY ORDERED, ADJUDGED, and DECREED as foows:. The intervener's motion to intervene is aowed for purposes of seeking to unsea the previousy seaed warrants in questions. 2. Lisa Dubbs, esq. in her capacity as counse for Sheriff Coy Reid in his individua capacity has standing to appear and be heard in this matter. 3. That the search warrant previousy seaed wi remain seaed pending further orders of this Court. 4. That a copy of the search warrant redacted to protect the compeing governmenta interest wi be paced in the Cerk of Courts fie for the pubic domain as the east restrictive means of protecting that compeing interest. 5. The parties may obtain a copy of the transcript of the open portion of this proceeding at their own expense if desired. 6. Any additiona matters reating to this investigation sha be brought before the undersigned up unti such time charges, if any, are brought by sufficient crimina process. 7. The parties and/or attorneys sha not discuss the cosed session proceeding without further order of this Court This the.a_ day of May, 208 J ery K. Carpenter Presiding Superior Court Judge 4

5 Fim No. Fie No..,;...,'Cr ,. -: SEARCa" WA:RR.AN- :...,,....:.....:- :. :,:- :...:;.:..:...' :... \'../:.:.' :<.'>.:> n the matter of: JASON COY RED, W/M/DOB: CATAWBA COUNTY SHERFF'S OFFCR NARCOTCS DMSON.. Time issued:.o B 4-, \ 7- J p.m. Name 'of Appicant NCSB-ASAC CB Hearne Name of additiona Appicant Name of dditiona Appicant '. :. :,' '.>: :if:;e!:sy.gi :.'. :., \<. :::-,::. certfy ;t..thi;spf.\.rg:w ;r, as.\:,. r:.re'cei\.:ed ;(hexcuted!.as :fo'ifo'w.s(.. :..: :!:.,:.- received Time.received 0 a.m. Ji/ q Zoc(. ;2. ] p.m. Executed and time ofreturn "/tt/' g:5's.tn -' 23}2.ri 3:Jf n, made a se arch of: e'.au8a eoutjty JEL:r:.F'Fs off';!e.,;. Nnx.eo ts 'tias:i:ojj As commanded. ] seized the items isted on the attached uyentory..;f did not seize any items. This warrant was not executed within 48 hours of the date of issuance and hereby return it not executed. STATE OF NORTH CAROLNA Catawba County n the genera court of Justice Superior Court Division ' To any officer with authority and jurisdiction to conduct the search authorized by this SEARCH "\.\ WARRANT:, the undersigned, find that there is probabe cause to beieve that the property and person described in the appication on page two attached hereto and reated to the commission of a crime is ocated as described in the appication. You are commanded to search the premises, vehice, person and other pace or item described in the appication for the property and person in question. f the property and or person are found, make the seizure and keep the property su:>ject to Court Order and process the person according to aw. You are directed to execute this SEARCH WARRANT within forty-eight ( 48 hours from the time indicated on this Warrant and make due return to the cerk of the ssuing Court. This SEARCH WARRANT is issued upon information furnished under oath by the person or persons shown. :,.:.:... :.'.FhiS SEMCH:W:'w.a,s : ".... ::'tre:t.u:rne:d':t0;:e:,(n :this date " aridjin;e '. : :. "> 0...:/ '/<:.. ho :o'efo.w'. -.' :.: ::.-::.. : i _ /J Time: -:SEARCifW:iiSSUiED:'BY :,...'..:.;:.. : - : ': ,,. ;."'.; :".,.'. :-_:....::.:.: ;;.. :.,. J.. ; :r (-, c?f8 t. ('4wrAA-, ; -',.. :.. "' '...'. -. J ; v.. ' '... :. : : -:: :....._.

6 . ', r APPLCATON. Asistant Specia Agent in Charge C. B. Hearne. NC State Bureau of nvestigation Cadwe Park Drive. Harrisburg, NC (nsert namo and address of aw enforcement officer, rank and agency Being duy sworn, request that the court issue a warrant to search the person, pace vehice and other items described in this appication and to find and seize the property and person described in this a;picatio. There is probabe cause to beieve that: See Attachment (Describe property to be seized: or if search wamnt is to be used for searching a pace to serve an amst warrant or other process, name pcison to be arrested Constitute evidence of a cime and the identity of a person participating in a crime, North Caroina Genera Statute A Staking, NCGS Cyberstaking, and NCGS Wifuy Faiing to Discharge Duties.. (Name Crime And is ocated (check the appropriate box or boxes and fi in specified infonnation [gj n the foowing premises: See Attachment T And D On the foowing person(s: And D n the foowing vehice(s: (Give addresses end, if usefu, describe premises (Give name(s and, if usefu, describe person(s (Describe vehice(s. j j And [gj Other names, paces or item(s: Catawba County Sheriff's Office Narcotics Division,. NC The Appicant swears to the foowing facts to estabish probabe cause for the issuance of a search warrant: See Attachment i.$ ORN ANP '8.{JB'sC;tµBJJ:p "tp, 'JtF{RJt!\ _. :. ;::... ',".;,,/' }:,.: : :,, : :.,.;:-: : : : ',,.: :,.. : '2o t3 Signature Sgriafure of AppiCaiit n addition to the affidavit incuded above, this appication is suppoted by additiona affidavit(s attached, made by: n addition to the affidavit incuded above, this appication is suppmted by sworn testimony, given by: This testimony has been (check appropriate box] reduced to writing,] tape-recorded and have fied each with the cer<. r o continuation is necessary, continue the statement on an nttached sheet of Jper with a notntion saying "sec attachmen." the continuation and incude on it the signatures of appicant mtd issuing officin. 2

