Rebekah Jones, the fired state COVID-19 dashboard manager, faces a felony charge of illegally accessing a computer system, according to an arrest warrant issued by the Florida Department of Law Enforcement.
Former DOH data scientist Rebekah Jones booked into Leon County Detention Facility
Accused of unauthorized computer access
E.W. Scripps
and last updated 2021-01-18 16:06:41-05
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (WTXL) â Former Florida Department of Health data scientist Rebekah Jones is facing a felony charge after turning herself in on a warrant related to unauthorized computer access of the Florida Department of Health s state messaging system.
According to records at the Leon County Detention Facility, Jones turned herself into police custody Sunday night.
This comes after the Florida Department of Law Enforcement confirmed Saturday that there is an active arrest warrant for Jones.
Rebekah Jones, the former Florida data analyst who had worked on the state’s COVID-19 dashboard, has been charged with a cyber crime, the Florida Department of Law Enforcement announced Monday.
A judge had set bond at $2,500.
Jones left the detention facility Monday with an unidentified man wearing dark sunglasses and a suit.
Jones, the man, and a reporter were seen walking briskly away from the jail. Other reporters and camera operators followed as they walked. The unidentified suited man asked reporters to respect the woman s privacy.
Jones, wearing a mask and a heavy jacket, was walking between a reporter and the suited man when suddenly, she backed away, waved her right arm with palm open, and said, I ve tested COVID positive, you guys, so. She didn t elaborate.
Jones got into the passenger side of a pickup, and they drove away.