CECIL COUNTY, Md. — A Cecil County Sheriff's deputy is facing charges after allegedly using law enforcement databases to find information about multiple people.

Authorities say Deputy Dontae Odom was sworn into the Cecil County Sheriff's Office in 2019 and has had access to the databases.

According to charging documents, Deputy Odom used those databases to seek information about seven different people: his wife, romantic partners, relatives of his romantic partners, a hotel employee, and a woman who worked in his office building.

None of the searches that Deputy Odom conducted were for a legitimate law enforcement reason, per the Office of the State Prosecutor.

Charging documents also say that Deputy Odom was also ordered by the Cecil County Sheriff's Office not to have contact with on

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