7 ...,, ' J N me MATER OF: JASON COY RED, WMJDOB:.., THE CAT A WBA COUNTY SHERFF'S OFFCE NARCOTCS DVSON _,.. - ', --. D N'-/7 CONTNUATON OF "PROPERY EVDENCE TO BE SEZED" AT ACHMEN' EVDENCE TO BE SEZED: ATTACHMENT TO APPLCATON Paperwork and documents to incude but not imited to contracts, invoices, paid invoices, payments made via credit card, cbecc: or any other form of payment, emais, etters or any other correspondence and/or any other record which documents service(s provided, service(s contracted or service(s requested or provided by a copy of a emais sent, received, dra or otherwise recorded within the Catawba County Sheriff's Office virtua server, hardware server, '" drive, or any other storage ocation, provided by the Catawba County Sheriffs Office, regarding Q S utiized by the Catawba County Sheriffs Office which were purchased, borrowed, contracted, or otherwise received fromj t a emai communications sent to, received from, and/or drafted by Jason Coy; Reid to '", or anyone affiiated with, or any member of the Catawba County Sheriff's Office, to incude but.not imited to deputies, investigators or administrative staff regarding the equipped with SMS CARD: and bearing ME:., FCC D:, and Seria No... a, or any other tracker; sign-out/sign-in sheets or any other type of record(s used to track or otherwise docmneut when is checked-out, utiizea and/or instaed by a Deputy, nvestigator or other Sheriff's Office.. empoyee; any and 3 training and trruning attendance records hed by the Catawba County Sheriffs Office reference training for Sheriff's empoyees regarding the instaation and operation of to incude the ega requirements needed for utiization/instaation and the documentation/repots/data generated and/or provided by - a software appications and/or programs pr downoaded or otherwise instaed, utiized and/or provided by 3 J _.. and/or a company representative to faciitate the utiizationfmstaation/documentation of and the data the coect; any ceuar teephone, aptop, computer desktop, portabe hard drive, thumb drive, or other storage device issued to and/or utijized by Jason Coy Reid whie serving as a Deputy Sheriff, nvestigator, Supervisor and/or Reserve Deputy to draft, process, store, house or otherwise create and maintain any written and/or audio and/or picture and/or video fies or store data, persona/work contacts and numbers, software appications, or any other information and/or data reated to or associated with the equipped with SMS CARD: and bearing ME: S ]Q, FCC D: 6 [ and Seria No and/or any other purchased, contracted, eased or otherwise provided by ---any software appication(s within the custody of the Catawba County Sheriffs Office, incuding but not imited to Shapchat, nstagram, Facebook and/or any other socia media appications or sites used to tak, text, emai, instant message or any,. ' 3

8 . "...i j i... :. ' j, i.. N THE MATTER OF: JASON COY RED, W /MiOB:. THE CATAWJ!A CON'.fY SHERFF'S OFFCE NARCOTCS DVSON ::_. DA-k._ ATTACHMENT TO APPLCATON other way communicate with other persons, computers and/or ceuar teephones, aptops, computer deskt?ps or other eectronic device utiized by Jason Coy Reid, and any and a information and/or data contamed within the ceuar teephones, aptops, computer desktops, hard drives, portabe hard drives, or other eectronic device or eectronic storage device utiized by Jason Coy Reid regarding equipped with SMS CARD: and bearing ME: f P - FCC D: and Seria No. and/or any other purchased, contracted, eased or otherwise provided by 7 a ist of any usemames and/or passwords assigned, issued to and/or utiized by Jason Coy Reid for access to the Catawba County Sheriffs Office computer network, emai, computer desktops and/or aptops or any other media storage provided by the Catawba County Sheriffs Office; any usemames and passwords which aow Jason Coy Reid access to software appications or programs which aow Jason Coy Reid to retrieve, view, examine, manipuate, store and/or otherwise access information reated to and/or gathered and maintained by the beonging to the Catawba County Sheriffs Office, and/or S ay of representatives; a copy of any and a training or instruction manuas provided by or its representative(s regarding the utiization, instaation, and/or documentation provided by the owned, operated and/or utiized by the Catawba County Sheriffs Office and/or the Narcotics Unit of said Sheriff's Office; a copy of the detaied inventory of a hed and/or utiized by the Catawba County Sheriffs Office and/or the CCSO Narcotics Unit; any repots, to incude but not imited to incident report(s, operation rep0t(s or property.report(s, memorandums or any other written records hed by the Catawba County Sheriffs Office reference the oss, damage, theft and/or confiscation of any staed and utiized by the Catawba County Sheriffs Office deputies, investigators, supervisors, reserve deputies or any administrative staff members; a copy of a order forms, emais, and/or any other conespondence/communications sent, received and/or drafted regarding request(s for the repacement of any which were ost, damaged, stoen or otherwise confiscated, outdated or broken; copy of a Usemames and Passwords recorded/fied/utiized/ instaed and/or assigned by the Catawba County Sheriffs Office and/or Jason Coy Reid to access fies, computer desktops, aptops, hard drives, portabe storage hard drives, thumb drives, County/Sheriffs Office servers, virtua servers or any other storage media used to review, examine, store, ater, and/or manipuate information gathered or reated to the 9P ::-:-:=-an=d/o;rthedata/information/reports produced/generated/stored foowing the instaation/utiization of a any and a copies of active and/or inactive crimina investigations and/or case fies in which. ':'was recorded, isted or noted to be the suspect, target and/or defendant; any and a search wanant copies or other documentation hed and maintained by the Catawba County Sheriffs Office providing the ega justification for pacement of the _ quipped with SMS CARD:-... and bearing ME: FCC D: U J A and Seria No. 4 L( Jq f ty t.. [ [ T... " ;- 7 : - -' ' '.:; "-:., \. >5 ;.-

