Guadalupe County brought new charges against the chief marshal of Santa Clara for misusing government databases to look up information on people.

Jerry Airola was arrested for the second time in two years on charges related to abusing his official position.

Airola is accused of using a law enforcement database to look up information on 16 different people or businesses, according to an indictment obtained by KSAT.

The charge states that the aggregate value of using this database ranged between $2,500 and $30,000.

The new charge includes searches on two people for whom Airola was previously arrested for using the database to look up. KSAT is not naming any of the victims, but there are no court records listing charges against any of the people Airola looked up on the database.

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