1ELKTON, MD – A former Cecil County sheriff’s deputy was sentenced Tuesday to eight years in prison, with all but six months suspended, for repeatedly conducting unlawful searches in a police database, according to the Maryland State Prosecutor’s Office.

Judge Paul M. Bowman handed down the sentence to 34-year-old Donta Odom in Cecil County Circuit Court. After serving his six months behind bars, Odom will be placed on three years of supervised probation.

The sentencing follows Odom’s guilty plea last month to four counts of misconduct in office and three counts of unauthorized computer access.

Prosecutors said Odom used a law enforcement database to look up personal information on seven individuals who were not criminal suspects, including his wife, romantic partners, relatives of tho

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