9 N THE MA TER OF: JASON COY RED, W /M/DOB: THE CATAWBA COUNTY SHERFF'S-OFFCE NARCOTCS DVSON. T;:::>tH( ATACHMENT TO APPLCATON CONTNUATON OF "PREMSES, PERSON, VEDCLE, OR OTHER TEM (S TO BE SEARCHED" ATACHMENT PREMSES TO BE SEARCHED: THE CAT WBA COUNTY SHERFF'S OFFCE THE NARCOTCS DVSON,... :. ATACHMENT V. ATACHMENTi,. \ APPLCANT BACKGROUND, Appicant, graduated from the University of North Caroina at Charotte with a Bacheor of Ais degree and is currenty a Specia Agent with the Noih Caroina State Bureau of nvestigation (SB. Specificay, Appicant is assigned to the Southern Piedmont District ocated in Harrisburg, N0ih Caroina for the purposes of investigating cases of crimes committed in vioation of North Caroina aws. Appicant has been so empoyed since August 7, Appicant obtained her Basic Law Enforcement Training ceiificate in October 994, upon graduation from the Charotte-Meckenburg Poice Academy. n 995, Appicant went to work for the Union County Sheriff's Office ocated in Momoe, N0ih Caroina where Appicant worked for approximatey eeven years. The ast five and haf years, Appicant was assigned to the Detective Bureau where Appicant conducted and/or assisted with numerous crimina investigations, which incuded but was not imited to, homicides, sexua assauts, arsons, robberies, frauds and break-ins. Appicant has received numerous hours of training throughout her aw enforcement career in regards to conducting successfu crimina investigations. Appicant has obtained her Advanced Law Enforcement Certificate and Genera nstructor Cetificate. Appicant instructs or assists with instruction in aw enforcement reated casses. r. i \ \ _, BACKGROUND ON NVESTGATON This affidavit is executed by Noth Caroina State Bureau of nvestigation Assistant Specia Agent in Charge C. B. Hearne (hereinafter referred to as Appicant. 5 ;7JJ.u(j 4} Jq J ".. >

10 S N THE MATER OF: ATACHMENT TO APPLCATON JASON COY RED, W/M/DOB:. _ THE CATAWBA COUN'.fY SHERJ!F'S OFFCE ARCOTCS DVSON }>/k.. ' - j ' j j j.! i This investigation invoves aegations of a on Kia Optima without her permission. is a 25 year od woman, who is not empoyed by, or affiiated with the Catawba County Sheriff's Office. At the time th was ocated, pi.ad ended a romantic reationship with Jason Coy Reid, and had begun dating someone new. A week prior to the -... being ocated on. ':ar,. eceived severa text messages from Jason Coy Reid which detaied ocations where. had traveed. The Appicant swears to the foowing facts to estabish probabe cause for the issuance of a search warrant: The information received during the course of this investigation is discussed in this affidavit and is beieved to be true and accurate by ASAC Christy Hearne. conduct a crimina investigation in reference to a ocated and removed from a 203 Kia Optima LX owned by Appicant noted thee was a g ME: md Seria No. with a white adhesive abe that read t -.. Sheriff Carpenter responded to inconton on August 3, 207. Sheriff Carpenter met with who produced the bearing ME: and Seria No. 9 Q for examination and photographs. Sheriff Carpenter shared photos of the tracker with the Appicant via emai on August 3, Copies of two photographs received from Sheriff Carpenter, which dispayed the dentifying information, one with the white adhesive abe and one without the white adhesive abe, are incuded with this search warrant and identified as Attachment V. At the time the - was ocated on Kia Optima, and Jason Coy Reid had not been in a dating reationship for severa months. On August 3, 207, SB Specia Agent K. Wright retrieved the bearing ME: and Seria No. with a white adhesive abe that read fro at ocated at. in Linconton. SA Wright transported the to the Southern Piedmont District Office and paced it into evidence. L'advised Wright the bearing ME: A S and Seria No. was removed from the 203 Kia the previous evening, August 2, 207. On August 3, 207, at approximatey 6:44 p.m. Appicant received a text from ce nurnbe igned to9r W. advised Appicant,. received a text message from Jason Red,_on August 2, 207 which contained a picture ofa siver Kia Optima parked ona 's property whie. and _. 6 A/ifaLr-_ r i Lf/ifJx... -_

