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A Florida woman fired from her job as a COVID-19 data curator surrendered to authorities Sunday amid an investigation of allegations that she had hacked into the state’s emergency response system. Rebekah Jones, 31, turned herself in to Leon County Sheriff’s Department officials and is charged with one count of offenses against users of computers, computer systems, computer networks...

Ex-Florida data scientist Rebekah Jones was out of jail on bond after surrendering to authorities. NBC 6’s Jamie Guirola reports

A Florida woman fired from her job as a COVID-19 data curator said she’ll surrender to authorities Sunday amid an investigation of allegations that she had hacked into the state’s emergency response system.

Rebekah Jones will turn herself in on charges that have not been released following footage of a raid from FDLE agents.

A former Florida Department of Health data analyst who says a raid on her home by state investigators was payback for speaking out is demanding that they return seized computer equipment and cell phones

Rebekah Jones, the former coronavirus data manager for the state of Florida who was fired earlier this year, has filed a lawsuit against Florida’s Department of Law of Enforcement for a raid earlier this month. Jones’ lawsuit alleges that the FDLE violated her right to free speech when armed officers raided her Tallahassee home on Dec. 7. Officers served a...

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis on Friday defended the law enforcement investigation into a former Department of Health employee who the state says sent an unauthorized message about COVID-19 data. DeSantis was asked about the encounter between Florida Department of Law Enforcement officers and Rebekah Jones during a roundtable discussion in Tampa regarding mental health for first responders. “This individual became…

Bodycam video released by a Florida law enforcement agency shows that officers tried multiple times to contact a former Department of Health employee who the state says sent an unauthorized message about COVID-19 data

New video shows the moments police confront Rebekah Jones — the former state Covid-19 data scientist — to serve a search warrant at her home. It stemmed from a complaint that someone illegally hacked into the state’s emergency alert system. NBC 6’s Jamie Guirola reports

A man appointed to a commission that recommends judicial appointments to Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis is resigning because of a search warrant served on a former Department of Health employee who has criticized the state’s COVID-19 data.

Rebekah Jones posted the video online showing agents entering her Tallahassee home after claims of an investigation into a data breach of the state’s system.

Rebekah Jones, a former coronavirus data scientist for Florida’s Department of Health, posted a video on Twitter Monday showing armed law enforcement raiding her home.

A fired state employee says Florida puts a sunny face on virus statistics, while one prominent skeptic says death toll is inaccurately inflated — and he’s the governor.

As COVID-related deaths mount in Florida at a record pace, the data behind the pandemic is being questioned by everyone from the governor, down to the data scientist his administration fired. NBC 6’s Tony Pipitone reports

Questions about the integrity of Florida’s public health data are being raised anew after a key Health Department employee was fired over a dispute about what information to release publicly. NBC 6’s Amanda Plasencia reports.