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'Jeopardy!' winner charged with computer crimes at small Michigan college
Fox News ^ | December 6, 2017 | Tyler McCarthy

Posted on 12/07/2017 7:05:44 AM PST by equaviator

A former “Jeopardy!” winner and one-time record holder; has been charged with two felony counts after an investigation into alleged cyber crimes commited in the school she worked as a history professor. Stephanie Jass appeared in Lenawee County court, in southern Michigan, on Tuesday to face charges of unauthorized access to a computer in Adrian College, where she taught, and using it to commit a crime. According to The Daily Telegram, a local news outlet, the first charge alone carries with it a potential penalty of five years in prison and a $10,000 fine. The former game show champ allegedly accessed email accounts of co-workers at Adrian College. Representatives for the college declined to say when Jass stopped working at the school. In 2012 she held the record for most consecutive wins by a woman on “Jeopardy!” after winning seven games in a row. She was dethroned by Julia Collins in 2014. Police allegedly started investigating Jass after staff members at the college complained. The charges were authorized after a forensic examination of the digital evidence determined there was cause. “Adrian College wants to sincerely thank the Michigan State Police and the Lenawee County Prosecutor’s Office for their thorough investigation and for ultimately bringing charges in this crime,” the college told the outlet in a statement. “Privacy rights are a fundamental principle of our American democracy, and Adrian College stands with those who protect these rights.”.

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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; News/Current Events; US: Michigan
KEYWORDS: adriancollege; doublejeopardy; finaljeopardy; gregkihn; jeopardy; lenaweecounty; michigan; stephaniejass
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To: Terry Mross

Not sure what story you are reading. The lede matches the headline. Also, no one would even read a story with the headline you suggest. If “Jeopardy!” isn’t among the first three words of the headline, it has failed its job.

Also too, I appreciate that they got the title of the show correct by including the exclamation point.


21 posted on 12/07/2017 8:01:10 AM PST by drjimmy
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To: equaviator

Is it time for double jeopardy?


22 posted on 12/07/2017 8:06:51 AM PST by DannyTN
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To: henkster

I’ve been addicted to the show for a long time but have to restrain myself from yelling at the TV every time that Francophile Faggot belittles a contestant for improper pronunciation of a French word.


23 posted on 12/07/2017 8:08:38 AM PST by VietVet876
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To: Yaelle

I knew it was the Crimean War. LOL. They WERE idiots! LOL.


24 posted on 12/07/2017 8:14:56 AM PST by left that other site (For America to have CONFIDENCE in our future, we must have PRIDE in our HISTORY... DJT)
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To: Right Brother

She’s one hot piece of Jass.


25 posted on 12/07/2017 8:26:20 AM PST by Boogieman
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To: PIF

NOW we are getting someplace with this!


26 posted on 12/07/2017 8:36:55 AM PST by ProtectOurFreedom
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To: ProtectOurFreedom

Maybe we could take a page out of the old KGB book and after her sentence is finished, walk her down to the exit, telling her that Chelsea and Bill are waiting along with her many fans, telling her how wonderful her new life will be, as she nears the exit door, she notices some dark stains on the walls ahead, but that’s as far as it goes, as the fellow behind her has just shot her in the head ...


27 posted on 12/07/2017 9:26:58 AM PST by PIF (They came for me and mine ... now it is your turn ...)
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To: billorites

Just a guess...

What would drive an otherwise normal person to break into a computer to access emails?

It narrows down the issues pretty clearly.

My guess is she was looking to either delete a file/photo, or she was looking to spy on someone (an affair partner, spouse, etc.)

Usually, this just gets your reprimanded or fired. It must be juicy. Or...she was planting something.


28 posted on 12/07/2017 9:35:36 AM PST by Vermont Lt (Burn. It. Down.)
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To: Hatteras

Is he harassing her?


29 posted on 12/07/2017 10:56:32 AM PST by bar sin·is·ter (Climate Scientology - another example of science fiction morphing into a religious cult)
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Thanks equaviator.
Stephanie Jass... unauthorized access to a computer in Adrian College, where she taught, and using it to commit a crime... allegedly accessed email accounts of co-workers at Adrian College... In 2012 she held the record for most consecutive wins by a woman on “Jeopardy!” after winning seven games in a row... Police allegedly started investigating Jass after staff members at the college complained.
She once wished we could all go back and "live like Laura Ingalls Wilder.
How does Reacting to the Past help your students learn? (Stephanie Jass)

How does Reacting to the Past help your students learn? (Stephanie Jass)

30 posted on 12/07/2017 11:38:23 AM PST by SunkenCiv (www.tapatalk.com/groups/godsgravesglyphs/, forum.darwincentral.org, www.gopbriefingroom.com)
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To: equaviator

Aww, come on...Alex Trebek is the coolest Canadian on American television!


No! Mr Wonderful is!


31 posted on 12/07/2017 2:35:13 PM PST by Yaelle
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