Charges: Faribault Police Captain Used Officer's Squad Computer To Illegally Look Up Son's Personal Information

By WCCO Staff, CBS Minnesota

November 22, 2022

A former southern Minnesota police captain faces criminal charges after he allegedly accessed a state database illegally to find personal information about his son.

Fifty-four-year-old Neal James Pederson, of Geneva, was charged Monday with three gross misdemeanor crimes: one count of misconduct by a public officer, and two counts of unauthorized computer access.

The criminal complaint, filed in Rice County, states that a Faribault police officer noticed on Sept. 1 that her squad car computer had a query related to Capt. Pederson's adult son.

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