Former state auditor candidate arrested on felony charges
A former Republican candidate for state auditor has been arrested and charged with three felony counts related to illegally accessing confidential law enforcement records about his opponents in the primary.
Elliott Owen Lipinsky was arrested last week on the three felony charges, and he surrendered to the Montgomery County Sheriff’s Office on April 3. He was later released on bond. Two of the counts relate to illegally accessing or attempting to access records related to his GOP primary opponent.
Lipinsky, 32, of Pike Road, was previously a deputy district attorney in Wilcox County.
Attorney General Marshall’s Special Prosecutions Division presented evidence to a Montgomery County grand jury on March 29. He was indicted later that same day.
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