11 f P-/Ja f 8 'f-j Y }t......,..;, N THE MATTER OF: ATTACHMENT TO APPLCATON JASON COY RED, W/M/DOB: THE CATAWBA COUNTY SHERF'S OFFCE NJ\.COTCS DVSON D/-k. were out at dinner. confirmed- receive d t ex t messages fr om J ason R e d a t - as we. j j.. On August 4, 207, NCSB nteigence Anayst. Shackeford, at Appicant's request, sent a preservation request to Verizon Wireess in reference to ce number and requested subscriber and credit/payment information, any and a accounts and teephone numbers, start and end dates of service for the teephone number, incoming and outgoing ca detai records, and incoming/outgoing ong distance records, any communication to incude any and a text/pictures/video messages and a text message content for the time period of Juy 3, 207 thru August 4, 207. Verizon Wireess confirmed via facsimie this information had been preserved and assigned request Case D On August 5, 207, SA Wright transfened the bearing MEi: - and Seria No. to Appicant. Appicant examined the, ti and noted the information Oi the - and the SMS card contained within. Appicant noted the foowing information: _SJ.MS :. ARD:..., ME: --- FCC D:.. and Seria No. {...., Appicant spoke wit via teephone on August 28, 207. Appicant contacted at teephone numbe.confimed she had dated Jason Reid, a Sheriffs Deputy at the Catawba County Sheriff's Office, but noted her reationship with Reid ended in March or Apri of 207.._said they, she and Reid, were friends initiay after their break-up, but then Reid started questioning... _ when she began dating. in May 207. noted Jason Reid had texted her accurate ocations where she was during the time she dated. Per the Catawba County Sheriff's Office Organization Chart for Fisca Year 7//207 thru 6/30/208, posted on the Catawba County Sheriffs Office website, Jason Reid was the Captain over Community Reations, Court and Narcotics unti he resigned on February 7, 208. Appicant knows from her training and experience and conversations with other aw enforcement officers, that many aw enforcement agencies utiize... whie conducting crimina investigations. As a resut, numerous aw enforcement agencies purchase and maintain within their equipment ventory for use by officers/investigat9rs. n an effot to track the equipment inventory, which may consist of mutipe units of the same equipnt item, aw enforcement agencies assign equipment items an identifying or unique number. As was observed on the bearing!me: and Seria Nod _g with a white adhesive abe that read. Reid has served as a member in aw enforcement for severa years. Appicant assets based on Reid's aw enforcement training and experience, Reid shoud be famiiar with the utiization, operation and/or instaation of and how oect, store, and transmit data gathered and how that data can be reported, organized, 7 - J r t! ' i

12 ' ' " L_ 4 _,...! '.! J.! N THE MATTER OF: JASON COY RED, W/M/DOB: THE CATAWBA COUNTY SHERFF'S OFFCE NARCOTCS DVSON... j> ATTACHMENT TO APPLCATON stored and/or maintained on a server, vitua server, computer and/or other digita media storage device with internet service. On October 4, 207, pursuant to an administrative subpoena issued by nteigence Anayst an Shackeford, Verizon Wireess confirmed teephone number was assigned to Jason C. Reid of Hickory. Verizon Wireess showed two additiona numbers associated with Jason Reid, a omn.ce::===and a Work: Appicant confirmed with FB Specia Agent J. Meade that was an additiona teephone number utiized by Jason Reid. Appicant transferred the ZJtto Martin Hi with the Federa Bureau of nvestigation on October 0, 207 for examination. The bearing!me: 5 pa b and Seria No. with a white adhesive abe that read'! was examined by the Federa Bureau of nvestigation. The was identified as a tracker associated with P Address: The FB determined the Tracker bearing ME: and Seria No. was equipped with a SMS Card and ony transmitted data. The examination of the. _ bearing ME and Setia No by the FB, yieded no specific detais regarding the data coected by the ==i= as no data was ocated within the unit. Therefore, Appicant beieves the data coected by the bearing ME: and Seria No. s possiby ocated on a server, vitua server, computer, Vhtua Private Network and/or other digita media storage device provided by S by customers to store, house, organize or by any other means maintain the reference and/or use. a data for future Appicant ocated a onine which provided the ways customers coud access their unit from a computer or a ee phone connected to the internet. The guide noted if customers signed ont they woud be taken to the computer/pc page or if the customers used a mobie appication, they woud be taken to eb page_ pota where they coud sign in as a mobie user. t noted each customer received a usemame and password when they purchased the funit and that was needed to gain access to the g? S t 'computer.dwhereedthehcustomr wou be sho_w nb the idsthof functits ththey coudhperform ft:om the marn page. The gm e not t e mu tip e options avai a e an ow to u t ze em, sue as rea time.. view which aows the customers to see the rea time as the a moves or generate a report. Appicant asserts the user coud then send the report to an emai address and/or ce phone of the user or othewise store the rep0t. Appicant asserts that based on the operationa guide, the username and password shoud be specific to particuai user/customer and provide information specific to that particuar customer and/or... Therefore, sign-on ogs and the records/rep0ts created ad/or f/tt/2u : , _..A.,,. '"' < '. -

