In the early morning hours of Monday September 2, residents of West Medford, Oregon were alarmed by a shooting that took place, Jennevieve Fong of CBS News 10 reports. A 17-year-old shot two individuals who were attempting to break into his home that morning. In a later article, Fong reports that the Medford Police Department (MPD) are continuing their investigation into the shooting and looking into potential digital evidence.

The MPD are searching to obtain any prior threats made between the parties involved. MPD Lt. Budreau said that they are looking at not only threats that could have been made in person, but also looking at threats that came from electronic communications, such as text messages, social media, and instant messaging applications.

Electronic evidence gathered from cellphones, computers and social media has become a new norm for many investigations as it provides investigators with additional information. The MPD has enlisted the help of the Southern Oregon High-Tech Crimes Task Force to assist in collecting electronic evidence, and it said that the digital evidence obtained will be included in their investigation.

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According to Expatica, Spain’s conservative Popular Party  has been acquitted of all charges in its alleged role in the destruction of evidence. Spain’s Popular party (PP), was undergoing trial for the destruction of evidence in a case dating back to 2013 involving the party’s former treasurer, Luis Barcenas. Trial for the PP began in June, the first time Spain has had a political party on trial.

The party had been accused of taking the hard drives of the former treasurer, Barcenas, before the investigators had been able to access them. The hard drives were then allegedly wiped clean by one of the defendants, Jose Manuel Moreno, an IT Specialist for the PP. It is alleged that the hard drives contained information about an illegal funding racket within the PP. The court deemed that was unclear as to whether the hard drives stored any data when they were wiped, and no proof that they were cleaned to obfuscate evidence.

Defense counsel argued that the drives were wiped to be in compliance with Spain’s data protection laws. When the drives were wiped, the former treasurer was under investigation and was eventually found guilty in May of 2018 for having benefitted from funds that were illegally obtained. Barcenas was sentenced to 33 years in jail and the PP was fined the Euro equivalent of $268,000.

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