Escambia County has filed suit against Jonathan Owens, aide to former County Commissioner Doug Underhill, Alexander Arduini and Gannett, owner of the Pensacola News Journal, seeking recovery of electronic data files and associated physical storage devices containing approximately 60,000 lines of text messages from the personal cell phone of County Commissioner Jeff Bergosh.
Why this matters: The records were stolen off the county’s server and given to Owens. Read more.
Dig Deeper: Supporting the lawsuit are a transcript of Owens’ interview with Andrew McKay, Facebook posts and a PNJ article. Read Escambia vs Owens Arduini Gannett