13 .., -. j : N THE MATTER OF: ATTACHMENT TO APPLCATON JASON COY RED, WMDOB:. THE CATAWBA r.ounty SHERFF'S OFFCE NARCOTCS DVSON enera;t;ed:friom: bearing ME: - thth : ee= '-!!!!!software woud show when the T and Seria No. was utiized, the vehice in which the bearing ME: and Seria No. was instaed aong with a timeine of information and/or reports generated by a particuar user/customer assigned to this specific Appicant received Verizon Wireess phone records, for the time period of Juy 3, 207 thru August 4, 207, for ceu.ar n:imber tiized by Jason Reid, pursuant to the execution of a search warrant. The Histonca Text Message Detai Report showed mutipe communications transmitted/sent from the Googe Accoun to ceuar number which as stated earier, Verizon Wireess associated as Jason Reid's work number. g wnfirmed Jason Reid started texting and cain7 again when she began datingw Around August 207, Jason Reid began texting.. with ocations where she traveed whie vas there, such as the ma.? C toted she thought this strange, as few peope knew of- and Reid's datg reationship..! i j '.. :4 - --FCC D: j quipped with SMS CARD: ] and Seria No.9a Jason Coy Reid pubished a post on his Jason Reid for SheriffFacebook page and Reid's persona Facebook page which noted Reid had officiay resigned from his position at the Catawba County Sheriff's Office to devote his to time to campaigning for Sheriff. Reid noted his persona contact teephone number was - Jason Reid is cmtenty assigned as a Reserve Deputy for the Cata.wba County Sheriff's Office. was interviewed on March 7, 208 by Assistarit Specia Agent in Charge (ASAC Brandon Backman and the Appicant.. confirmed a friend of his,., was the person who ocated the on 8. Kia Optima. stated he kept the unti he turned it over to the State Bureau of nvestigation on August 3, 208. Appicant and Assistant Specia Agent in Charge (ASAC David Whitey interviewed on March 2, 208. S confomed she never gave permission to any person for the t 4 on her vehice, a Kfa Optima. i was unaware of any crimina investigation being conducted in which... was the subject/target of the investigation. A week prior to th being ocated on " SWORN AND SUBSCRBED TO BEFORE ME: ;- frtj28 9 ; i

14 - & : --. '..,.,.. N THE MA TER OF: ATTACHMENT TO APPLCATON JASON COY RED, W MDOB: THE CATAWBA: COUNTY SHEUFF'-S OFFCE NARCOTCS DVSON D of the Catawba County Sheriffs Office. Therefore, representatives given permission to act on behaf of Catawba County and/or the Catawba County Sheriffs Office can submit, sunender, or otherwise provide, a equipment issued and/or otherwise owned by the County of Catawba or the Catawba County Sheriff's Office for anaysis and examination without the consent of the Catawba County or Catawba County Sheriff's Office empoyee.,, i.j ' Appicant knows that many aw enforcement agencies generate and maintain written documentation of a agency-issued equipment, vehices, computers, aptops, ceuar teephones, tabets or other media devices, and/or any other aitice(s issued to individua empoyees and/or departments/divisions/units by recording the seria number and/or an agency appied number or asset number and the person and/or department or division each aitice is assigned. This aows the agency to track and account for each agency issued artice to incude its use, any damage incun-ed; any repacement(s required and/or theft/oss of any artice. Appicant asserts many agencies conduct an inventory of a agency issued artices either annuay and/or biannuay to ensure individua and depaitment or division accountabiity. This inventory process is typicay recorded in writing and any amendments/repacements or changes to the agency issued artices is recorded, copied and maintained for future reference. Appicant aso knows that aw enforcement agencies have an annua budget set aside by the City Counci and/or County Commissioners and a monies spent by the agency must be accotmted for, recorded ahd reported by the aw enforcement agency; to incude but not imited to, paid invoices, monthy recmting payments, new equipment purchases and/or repairs or repacements for existing equipment, training expenses, etcetera. Appicant beieves finance records hed by the Catawba County Sheriff's Office wi hod copies of the origina invoice and the monetai y form of payment provided for the::::::== quipped with SMS CARD: and bearing MEi: FCC D:, and Seria No as we as copies of any invoice(s received and/or paid regarding.purchased to repace the aforementioned and copies of invoices received and payments made. for the monthy maintenance fees or service charges generated by for services provided. '. r. i! " Appicant asserts officers and/or investigators receive numerous hours of training, to incude but not imited to, agency-issued equ,ipment or devices utiized to caity-out the assigned duties of officers and/or investigators, investigative techniques or methods, ega updates which cover new aws and/or court ruings which estabish awfu guideines for officers/investigators to foow or empoy. Maiy times the training received by agency personne is recorded or documented by aw enforcement agencies as the training is mandatory and/or requires cetification or accountabiity for use by investigator/officers in career advancement. Appicant knows many times aw enforcement agencies maintain attendance rosters in which. J ' SWORN AND SUBSCRBED TO BEFORE ME: #.t- "y- u- f;r9f2b/b f.jq JK.. "i':' '.

