Charleston Police Investigate Wire-Tapping Claims

Charleston police have conducted a search for wiretaps at the West Virginia Water Development Authority building amid allegations of ethics violations. The Gazette-Mail says that police did not find any hidden listening devices, but searched after a request from Water Development Authority Executive Director Chris Jarrett. The sweep comes after a dispute between the agency’s geographic information system manager Michael Duminiak and two agency employees including Jarrett and Water Development Authority Executive Assistant Carol Cummings. Duminiak had filed complaints with the state’s ethics commission, accusing Jarrett and Cummings of various ethics violations. Duminiak says Cummings accused him of hacking employees’ computers and tampering with the security system. Duminiak also accuses Cummings of secretly recording conversations on her smartphone.