The house of Rebecca Jones, one of the state's official COVID-19 scientists, has recently got police raid over issues of illegally sent government messages about Coronavirus cases in the country. She captured in a video, the entrance of the Florida police into her house wherein she insisted not knowing about the said sent messages.
Who is scientist Rebecca Jones?
According to CNN, on Monday morning, the Florida Department of Law Enforcement released a search warrant at the home of the former scientist Rebecca Jones.
A video taken by Jones, found at least 10 police officers barged inside her house. All of them were reportedly holding guns, with Jones claiming officers also pointed guns at her 2-year-old daughter, 11-year-old son and her husband.
Jones said on the report that the police took all of her computers, her phone and several hard drives and thumb drives.
Meanwhile, Gretl Plessinger, a spokesperson for the law enforcement department, clarified that Jones refused to answer their calls and open the door to her home.
It was then decided, that agents need to forcibly enter her house. However, the spokesperson did not clarify the purpose of guns along with their search warrant.
"At no time were weapons pointed at anyone in the home," Rick Swearingen, the department's commissioner, added in another statement.
Why police raided Jones' home
In May, Jones was fired from her position as one of the country's Department of Health data scientists. The agency claimed that the former scientist had illegally accessed the government's messaging system, urging employees to speak out about coronavirus deaths, according to an affidavit by an agent working on the case.
"It's time to speak up before another 17,000 people are dead," the message said, according to the affidavit. "You know this is wrong. You don't have to be part of this. Be a hero. Speak out before it's too late."
Jones said that she did not illegally access the government's system. She even made the remark of "I'm not a hacker."
Though she insisted of not committing any hacking, Jones accused Gov. Ron DeSantis, whom she recently publicly accused of mishandling the pandemic.