15 .. " - '. N THE MATER OF: ATACHMENTTOAPPLCATON JASON COY RED, WM/DOB:. THE CA A WBA COUNTY SHE-;S -OFFCE NARCOTCS DVSON j?k each cass attendee signs or records his/her name to document the cass, day, date and time the training was competed. Jason Coy Reid was a supervisor at the Catawba County Sheriff's Office, and ikey woud have foowed these procedures. This Appicant knows that a ceuar teephone or mobie teephone is a handhed wireess device primariy used for voice, text, and data communication through radio signas. Ceuar teephones send signas through networks of transmitter/receivers caed "ces" or "ce sites," enabing communication with other ceuar teephones or traditiona "andine" teephones. Ceuar teephones rey on ceuar towers, the ocation of which may provide information on the ocation of the subject teephone. Ceuar teephones may aso incude - other technoogy for determining a more precise ocation of the device. n this investigator's training and experience, Appicant knows that in modem times ceuar teephones are ubiquitous and used by peope of a ages and demographics. The mobie and individuaistic nature of ceuar teephones mean that they are often carried by their users wherever they trave and generay geographicay mirror their user's pattern of movement over time. Further, a ceuar teephone tends to be used by a specific person over a period of time and so records associated with that device refect the activity and pattern of ife of that specific person. Various companies, such as ceuar teecommunication providers as we as operating system designers (Googe, are known to maintain records associated with the ocation of specific ceuar devices they provide service to. This is done to ensure the continued quaity of their service, to enabe ocation-based services, and to faciitate norma operation of the ceuar device. n this Appicant's training and experience, emai providers typicay retain certain transactiona inforrp.ation about the creation and use of each acc0unt on their systems. This infomation can incude the date on which the account was created, the ength of service, records of ogin (i.e., session times and durations, the types of service utiized, the status of the account (incuding whether the account is inactive or cosed, the methods used to connect to the account (such as ogging into the account via the provider's website, and other og fies that refect usage of the account. n addition, emai providers often have records of the nternet Protoco address ("P address" used to register the account and the P addresses associated with pruticuar ogins to the account. Because every device that connects to the nternet must use an P address, P address infonnation can hep to identify which computers or other devices were used to access the emai account. n this Appicant's training and experience, in some cases, emai account users wi communicate directy with an emai service provider about issues reating to the account, such as technica probems, biing inquiries, or compaints from other users. Emai providers typicay retain records about such communications, incuding records of contacts between the user and the provider's supp0t services, as we records of any actions taken by the provider or user as a resut of the communications. n my training and experience, such information may constitute evidence of the crimes under investigation because the infomation can be used to identify the account's user or users. i ' i \ \ t ' ; [ r b -

16 ...., N THE MATTER OF: ATTACHMENT TO APPLCATON JASON COY RED, W/M/DOB: T C4 TA WBA COUNTY SHERFF'S OFFCE NARCOTCS DVSON r>fh. As expained herein, information stored in connection with an emai account may provide crucia evidence of the "who, what, why, when, where, and how" of the crimina conduct under investigation, thus enabing the State of North Caroina to estabish and prove each eement or aternativey, to excude the innocent from further suspicion. n my trining and experience, the information stored in connection with an emai account can indicate who has used or controed the account. This "user attribution" evidence is anaogous to the search for "indicia of occupancy" whie executing a search waitant at a residence. For exampe, emai communications, contacts ists, and images sent (and the data associated with the foregoing, such as date and time may indicate who used or controed the account at a reevant time. Further, information maintained by the emai pr9vjdr can show how and when e"'account was accessed or used. For exampe, emai providers typicay o the P addresses from which users access the emai account aong with the time and date. By determining the physica ocation associated with the ogged P addresses, investigators can understand the chronoogica and geographic context of the emai account access and use reating to the crime under investigation. This geographic and timeine information may tend to either incupate or excupate the account owner. Additionay, infomation stored at the user's account may further indicate the geographic ocation of the account user at a paticuar time (e.g., ocation infomation integrated into an image or video sent via emai. Last, stored eectronic data may provide reevant insight into the emai account owner's state of mind as it reates to the offense under investigation. For exampe, information in the emai account may indicate the owner's motive and intent to commit a crime (e.g., communications reating to the crime, or consciousness of guit (e.g., deeting communications in an effort to concea them from aw enforcement. This Appicant knows that websites coect User Agent Strings (UAS of a visitors to a web page in order to provide the visitor a version of the website that is propery fomatted for their web browser. A UAS provides detais about the hardware and software the user might be using to visit the webpage; such as an operating system, web browser version, and occasionay hardwai e manufacturer of the device used to visit the web page. The production of such detais wi aso aid in identifying subjects seai ching for the terms isted above. Based upon this Appicant's training, experience, and conversations with other crimina investigators, this Appicant knows that peope utiize various eectronic media and computers in numerous aspects of their ives. Criminas aso use a host of eectronic media and computers in the faciitation of their unawfu activities. Moem and CUTent technoogy permits suspects to commit crimes remotey with neai anonymity. nstant communication, eectronic mai, and images provide a venue for communication between suspects as we as between suspects and victims. As such, computers and other eectronic media to incude, but not imited, to digita media in the f0m of digita photographic images and videos stored in ceuar teephones with camera capabiity, and eectronic data to incude atitude/ongitude and/or numerica address ocations, can be used to coect images of potentia tai gets and assist in the panning and execution of crimes. Ceuar teephones, and/or computers or other digita media storage cai aso be utiized to coect, store, transfer, and/or transmit digita images, videos, texts and/or other data, to incude but not imited to atitude and ongitude eectronicay, to other media storage devices to incude other ce phones or computers, vitua servers, servers, aid/or Vitua Private Networks. These digita media images/text/video and a other coected data, such as atitude and ongitude and/or a nuneric address, and the digita time/day stamp 3 A--.f ftf r? -- :,..,

17 N THE MATTER OF: ATTACHMENT TO APPLCATON JASON COY RED, W/M/DOB: THE CATAWBA COUNTY SHERFF'S-OFFCE NARCOTCS DVSON created and ay oher information associated with fu digita images\texts\videos and a other data which is coected, stored, transfeted and/or transmitted can provide a timeine of events, genera ocations of person(s invoved and evidence of crimes as we as infomation on suspects and victims. The Appicant aso knows from her training and experience that peope utiize ceuar teephones as a primary source of communication these days, to incude but not imited to making cas, sending and or receiving texts and/or emais and/or photographs and videos as we as utiizing downoaded appications, such as Snapchat and nstagram. Appicant aso knows that many of these forms of communication are recorded and documented by ceuar carriers with date arid time stamps, originating and terminating teephone numbers, data usage information and at times, text message content. This Appicant is aware that ceuar devices_ can be used to estabish a time ine eading up to crimina acts, and/or show an action(s taken by a person(s in an effot to cover up crimina acts or to.hide.the identity of a suspect(s, or a winess based on information stored on ceuar devices. Appicant assets that most persons carry their ceuar teephones with them during the course of their everyday activities to incude when they trave or commute to work, or other paces. Appicant knows that ceuar catiers have estabished tower ocations which aow their customers the abiity to make and/or receive ceuar cas. As a ca is received or made, and a successfu connection estabished, ceuar canies record and store the ce tower number/ocation where the ca originated. Ceuar companies aso record and store the ce tower where the ceuar ca is terminated. Appicant reaizes that if a person is mobie or traveing that numerous ce towers may be utiized during a singe conversation. However, the ce tower information recorded and stored by the ceuar company can provide a genera ocation and direction of trave for the person utiizing that patticuar ce phone number. Therefore, this information can be utiized by investigators to determine the genera ocation of ceuar teephones and any person(s utiizing that ceuar teephone at the time(s recorded.... j : j A infmmation and facts provided in this affidavit are true atd _accurate to the best of the Appicant's knowedge and beief. The Appicant fees that there is sufficient probabe cause for the issuance of a search wairnnt for the evidence, fruits, and instrnmentaities of vioations of Noth Caroina Genera Statute (NCGS A Staking, NCGS Cyberstaking, and NCGS Wifuy Faiing to Discharge Duties, which may be contained within the requested Catawba County Sheriffs Office business records, investigative and/or administrative fies, andior the issued equipment described and noted within this affidavit. Since this affidavit is being submitted for the imited purpose of securing a search warrant, the Appicant has not incuded each and every fact known to the Appicant concerning this investigation. The Appicant has set forth the facts that the Appicant beieves are necessary to estabish probabe cause to beieve that evidence of vioations ofn0th Caroina Genera Statute (N.C.G.S A Staking, N.C.G.S Cyberstaking, and NCGS Wifuy Faiing to Discharge Duties wi be found through the coection... ; 4. ;

18 ' N THE MATTER OF: JASON CO\' RED, W/MDOB:.:HE CAT A WBA COUNT\' SHERFF'S.OFFCE NARCOTCS DVSON ATTACHMENT TO APPLCATON >#-L and examination of a the data, infonn!tion, documents, ogs and/or records noted and requested within this affidavit. CONCLUSO N This Appicant respectfuy requests that a search warrant be issued for the Catawba County Sheriff's Office Narcotics Division ocated at for the desktop and/or aptop computers, ce phones and/or any other equipment utiized or issu ed by the Catawba County Sheriff's Office to Jason Coy Reid, W/M/DOB: ong with any and a data, information, documents, ogs, and/or records noted and requested within this affidavit. The purpose of this search is to coect the evidence requested within this affidavit for the time periods specified and t o faciitate in the furtherance of the crimina investigation regarding vioations of N.C.G.S A Staking, N.C.G.S Cyberstaking, and NCGS W ifuy Faiing to Discharge Duties. \. ' \ 5.; ',. " "'.; 0 ',:

19 .. STATE OF NORTH CAROLNA c_a_t_a_wb A County Name N THE MATTER OF: JASON COY RED, W/M/DOB: M ai-,. t-ify Jiet.:f Oftc Nuoft"r. J>;;, 'J,J, the undersigned officer, executed a serch of: Person. Premises Or Vehice Searched CATAWBA COUNTY SHERFF'S NARCOTCS DVSON FUeNo. n The Genera Court Of Justice 0 District [8 Superior Court Division NVENTORY OF TEMS SEZED PURSUANT TO SEARCH Of Search.G.S. SA-223, -254, /9/208., This search was made pursuant to [8. a search warrant issued by: Superior Court Judge Jeffery K. Carpenter 0 2. consent to search given by: other ega justification for the search: The foowing items were seized: No items seized from this ocation. Origina - Fe Copy - For Search by Warran! o a Person, to Person from Whom tems Taken Copy - For Search by Wamint o Vetiicie/Premises, o Owner or Person in Apparent Contro; ii No Such Person Present, Leave Copy Affixed 'Thereon Copies - For Search by Consen, o Person Giving Consent!.! Owner of Vehice/Premises Searced, Known AOC-CR-206, Rev. 36 (Over e 206 Administrative Office of the Courts..!.,.. -

20 j ' "( i J,. tems Seized Continued: j i i, ' j i 8J. eft a copy of this inventory with the person named beow, who is: 0 a. the owner of the premises searched. 0 b. the owner of the vehice searched. 0 c. the person in apparent contro of the premises searched. 0 d. the person in apparent contro of the vehice searched. [8] e. the person from whom the tems were taken As no person was present, eft a copy of this inventory: 0 a. in the premises searched, identified on the reverse. 0 b. in the vehice searched, identified on the reverse. Name And Address Of Person To Whom A Copy Of This nventory Was Deivered, f Any Debra Bechte, County Attorney and Attorney for the Sherifrs Offic< J,. The aw enforcement agency identified beow wi hod the seized property subject to court order. SWORN/AFFRMED AND SUBSCRBED TO BEFORE ME 0Notary Name Of Law Enforcement Offcar (type or print C. B. Hearne t ' SEAL County Where Notarized --_,,.'---f 0 Assisi an( CSC 0 Cerk Of Superior Court 0 Magistrate, the undersigned, received a copy of this inventory...:.... : :. '... ACKNOWLEDGMENT OF RECEPT NCSB-Sourthern Piedmont District 5994 Cadwe Park Drive Harrisburg, NC Signature Of Person Receiving nventory AOC-CR-206, Side Two, Rev. Administrative Office of the Courts -.; 'o.

21 N THE MATER OF: JASON COY RED, W/M/DOB:._ AT ACHMENT TO APPLCATON. THE CATAWBA COUNTY SHERFF'S OFFCE NARCOTCS DVSON... ' -. car,,.. received severa text messages from Jason Coy Reid which detaied ocations where "-had traveed. Agents conducted a foow-up interview with -on Monday, Apri 6, : confirmed she had been to a ocation with Jason Reid, which beieved this buiding to contain.d. the office where Jason Reid worked whie empoyed as a Narcotics Detective for the Catawba County Sheriffs Office. The genera rea and buiding description provided by a matches the buiding and physica ocation of the Catawba County Sheriff's Office Narcotics Division as provided by other aw enforcement officers. Officers noted - ---Appicant knows that many aw enforcement agencies utiize a? Narcotics Division to ensure the safety and anonymity of undercover aw enforcement officers as we as confidentia informants. A copy of the genera area with ghighted is attached to this search wanant and identified as Attachment V. D A fomer Catawba County Sheriffs Office empoyee was interviewed on Apri 2, 208 by Specia Agent in Charge (SAC T. Ammons. This former empoyee shared that the Narcotics Unit utiized an app on their agency-issued ce phones to access inf0mation regarding the The former empoyee aso confirmed the were purchased from a... was interviewed on Thursday, Apri 5, 208 by Appicant. confomed he ocated the ehice. - noted he tows vehices as a part-time job and is Qon famiiar with the frames of vehices. _. _t.._ a vehice. recaed a 7 shared that her ex-boyfriend aways knew her ocation.. suggested W. _ change phones and phone numbers. t tod she had done both. Appicant asserts many aw enforcement agencies provide issued equipment such as, ceuar teephones, vehices, thumb drives, portabe hard drives, and a aptop and/or desktop computers to a or many of the agencies' sworn personne as a means to perform their officia duties, such as, type or create incident or investigative reports, interviews, case summaries, search warrants/court orders or any other written documents reated to crimina investigations or the documentation of any and a administrative duties. As such, any issued equipment, to incude but not imited to vehices, teephones, aptop or desktop computers, thumb drives, portabe hard drives, cameras or other eectronic storage media beongs to and is the propety t r!.! ; L f t ,!'t - '.. '., '